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A standing man in a saffron-orange robe and a gold necklace with a large ornate pendant speaks into a handheld microphone while raising his right hand in a blessing gesture. He has long dark hair swept back and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a large crowd of seated people wear white clothes and white blindfolds over their eyes. A red, green and purple zigzag banner hangs in the background, and a blue sign with white text is visible at the right edge.

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July 26 20092009-07-26July 26 20092009-07-26July 26 20092009-07-26A standing man in an orange-saffron robe and a long gold chain necklace with a gold pendant walks through a hall, raising one hand as if addressing the crowd. He has long dark hair swept back and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him, a large audience of several dozen seated people wears white clothes and white cloth blindfolds over their eyes. Blue and red-striped draped banners and a blue fabric backdrop line the hall, with a partly visible printed banner on the right. A man in white and orange sits at the upper left. a person appears as the orange-robed man with long hair and gold necklace, shown in person at the front, and the page does not confirm his presence at this event.2009-07-26A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands at the front of a large hall, wearing a flowing saffron-orange wrap over his shoulders and a multi-strand gold necklace with a gold pendant. He holds a black handheld microphone in his right hand while looking toward the crowd. Behind him, hundreds of seated people wear white clothes and white blindfolds tied over their eyes, and colourful red, green and yellow chevron banners hang along the back wall.2009-07-26July 26 20092009-07-26A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands at the front of a large hall, wearing a saffron-orange draped robe and a heavy gold necklace with a large pendant. He holds a black object in one hand and gestures with the other. Behind him, a crowd of many people sit in white clothes with white blindfolds or eye bands tied over their eyes. Blue and multicoloured zigzag banners and a partly visible orange sign hang along the walls, and a bald man in white and orange stands in the background. The scene looks like a group session in a hall. The man has distinctive long hair, saffron robe and gold ornaments, but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.2009-07-26A photograph of a large seated congregation at an outdoor pavilion with a zigzag-striped red, green, blue and orange backdrop. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a saffron-orange shawl stands among the crowd, wearing a heavy gold necklace with a pendant. Most seated attendees wear white cloth blindfolds tied over their eyes and white or light-coloured shirts. Several people in the rear rows wear dark shirts and a few have white garments, and some hold small items in their laps.2009-07-26A smiling man with long dark hair walks through a large hall past a crowd of seated men wearing white shirts and white blindfolds. He wears a flowing saffron-orange robe, a red bindi on his forehead, and a heavy gold necklace with a large ornate pendant. He holds a handheld microphone in one hand. Behind the crowd are blue-white draped fabric, a blue and red striped stage backdrop, and tall windows. The scene looks like a satsang or group ritual session.2009-07-26July 26 20092009-07-26August 09 20092009-08-09A photograph of a hall during a gathering, with a man in an orange-saffron cloth wrap standing on a raised area, long dark hair swept back, a small red mark on his forehead, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. Probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, forehead mark. Below him, the foreground is filled with many people in white head coverings and white clothes, seen from behind and partly blurred. Pale pink walls and a grey draped ceiling fabric frame the scene.2009-12-06