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A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red kumkum dot on his forehead sits on an ornate gold throne in front of a red-orange backdrop. He wears a saffron-orange garment with a gold-bordered edge and heavy gold ceremonial necklaces with dark beads, plus gold armlets on his upper arms. His eyes are cast downward. Partially visible audience members appear at the bottom edge of the frame. Given the distinctive long hair, gold necklaces, saffron clothing and throne, Swamiji (probable) is shown in person seated on the stage.

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December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08A man with long, swept-back dark hair sits on an ornate gilded throne with floral and scrollwork carving. He wears an orange-saffron shawl with a gold border draped over one shoulder and bare-shouldered on the other, a heavy multi-strand gold necklace of barrel-shaped beads with a gold pendant, a gold bangle on his upper arm, and a red bindi with a white forehead mark. He looks downward with a calm expression. Behind him is a red backdrop with white Tamil script. A partially visible person's dark hair appears in the lower right foreground.2011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08A man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits on an ornate gilded throne with carved scrollwork, smiling and looking to the side. He wears an orange saffron robe edged with gold border, a heavy gold multi-bead garland of bead-like links, a gold chain with a rudraksha-style pendant, and gold armlets. His hands rest folded in his lap. Behind him is a red backdrop with large Tamil script lettering. a person: the long swept hair, saffron-orange robe, gold ornaments and gilded throne are the appearance cues.2011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi sits on an ornate gold throne-like seat in front of a red backdrop with Tamil lettering. He wears an orange saffron robe with gold border, a heavy gold ceremonial necklace of beads with black bands, a gold chain, gold armlets and gold bangles, with hands resting in his lap. Appearance-based probable identification as Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold ceremonial necklaces seated on a gold throne.2011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08Close-up photograph of a smiling man with swept-back dark hair, white forehead markings and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron shawl and multiple layered rudraksha malas with large gold ceremonial beads. A red and gold ornate throne or seat stands behind him, and a blurred head is visible at the lower right. Matches the appearance-based Swamiji (probable) cues of swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, seated on a throne.2011-12-08Close photo of a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, white vertical forehead markings and a red bindi, wearing an orange saffron shawl and multiple heavy gold ceremonial necklaces with black-banded beads and a gold pendant. Gold ornate armbands are visible on his right arm. Behind him are gold finials on an orange and red backdrop. A person's hand holds a small wooden tray or board at the left edge, and a gold-coloured ornate object sits at the bottom left. Probable Swamiji by the distinctive combination of long hair, saffron clothing and layered gold necklaces, seated in a ceremonial setting.2011-12-08A smiling man with long swept-back black hair, a white vertical tilaka and red kumkum dot on his forehead, wears a saffron-orange garment with gold trim, heavy gold ornamental necklaces with dark beads, rudraksha malas and a rudraksha bracelet. He looks downward with eyes closed in a warm smile, seated in front of an ornate gold and red throne-like backdrop with gold finials.2011-12-08