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February 08 2022

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December 08 20202020-12-08A smiling man seated on an ornate gold throne with carved floral scrollwork, against a leopard-print backdrop. He wears a tall black turban with a silver crescent ornament, a white horizontal forehead mark, and a small headset microphone. Multiple strands of dark rudraksha beads with orange-red accent beads hang across his bare chest, with a gold chain, and rudraksha bracelets on his wrist. His right hand is raised with fingers forming a mudra, and his left hand rests open on his knee. The figure appears bare-chested with a leopard-print armband.2021-10-25November 14 20212021-11-14MAy 29 20212021-05-29A smiling man sits on an ornate gold throne with carved floral and scrollwork panels, draped gold curtains and warm string lights behind him. He wears a tall black crown-like headdress with a round pink-and-silver disc, a crescent moon ornament and a jewelled vertical ornament. A red bindi-style mark and white forehead paint are visible. He wears a dark brown sleeveless garment, layered gold and rudraksha necklaces with coral beads and a large gold pendant, and a gold armlet. A small headset microphone is clipped near his face, and he holds a silver ceremonial staff. A small gold ritual vessel sits in the foreground. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), seated on a throne in an ornate crown and rudraksha malas.2021-10-21A smiling bearded man with long swept-back black hair topped by a silver crown ornament with a crescent moon and cobra, white forehead paste and red bindi, sits before an ornate gold throne with carved floral and lion-motif panels. He presses his palms together in namaste. He wears layered rudraksha malas, gold ceremonial necklaces, gold armlets and bangles, and is bare-chested. The figure is a person by these cues, appearing in person in the photograph.2023-04-14Close-up photograph of a smiling man seated before an ornate gilded throne with carved scrollwork. He wears a tall black turban with a silver crescent ornament, a white tripundra with a red bindi on his forehead, and a heavy gold-toned embellished garment with rudraksha beads and floral motifs across his chest, plus a gold necklace. Swamiji (probable): long black turban with crescent ornament, white forehead markings, and ornate gold ceremonial clothing with rudraksha beads, seated on a throne. The background is warm reddish-brown wood.2021-08-05A smiling man seated on an ornate gold throne in front of a gold drape, bare-chested and wearing a tall black turban with a crescent ornament, a vertical white tilak with a red dot on the forehead, and many layered gold necklaces, pendants and a red-and-white rudraksha-style mala. He extends one arm toward the right. Beside the throne stand gilded ceremonial moon-shaped parasols and a golden deity murti on the right with a crown and a veena-like instrument.2021-06-05February 08 20222022-02-08October 25 20212021-10-25A bare-chested man with a black turban-style headwrap adorned with a small white crescent ornament sits smiling on an ornate gold throne with carved floral scrollwork. He wears a heavy gold ceremonial collar with pearl and bead strands, layered necklaces, a rudraksha-style mala, and gold armlets. White vertical tilak marks cover his forehead. A microphone stands in front of him. Gold ceremonial staffs topped with sun and crescent-moon motifs flank the throne against a backdrop of dark red and black fabric with water droplets. Visible appearance cues are consistent with a person, seated in a role of teaching or darshan on the throne.2020-12-05A smiling man with a large dark swept-back turban-style hairstyle topped with a small crescent ornament sits before an ornate gold throne with carved scrollwork. He is bare-chested, wearing layered rudraksha malas, a heavy ceremonial gold necklace with a pendant, a gold armlet, and a red-brown tilak with white ash on his forehead. A microphone on a stand is in front of him. Gold ceremonial parasols or fans flank the throne, with garlands of white and orange flowers on the right and a gold deity figure partly visible at the left edge, against a red and gold patterned cloth backdrop.2021-03-02