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A standing man in a sleeveless, loose-draped saffron-orange robe speaks into a handheld microphone while holding a small golden ceremonial object in his other hand. He has long, dark, swept-back hair and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him, seated participants on orange mats wear white clothes and white headbands, some with matching white garments and red lanyards. Orange and colourful fabric banners hang from the ceiling of a bright hall with curtained windows. A large purple logo with a white bird appears at the upper left.

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December 22 20092009-12-22A standing man with long, swept-back dark hair and a small red bindi wears a flowing saffron-orange garment draped over one shoulder, leaving the other arm bare. He holds a golden ceremonial staff topped with a trident-like finial in one hand and a handheld microphone in the other, facing to his left. Behind him hangs a deep maroon curtain with white tassels, and in the blurred foreground seated devotees wear white. Appearance-based cues (long hair, saffron clothing, bindi, golden trident staff) are consistent with Swamiji (probable), shown in a stage talk setting.2009-12-22A photograph of a barefoot man in a flowing saffron-orange robe walking down a central aisle in a hall with peach walls and hanging tassel decorations. He has long, swept-back dark hair, a red dot on his forehead, and holds a gold-colored ceremonial handheld object in one hand while gazing upward. Seated on orange mats on both sides are rows of participants in white clothing wearing white headbands over their eyes and red and white beaded necklaces, with one person in orange seated nearby. A projection screen hangs on the right wall. Probable Swamiji (in person) by appearance cues: long hair, saffron robe, forehead mark, and gold ceremonial object; role is a robed figure walking the aisle during an assembly.2009-12-22December 22 20092009-12-22December 22 20092009-12-22December 22 20092009-12-22A man with long, swept-back dark hair walks barefoot across a bare concrete floor in an indoor hall, wearing a loose orange-saffron wrap draped over one shoulder and a red bindi on his forehead. He holds a microphone in one hand and a gold ceremonial staff with a decorative top in the other. Behind him, many seated participants wear white clothes and white head bands and sit on orange mats. Orange hanging decorations hang at the upper left and a projection screen is mounted on the wall. Overall, this is a photograph of an orange-clad presenter addressing an assembled audience.2009-12-22A man in a flowing saffron-orange wrap with a red bindi and long dark hair stands at centre-stage, holding a gold-coloured trident-shaped ceremonial staff in one hand and a handheld microphone in the other. Behind him, a large maroon curtain hangs over the stage, and to the right is a yellow sofa-style chair beside a white podium. In the foreground at left, several seated people in white clothes wear white headbands and sit on chairs facing the stage. The scene reads as a seated assembly session.2009-12-22A man in an orange saffron wrap stands on a green carpeted aisle holding a black handheld microphone in his right hand, eyes lowered. His long dark hair is swept back and he wears a tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a large seated audience fills a hall, many wearing white headbands and white clothing. The person in orange has distinctive long swept-back hair and saffron clothing, consistent with a person in person; the page indicates a satsang talk, but the scene shows a speaker addressing devotees.2010-08-21A photograph of an indoor hall where a man with long, swept-back black hair and a red bindi stands centre-frame, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange draped garment and holding a gold ceremonial staff in his right hand. Behind him, a large seated audience wears white headbands and white or light clothing, many with eyes covered by white or red cloth blindfolds, arranged in rows against pale pink walls and tall windows with orange curtains. a person is a candidate in_person based on the long hair, orange ornate-looking draped clothing and bindi, though the appearance is only partly distinctive. The scene suggests a ritual or session, but the activity is not clear beyond the gathered participants.2009-12-22A barefoot man with long, swept-back black hair and a red bindi walks through a hall, eyes lowered, wearing a flowing bright orange sleeveless wrap over an orange garment. He holds a gold ornate ceremonial staff in his right hand and gathers his robe with the other. Behind him, seated devotees in white headbands and white clothing, some in pink and orange saris, fill the floor, with orange tassel hangings and a dark screen on the wall. The man matches the presentation cues of a person, with long hair, saffron clothing and a ceremonial gold staff, and is walking in a satsang-style gathering.2009-12-22December 22 20092009-12-22