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A seated man with long dark dreadlocks, a full beard and an orange-red saffron wrap over one shoulder raises his right hand while sitting on an ornate white and red throne with carved swan-like arms and a red cushion. He wears a small ear device and holds a wooden staff beside him. Seated on colourful striped floor mats before him, a large audience in casual clothes watches, including people in black and white. Behind the throne, a red stage with golden ceremonial staffs and a large seated deity murti under stage lights frames the scene.

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A photograph of a yoga session in a large hall with a red stage and blue backdrop. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing saffron-orange robes and a headset microphone, sits barefoot on an ornate silver-and-red throne, raising one hand while holding a wooden staff. Appearance-based a person with long hair, saffron robes and a microphone, seated and speaking to the audience. Seated devotees in dark clothing fill the floor in front, and some wear white and orange. Golden lamps and a deity murti stand on the stage behind him.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a seated yoga session in a red-draped hall with a large audience on the floor. A central figure sits sideways on an ornate silver-and-red throne, wearing an orange-saffron cloth over the shoulders and a bare upper body, with long dark dreadlocked hair and a headset microphone. He gestures with his right hand, and a tall wooden staff rests against the throne. Seated devotees in black and white clothing, some with headscarves, sit on striped floor mats in front. Behind the stage, gold trident standards and a large deity murti are visible above the red backdrop. Audience members are visible throughout the frame. This is a person (saffron cloth, long dreadlocks, microphone, seated on a throne in a satsang setting), so a person is in_person.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A photo of a seated teacher in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair and beard, a wireless microphone at his ear, raising one hand in a blessing gesture while holding a wooden staff. He sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne in front of a gold-decorated backdrop with red drapes. Seated audience members in black and white clothing fill the floor, and a large screen shows a hand. In the foreground a bald man in white ritual clothes sits with his back to the camera.2016-12-18A photograph of a seated man in orange-saffron robes on an ornate silver-and-red throne, raising one hand in a gesture while holding a walking staff. He has long dark hair and a full beard and wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Seated audience members in black and dark clothing fill the carpeted floor in front of him, and a gold-decorated backdrop with a large screen stands behind. A man in white ritual clothing sits at the lower left. Swamiji (probable) appears in saffron robes with long hair and a bead necklace, seated on a throne as the central figure addressing the gathering.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph from a large hall event showing a man with long dreadlocked hair and a bare upper body, draped in a rust-red cloth, seated on an ornate silver-and-pink throne with a red cushion and swan carvings, raising one hand. Tall silver staffs flank the throne. A seated audience fills the foreground and sides, many with palms pressed together in namaste and some wearing orange and saffron shawls. Red and yellow drapes and a large screen form the backdrop. The seated man shows distinctive long dreadlocks and a bare chest with ceremonial adornment, consistent with a person in the role of the presiding teacher on the throne.2017-12-12A seated man in an orange-saffron sannyasi robe sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne with a carved lion-head armrest, bare feet forward, a headset microphone on his ear and long dark hair and beard. A wooden staff rests beside the chair. Before him, a large seated audience in black and casual clothes fills the hall, some in white, with a red stage, golden ritual poles and a deity murti on a raised dais in the background. Swamiji (probable): the orange robe, long swept-back hair and beard, and ornate throne fit the page's reference to Swamiji presiding over a satsang.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 25 20172017-12-25December 18 20162016-12-18