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A barefoot figure stands with their back to the camera on a striped multicolour mat before a seated audience at an indoor event. The standing person wears a rust-red wrap and has very long dark dreadlocks falling down the back, with a bare upper body and a thin wrist cord. Seated attendees in white ritual clothes and orange shawls face them in black mesh chairs, and a red-and-gold banner hangs in the background. Small brass items and a lamp sit near the front. Mention of a probable identity is based on appearance cues: long dreadlocks and a bare upper body with a rust-red wrap, which may suggest a person leading the session.

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March 17 20172017-03-17March 17 20172017-03-17Photograph from behind of a barefoot figure with very long dark dreadlocks down the back, wearing a rust-red draped garment, walking along a striped multicolored runner toward the front of a large hall. Seated participants in white clothes and orange-red shawls line both sides on black plastic chairs, some with hands joined. Banners in red, orange and blue hang on the walls behind, and a small golden deity murti sits on a table at lower right. The setting appears to be a convention or ritual session.2017-03-17A photograph of a ritual hall where a barefoot figure with very long dark braided hair stands with their back to the camera, wearing a rust-orange wrap over a bare upper body, on a striped multicolour mat. Seated devotees in white clothing and orange shawls face them on black chairs, including a bald man in white at right and a grey-haired man at left. Behind them are red banners with portrait images and a small wooden side table. Visible people number about ten, all seated except the standing figure. The setting suggests a sadhana or initiation session, with the standing figure at the centre of the rows of attendees.2017-03-17March 17 20172017-03-17A photograph from an indoor Sadashivoham session at Adi Kailasa, Bengaluru. A bare-chested person with very long dark dreadlocks down the back, wearing a rust-orange wrap, stands barefoot on a striped rainbow mat and faces away from the camera toward a seated audience. Several seated devotees in white ritual clothes with orange shawls sit in black plastic chairs; one bald man in white and one bearded man in white with an orange shawl are prominent in the foreground. Behind them are red and yellow banners and a bright screen. The long-haired figure has distinctive long dreadlocks, a bare upper body and an orange wrap, so the appearance-based candidate is Swamiji (probable), standing as the central figure leading the session.2017-03-17 +1 copiesMarch 17 20172017-03-17 +1 copiesA photograph taken from behind of a long-haired figure standing barefoot on a striped mat in a hall, wearing a rust-red wrap draped over the shoulders and body. The figure has very long dark locked hair falling to the back, with a red-banded wrist. Rows of seated participants in white clothing face the figure on black mesh chairs; one seated man wears a white shirt and grey hair, another bald man wears white, and a woman in white sits with hands pressed together. Behind them a stage area holds a red-draped table and a backdrop with framed saffron-robed portraits and red banners. The figure is shown from behind and no face is visible. Visible people total about ten, including the standing figure and seated participants. The person standing is a person by long dreadlocked hair and rust-red wrap, and the seated saffron-robed figure in the background is not clearly identified.2017-03-17March 17 20172017-03-17 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16March 17 20172017-03-17A photograph from a hall where a long-haired figure in a rust-red sarong and draped cloth walks away from the camera along a striped runner, bare-footed, with beaded bracelets on the upper arms and wrists. The figure has long dreadlocked hair falling to the waist. Seated devotees in white clothing face forward on black chairs on both sides, some in white with red or orange shawls, and a standing attendant in white with an orange sash appears near the back. A silver trident-shaped ritual staff stands on the left and a ceremonial brass-coloured object sits near the runner, with a small framed picture on the floor at right. Ceiling fans and a large wall screen are visible behind. The figure's identity is uncertain from appearance; the figure is shown from behind with no face visible.2017-03-13 +1 copies