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A seated man in rust-orange robes and a gold chain of beads sits in a brown leather armchair on a stage, smiling broadly with a white-painted forehead marking. A cardboard box of oranges sits on a low table to his left. Facing him, a young man in a grey polo shirt holds two oranges cupped in his hands and smiles, as if receiving them. Behind them is a painted backdrop of a temple tower and a sculpted figure, with green foliage at the right edge.

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February 08 20162016-02-08A photograph of a seated man in rust-orange robes on a brown leather armchair, with rudraksha beads and a gold necklace, a sandalwood-and-kumkum forehead mark, and a red bindi. He smiles with eyes closed as a man in a grey polo shirt with navy shoulder panels kneels before him and offers a red apple. Apples sit on a table at the lower left. The painted backdrop shows a temple tower and a deity face. A small microphone is clipped near the seated man's face.2016-02-08February 08 20162016-02-08February 08 20162016-02-08A smiling man with long dark hair swept back sits in a carved brown leather armchair on a stage, holding out a ripe mango in his right hand. He wears a rust-orange sleeveless garment with a gold-bordered dhoti, a thick gold necklace with a pendant, and rudraksha mala beads. A red bindi and a red thread bracelet are visible. Behind him is a painted backdrop of a temple tower and a deity figure, with green foliage at the right. A cardboard box of mangoes sits at the lower left. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, a crown-like ceremonial setting, saffron-orange clothing, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, seated on a throne-style chair.2016-02-08A man sits in an ornate brown leather armchair with carved wooden armrests, smiling and turned to his right. He wears a rust-orange sleeveless wrap over a bare shoulder, a long gold necklace with rudraksha malas and a large gold pendant, white tripundra markings on his forehead with a red bindi, and a small red thread on his wrist. Fruit, possibly peaches, rests near his hands. Behind him is a large painted backdrop of red-robed figures and an ornate chair, with a potted plant at right. Appearance-based a person seated in person, with a sannyasi's saffron wrap, rudraksha malas and gold pendant as distinguishing cues.2016-02-08A seated man in an orange-throne chair smiles broadly and extends his right arm toward a devotee kneeling before him. He wears a rust-red and gold-trimmed robe, a long gold-beaded necklace, a red tilak on his forehead, and a blue-beaded bracelet, with swept-back hair. Behind him stands a man with a long dark rudraksha mala and orange garment. The devotee wears a white shirt with a red-orange shawl draped over his shoulder and hands pressed together. Other onlookers stand in white and orange clothes beside a green, yellow and red patterned hanging at night.2015-07-07A seated man in a rust-orange saffron wrap and multiple rudraksha mala necklaces sits on an ornate silver throne with a leopard-print cushion, smiling broadly with a tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair. Beside him, a devotee in a white shirt and an orange-brown shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, leaning in toward him. The silver throne carries embossed deity figures and a mythical animal motif, with red and gold ceremonial hangings behind. Swamiji (probable) appears seated on the throne, identified by long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and orange ritual wrap; the devotee is a person in a white shirt.2018-04-14August 12 20172017-08-12A photograph of a ritual scene in a decorated hall with a red-cushioned silver throne at right. A man in rust-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair, a full beard and layered rudraksha malas sits on the throne holding a yellow lime in his right hand and extending his left hand toward a young shirtless man seated before him, who holds a lime and wears rudraksha malas and a leopard-print dhoti. A third man at left, in a white shirt and gold-bordered dhoti, bends forward holding limes near the young man's head. Marigold garlands hang from the wall behind. Swamiji (probable): the seated throne figure shows long hair, rudraksha malas and saffron-orange robes, matching the page's reference to Swamiji at this event. Ritual context suggests a blessing or lime-offering ceremony.2017-03-11February 06 20142014-02-06February 04 20182018-02-04