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Two men sit face to face in an ornate hall with a red lattice screen and a peacock feather fan at left. The man on the left wears a rust-orange wrap, a long rudraksha mala with multiple strands, and a white horizontal tilak on his forehead; his long dark hair is swept back, and his hands are raised toward a silver trident. The man on the right, bald with a grey beard, wears a white kurta and bows with palms pressed together toward the trident's tip, which has a red bindi-like mark. Golden deity murti are partly visible at left and centre. An air conditioner stands at right.

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August 26 20142014-08-26September 05 20142014-09-05May 03 20142014-05-03A photograph of a devotee receiving a blessing in front of a red draped curtain. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange garment, wearing rudraksha malas and a sandalwood tilak on the forehead, smiles while raising a hand to touch the forehead of a man with curly greying hair in a cream-coloured shirt and a rudraksha mala. A younger man in white ritual dress with a gold-bordered cloth sits behind them, and brass bells hang from a pole at left. The setting suggests a satsang or blessing ceremony.2012-09-09September 09 20142014-09-09A seated figure in an orange-red sleeveless garment with gold embroidery and a pink rose garland with green leaves places his hand on the forehead of a kneeling man in a white shirt and orange shawl. The seated figure has long dark hair, a white forehead marking, and wears a rudraksha-style necklace; he sits on a red and gold throne with a leopard-print cloth. Behind them stands a silver trident and a woman in a cream sari with orange shawl. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), seated on the throne in orange clothing with long swept-back hair and a garland, giving blessing to a devotee in a white shirt and orange shawl. A temple illustration is printed on the backdrop.2014-05-11May 11 20142014-05-11May 11 20142014-05-11August 26 20142014-08-26May 03 20142014-05-03A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and hair tied back, placing his right hand on the forehead of a kneeling bald man in a white shirt with an orange shawl. Behind them stand a silver trident and a golden deity murti, with a peacock-feather fan at the left edge. The orange-robed figure has a person appearance cue of saffron clothing and a ceremonial setting, but the face and clothing cues are not sufficiently distinctive to confirm identity, so the candidate is marked unsure. Two physical people are visible.2014-09-02August 11 20172017-08-11