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July 11 20062006-07-11A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair sits on a white-covered cushioned seat with a patterned red and gold cloth, a wooden staff resting on a striped mat before him. Around him, devotees in white clothes and white-and-orange sashes stand and sit on the ground; a girl in a gold-toned dress with a small medallion sits in the foreground, and an older woman in a floral top sits at left. Some people wear rudraksha-style necklaces. Small colourful decorative items lie at the bottom edge.2006-12-31Outdoor photograph of a monastic training convention at an open sandy ground with palm trees and smoke rising. Behind him a woman in a white sari with an orange sash stands near a small brick-and-red-cloth offering. Around the ground, many people in white clothes and orange sashes sit cross-legged beside rectangular fire pits with blackened ash, some with sashes draped over the shoulders. Several men in white sit or stand at the left edge near steps.2006-08-18A seated man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a dark rudraksha mala necklace and a red tilak on his forehead, eyes closed in meditation with hands folded in his lap on an orange cushion. A brass kalasha-style vessel sits on a woven mat beside him. Behind him, several men in white dhotis and white shawls sit in a row on a sandy open-air ground, one wearing a yellow shawl, with a palm-lined compound and a white building in the background. Sitting in meditation.2010-09-18Outdoor photograph beneath a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots, a man seated on a white-draped chair on bare earth, dressed in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair and a beaded necklace, hands folded in his lap, smiling. Probable Swamiji seated in the orange robe with long hair and beaded necklace as the presiding figure. Behind him, a standing man in white shirt and white dhoti stands near the chair, with a line of seated devotees in white clothes, several wearing rudraksha-style mala necklaces, some in red-striped shawls, sitting on the ground. A white-clad man at left holds a folded cloth. Roughly a dozen people visible, sitting and standing in a satsang-style gathering.2006-07-11August 18 20062006-08-18Outdoor photo of a man seated cross-legged on a low wooden platform with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap, meditating. He wears a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and a long black rudraksha mala necklace; long dark hair falls to his shoulders and a red tilak marks his forehead. Beside him on the platform sits a brass kalasha-style pot with a long handle. Two men in white dhotis sit behind him in meditation, one in a white shirt with a yellow shawl, one with a shaved head and sacred thread. Behind them are a bamboo fence, a white building with a corrugated roof, palm trees, and a small deity murti statue on the right. The ground is bare earth with scattered charred wood and ash.2010-09-12October 07 20102010-10-07August 03 20102010-08-03July 19 20102010-07-19Outdoors near a white shrine decorated with a marigold garland, a man with long dark hair sits cross-legged on an orange cushion on a wooden platform, eyes closed and hands folded, wearing an orange sleeveless robe, a rudraksha mala and a red mark on the forehead. Behind him a younger man in white with a yellow shawl and forehead marking tends a fire pit of ash and embers, while another seated man in white with a rudraksha mala sits further back. A brass kalasha stands in front. Appearance-based candidate: a person, seated in meditation during a fire ritual, with the orange robe and rudraksha cues. Smoke and palms fill the background.2010-07-11A man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on a raised mat outdoors with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap, meditating. He wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and a long black rudraksha mala around his neck. Two other men in white ritual clothes sit on mats behind him on sandy ground, one with a yellow shawl and one with a red-and-white beaded necklace. A brass kalasha-style pot sits in front of him. Behind them are a bamboo fence, a white building with a green roof, palm trees, and a stone statue of a seated deity murti at right. Scattered burnt wood and ash lie near the mats. Swamiji (probable): the seated saffron-robed man with long hair, rudraksha mala and tilak matches the page's description of Swamiji at this event.2010-09-12