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A photograph of a devotional gathering in a bright hall with orange and red hanging decorations. In the foreground a man with long dark matted hair, bare-chested under a rust-orange wrap, bows low with palms pressed together in namaskar near his face. Around him, devotees stand and kneel with hands folded in prayer, including an older woman in a blue and pink shawl with a rudraksha-style mala and a woman in a turquoise sari with a purple shawl. The background is softly blurred, showing more participants and a white wall.

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A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair walks barefoot along a colourful striped mat in a tent hall, palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed. He wears a rust-orange saffron wrap and carries a long wooden staff under one arm. Devotees in saris and kurtas line both sides with hands folded in prayer, some seated, and one person bows low to the floor in the foreground. Orange and pink paper decorations hang from the white ceiling. The distinctive long hair and saffron wrap are probable cues for Swamiji, shown in an appearance-based label only.2016-12-16November 11 20172017-11-11December 09 20162016-12-09A photograph of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair falling past his shoulders, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest level. He wears a white forehead mark, an orange-brown unstitched cloth draped over his bare shoulders and a thick brown beaded rudraksha-style mala around his neck. Behind him, blurred figures stand in a crowded temple-like setting, and a video camera operator is visible at the right edge. a person is shown in the act of pranam during a procession setting.2017-02-07A bearded man with long dreadlocks and a white forehead mark stands bare-chested in the centre, wearing a rust-orange cloth draped over his shoulder, with his eyes closed and hands pressed together in namaste. Around him, devotees in white and orange clothing stand with hands folded; a woman in orange with an orange patterned headband and glasses bows her head, and others wear orange patterned headbands. A blurred golden deity murti and a red curtain are visible in the background. Appearance cues are consistent with a long-haired, saffron-clad figure, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-12-09December 16 20162016-12-16December 16 20162016-12-16December 16 20162016-12-16December 16 20162016-12-16January 08 20182018-01-08A photograph of a central figure in a rust-orange sannyasi wrap standing barefoot on a colourful striped mat, hands pressed together in anjali, eyes closed, with a wooden staff held under one arm. Long dark hair and a short beard are visible, plus a red tilak on the forehead. Around him people stand in pairs and rows along the mat, many with palms joined in namaste; women wear sarees and salwar in pink, green, yellow and grey. A man in white ritual dhoti and shawl kneels in the background, and orange and yellow paper decorations hang from the ceiling of a white tent. a person in orange sannyasi robes with long swept-back hair and staff, performing a namaste greeting among devotees.2016-12-16A long-haired man in a rust-orange cloth with gold border stands in profile with palms pressed together at his chest, head bowed in prayer. Behind him, a shaven-headed man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a man in saffron-orange top stand near a stone wall, and a woman in a cream sari with gold border is partly visible at right. A brass bell hangs at upper left. Dim interior lighting.2017-11-11