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Photograph of a seated long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with a leopard-print undergarment, wearing long rudraksha mala necklaces, rudraksha bracelets and a gold-trimmed waist ornament, holding a ceremonial staff topped with a gold finial and receiving a folded paper from a standing man. The man, in white kurta and saffron-orange shawl with palms pressed together in namaste, faces the seated figure. Behind them a young man with bare chest, rudraksha mala and white dhoti with gold border sits before a red silk drape, with a red cloth and offerings on the lower left. Several other people are visible at the edges. Seated figure: swami or guru role.

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September 09 20122012-09-09September 09 20122012-09-09July 18 20122012-07-18Photograph of a devotional blessing inside a room draped with red fabric. A long-haired man with dark, swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange wrap, multiple rudraksha mala strands on his wrists and chest, and a dark-beaded neck garland. He holds a black staff with small bells at the top with one hand and raises his other hand to touch the forehead of a short-haired man in a white kurta with an orange shawl, who presses his palms together. Behind them a seated young man in white with a sacred thread and another person in orange are visible. Given the distinctive long hair, rudraksha adornments and saffron clothing, the central figure is a probable Swamiji (probable) performing a blessing on a devotee.2012-09-09A photograph of a ritual reading in a red-curtained room. A figure with long dark wavy hair, a saffron-orange tilak on the forehead, long strands of beads, bells and rudraksha malas across the chest and arms, and an orange garment stands at left holding a small pink paper or card. At right, a grey-haired man in a white kurta with an orange shawl places his hand on the forehead of the first figure, who looks down. Two more people in white sit softly out of focus behind them.2012-07-21September 09 20122012-09-09A seated figure with long, dark, swept-back hair wears an orange-saffron wrap, a gold-trimmed garment, and multiple rudraksha malas and bracelets, and raises a hand near a dark vertical pole while a red velvet drape hangs behind. Beside them, a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl kneels and holds a folded paper, while a younger man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a sacred thread sits in the background. The figure's appearance is a distinctive combination of cues, so this is a person presence; the seated figure is in an elevated, ceremonial setting consistent with a satsang discourse.2012-09-09A photograph of a long-haired figure in orange-saffron robes and a rudraksha mala seated before a red curtain, holding a black staff with brass bells in one hand and wearing beaded red-brown bracelets. Facing him, a man in a white dhoti-style garment with an orange-saffron shawl places his raised palm against the seated figure's face in a gesture of reverence. Behind them, another man in white sits, and a partly visible figure stands at the right edge. The seated figure has long, dark, swept-back hair and distinctive adornments, consistent with a person as the seated master receiving a devotee's gesture of respect; the identity is appearance-based only.2012-09-09A photograph of a seated figure with long dark hair and a tilak on the forehead, wearing an orange-brown garment, rudraksha bead malas and beaded bracelets, holding a tall black staff topped with small bells. He smiles toward a man in white dress with an orange shawl draped over one shoulder, who gestures with an open hand in conversation. Behind them a red draped cloth backdrop, a golden throne edge at left, and another seated man in white with a gold necklace. a person: the seated figure with long hair, rudraksha malas, orange clothing and a staff matches the cues for the page's subject, and is identified in this label by appearance only.2012-09-09September 09 20122012-09-09July 11 20122012-07-11A figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark swept-back hair, a yellow-orange tilak on the forehead, layered rudraksha and beaded necklaces, a gold chest ornament, and rudraksha armlets touches a devotee's forehead with a rudraksha mala while holding a small pink paper. The devotee, a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, raises his palm in a blessing gesture. Behind them a red draped curtain, women in white, and other orange-clad devotees stand in a room with brass vessels. Swamiji (probable): the robed figure with long hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha and gold ornaments, giving blessing by touching the devotee's head with a mala.2012-07-21