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A photograph of a Guru Purnima satsang inside a temple-like hall decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and a gilded column. Seated on a golden throne at right, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears a rust-red robe, rudraksha mala beads and ornate gold necklaces, and he is placing a white flower garland with green leaves. Facing him, a man in an orange silk kurta stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, a bald priest in orange and a seated older man in white clothing are visible, and a young woman in a dark top sits at right. Swamiji (probable) is the seated garland recipient, identified by his swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklaces.

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July 31 20152015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31July 31 20152015-07-31Indoor satsang scene at a temple-style hall. A man in a seated throne-like chair wears a rust-red dhoti and a dense layered set of rudraksha malas and gold ceremonial necklaces, and extends his arm toward a devotee bending forward with a white and red flower garland. a person is a seated figure in rust-red robes with layered rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, presented as the guru receiving devotees. Beside him a woman in a dark outfit with rudraksha beads watches. A standing attendant in a white-and-gold cloth stands to the left beside a gold carved pillar, and a bald priest appears in the background near a gold lamp. Yellow and red marigold garlands decorate the backdrop and a yellow cushion sits in the foreground.2015-07-31A photograph of a seated man in a rust-red sannyasi cloth with a large gold-and-beaded necklace, smiling and extending his right hand toward a devotee bowing low before him. The devotee wears a black garment with small white dots and a white flower garland around the neck. Behind the seated figure is a throne area decorated with yellow, orange, red and white flower garlands. Two women in rust-red and saffron-bordered garments stand with hands joined in greeting at right, and a few more people are visible in the background. The setting is an ornately carved, gilded hall.2015-07-31Indoor satsang scene with a bare-chested man seated on a throne-like seat in front of a tall floral backdrop of yellow, orange, red and white marigold and rose garlands. He wears a dark red-brown cloth, layered rudraksha necklaces, gold ornaments and a flower garland with pink and white blossoms, and he smiles while extending his hand. A woman in an orange sari bows and offers flowers over a golden kalasha-like vessel with a lion-shaped finial. Other women in white and orange clothes, some wearing rudraksha malas, watch from the side. Two visible people in the foreground left are partially cut off. Total visible people is about five. The seated man has distinctive long swept-back hair, rudraksha and gold adornment, so this is a probable Swamiji appearance in an in-person seating position.2015-07-31A photograph of a ceremony in a gold-hung shrine room. A smiling man with long dreadlocked hair, a dark red-brown cloth and a large multi-coloured garland of yellow, white, red and green flowers sits on a red cushioned seat. A priest in white dhoti with a gold border and orange shawl leans forward and offers him an item with both hands. Behind them stand other attendants, one wearing a rudraksha mala, and a large floral garland hangs on the wall with green leaves and a gold trident-shaped ornament at the left. The seated man has distinctive dreadlocked hair and garlands, but the appearance is not clear enough for a confident identification.2016-07-19July 31 20152015-07-31A photograph of a satsang setting in an ashram hall. A smiling man seated on a gold-and-red throne in deep red robes and a rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold necklaces receives a garland of white flowers and red roses from a hand at his right. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure: the cues are the ornate gold necklaces, rudraksha malas and dark swept-back hair alongside the throne. To his right a woman in a red-brown garment and rudraksha beads smiles. Behind him a saffron-robed attendant holds a gold-trimmed book and a bald man in an orange robe stands nearby. A man in an orange kurta kneels in front, gesturing with his hands. A gold pillar with a carved face and a floral backdrop frame the scene, with a candle and a brass bowl in the foreground.2015-07-31A seated man in a maroon-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a long gold-and-bead necklace, a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch, smiles while extending his arm to offer a folded yellow envelope to a devotee. He sits on a gold-and-red throne before a backdrop of marigold and orange flower garlands. Beside him, a woman in a dark outfit watches, and a devotee in a cream kurta with a floral garland bends forward with hands raised. Behind them, a bald priest with a white tilak stands near a golden kalasha and brass plates of offerings in a temple-like room. a person is the seated figure; the cues are the long swept hair, the gold ceremonial necklaces and the saffron-maroon ornate clothing, and he is giving prasad or an envelope to a devotee at a darshan.2015-07-31A photograph of a ceremonial scene before a large floral backdrop of marigolds and red, pink and green flowers. On the right, a man with short dark hair in a deep orange-red robe sits on a gold-upholstered seat, wearing a pink and white flower garland, a rudraksha mala, a gold chain and a beaded necklace, smiling. To his left, a bespectacled, shaved-headed man in an orange-red garment with a yellow border leans forward and offers a small object. Beside them, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a long rudraksha necklace laughs with his mouth open. A microphone stands at center, and an orange cloth lies on the seat. Some lamps and a gold deity figure are visible at the back. The page labels the seated figure as a person, but appearance cues are insufficient to confirm this.2015-07-31