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A photograph of a bald-crowned, long-haired man in white ceremonial dhoti and shawl with gold border, seated on the floor of a tiled hall and reclining slightly while raising one hand. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a purple thread across his chest, white ash markings on his forehead and a gold bracelet. Behind him, several people in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders sit on the floor; one has rudraksha beads. Water bottles lie on the tiles and an orange cloth appears at the top edge. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the seated central figure, shown with long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and ceremonial white clothing.

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Photograph, rotated sideways, of a bearded man with long, swept-back grey hair, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth with a gold border and a long rudraksha mala with a small gold-toned pendant. He has a red bindi on his forehead, a ring on one finger, and extends one hand outward toward the camera with palm open. Behind him hangs a deep maroon ribbed curtain.2017-07-06January 08 20172017-01-08August 25 20172017-08-25May 28 20172017-05-28Photograph of a bare-chested man seated cross-legged on the floor in white dhoti with gold borders, wearing a long rudraksha mala and gold chains, with a small red pendant, sindoor-style mark on forehead, and a red thread on his wrist. He holds his hands together at chest level, speaking to an audience. In the foreground are brass oil lamps with a lit flame, a brass kalasha-style vessel and flower offerings. Behind him a bare-chested older man in glasses and rudraksha mala sits, and blurred figures and a colourful cloth stand in the background. Appearance-based candidate is a person by cues of a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklaces, though the attribution is uncertain.2018-03-06January 22 20172017-01-22February 04 20182018-02-04July 06 20172017-07-06January 22 20172017-01-22A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with a cream floor. In the centre, a grey-haired man with glasses and white body markings sits with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a bare upper body, several rudraksha malas and a pendant necklace. Around him, other men and women sit on mats in white and saffron cloths, many with white ash markings on their bodies. Brass plates with flowers, a small oil lamp and a book lie on the floor in front. A shaved-headed man at left also presses his palms together.2017-01-08A photograph of a sannyasa-style initiation moment. On the right, a man with long dark dreadlocked hair and a pink-and-white flower garland, wearing a rust-coloured cloth, presses his palm to the forehead of a bald, grey-bearded man kneeling at left. That man wears a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti with a gold border and bare chest. Behind them, several men in white dhotis with gold borders stand with hands folded, and one man's head is partly visible at lower centre. The setting appears to be a formal ritual gathering with a blurred background.2017-05-28January 08 20172017-01-08