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A photograph of a smiling man with long dark hair swept back, a red tilak on his forehead, a thin beard and a gold pendant on a cord, bare-chested with a red-orange cloth draped at the shoulder. He leans over a silver-toned ornate vessel with a domed lid and a carved serpent-like handle, in a temple or ritual setting. Behind him, a blurred figure in white ritual dress stands and another man in a pale garment bends over the vessel. The background is dark with a red curtain.

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A seated figure with long dark dreadlocked hair and a beard, bare-shouldered with a red garment and a gold necklace, sits smiling in profile beside an ornate silver-toned stand or vessel with a domed lid. A hand holding a thin metal instrument appears at the left edge. Behind them, a person in white with red-bordered clothing has hands pressed together in prayer, and a figure in purple stands in the blurred background before dark drapes. The setting appears to be a ritual preparation or puja.2017-12-28A man with long dark hair and a moustache and beard sits in profile at right, smiling, wearing a rust-orange sleeveless wrap over his bare upper body. Behind him is a wall of multicolour flower garlands in white, yellow, purple, green and red. At left, a polished silver ceremonial staff stands in the foreground. Another person in a red garment and a bare-shouldered white ritual cloth sits blurred in the background.2018-01-01A photograph of a smiling bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak and white forehead markings, wearing a sleeveless rust-red garment and a thick gold necklace with a round gold pendant. He is turned toward a second man in the lower left, who wears a white garment and is seen from behind with short dark hair. Behind them stands an ornate silver-toned deity murti or decorated backdrop with intricate relief carving, and silver ritual vessels sit in the foreground. The man in the red garment is smiling and gesturing with a raised thumb.2017-12-28Close side-profile photograph at night of a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair pulled up, wearing a gold crown-like ornament with red beads and a gold earring. His face has white markings on the forehead and a broad smile. He wears a dark ornate necklace with gold detailing and a bare-chested torso. Blurred orange and saffron fabric hangings and lit lamps fill the background, with out-of-focus objects in the foreground. The image appears to be from a ceremonial setting.2017-12-20 +1 copiesDecember 28 20172017-12-28June 24 20172017-06-24A photograph of a bare-chested man seated in profile at night, facing right, with long dreadlocked hair bound up and a red headband. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck, a red-brown rudraksha bracelet on his wrist, a gold-toned armlet, a red cloth and a patterned waist wrap. Behind him stand tall ornate wooden structures with tiered discs and carved arches, and a blurred crowd of people is visible at right. Clay pots and offering vessels sit in the foreground. a person cues: long dreadlocks, rudraksha malas and ceremonial armlet, seated in a ritual setting.2017-12-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a staged ceremonial scene with saffron-robed attendants. A seated figure in the centre wears a leopard-print headwrap, a bead necklace and a pendant, with an orange cloth over the shoulder and a tilak on the forehead, smiling. On the right, a bearded man in orange robes with layered rudraksha malas holds a ceremonial staff. At left, a dreadlocked figure with bare back faces the centre.2018-01-06April 08 20182018-04-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a long-haired man in a rust-orange unstitched wrap, seen in profile with eyes lowered and a faint smile, seated at a wooden podium with a silver staff beside him and a white cup on the ledge. Behind him, out of focus, are seated people in red and orange clothing, one with a shaved head, against a dark curtain. Several other seated attendees appear in the background.2018-01-01December 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesA photograph in profile of a smiling bearded man with long, swept-back dark hair and a vertical red tilak with a white horizontal band on his forehead. He wears a rust-red shawl over bare shoulders and a large gold pendant necklace. The background shows blurred silver and gold ornamental metalwork and a glimpse of a leopard-print cushion. The scene suggests a temple setting. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, red shawl and ceremonial gold necklace are the cues for this candidate.2017-09-26 +1 copies