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Photo of a long queue of devotees at a hall with orange and red patterned banners on the upper left. A man in long wavy hair and an orange saffron robe stands center-right, holding a tray draped in orange cloth stacked with papers and handing a slip to a woman in a white sari with a red border. Other devotees line the rail, including a woman in a white and red sari at the lower left with a red bindi and a boy in a striped shirt. Another robed attendant in orange stands to the right. The man with long hair and saffron robe has distinctive long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, so this is a person appearance-based candidate physically present.

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December 05 20092009-12-05A covered indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and tall decorative cylindrical pillars in red, white and patterned fabric. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes stands centrally, handing items to a queue of devotees along a metal railing. He wears a saffron shawl and appears to be the central figure in a distribution or darshan line. Beside him, a second saffron-robed attendant holds an orange cloth with a stack of papers. Devotees in white, blue and green clothes, including children, line the rail and reach forward with hands extended. Framed photographs hang on the left wall, and an orange banner hangs above them. Swamiji (probable): the central man in saffron has long swept-back hair and saffron robes, consistent with the page's identification.2009-12-05December 05 20092009-12-05A photograph inside a covered hall with a corrugated roof and decorative patterned banners on the pillars. Two saffron-robed figures stand in the centre, one with long dark hair and a bare arm extended in blessing, the other beside them holding a tray of papers. A long line of devotees, including women in saffron, teal and pink saris and children in blue uniforms, presses against metal railings with hands folded or holding slips of paper. Several men in shirts stand at the right. Probable Swamiji (long dark hair, saffron robes) appears to be the figure giving blessings; a tray and papers are held by his companion. Several dozen people are visible.2009-12-05December 05 20092009-12-05December 05 20092009-12-05A photograph of a long line of devotees reaching forward with open palms to receive paper slips from a man in an orange saffron robe. He has long, swept-back dark hair and is bare-shouldered beneath the robe, and he holds a tray of folded white papers. A second robed figure in orange with a red sash stands beside him holding the tray, and a devotee in white is partly visible at right. Several women in saris and gold bangles and a child in pink stand along a metal barrier in an airy hall with light walls.2009-12-09December 20 20092009-12-20December 05 20092009-12-05A photograph of a darshan line inside a covered hall with a decorated ceiling and colourful hanging panels. A central figure in a saffron/orange robe, bare-shouldered, with long swept-back hair and a raised hand, blesses devotees; he is a probable Swamiji candidate given the saffron robe and long hair. Beside him a young man in white with a yellow shawl holds a tray of papers or prasad. Devotees with folded hands, including women in saris and a small child, line a metal railing, and a man in white stands at the back.2009-12-12A photograph of a long line of devotees at an indoor hall with a corrugated roof and colourful decorative pillars. A man in long flowing black hair and saffron-orange robes stands at centre, extending a hand toward a woman's head, while a second saffron-clad attendant holds an orange tray of folded white papers. Devotees in saffron, pink, blue and green saris and children hold out white slips of paper along a metal barrier. Several men in shirts stand in the background. a person's cues: long swept-back hair and saffron robes, in the role of a blessing giver.2009-12-05December 05 20092009-12-05