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A photograph of a satsang hall with a white tent canopy and red-and-gold banners. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tripundra on his forehead, a red-orange robe, a heavy gold bead necklace and a saffron shawl reaches out to shake hands with a smiling man in a blue checked shirt who is joining his palms in greeting. Beside them a white-clad man and a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stand among devotees. A projected portrait appears on a screen behind, and a few visitors in the background watch. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron shawl, gold beads) is greeting a devotee in person.

April 10 2013

Photograph of a smiling man in a rust-orange saffron wrap with a yellow inner garment, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace of large round beads over a rudraksha-style mala, gold armlets and bangles, gold hoop earrings, long swept-back black hair and a red bindi. He raises a hand in greeting toward people at left, one woman with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind him a bald man in orange garments with a red tilak stands in a hall with a gold throne-like seat and red curtains; other attendees in white, blue and green saris and shirts line the aisle. Probable Swamiji by visible cues of swept-back hair, ornate gold beads and rudraksha mala worn over saffron clothing, shown in person as an appearance-based candidate.

Night procession outdoors on a sandy path. A smiling man in the centre wears a rust-red robe over a red-brown dhoti with gold borders, a multicolour yellow, purple and red flower garland, a gold bead necklace, and a red bindi and white forehead markings; his hands are folded at his chest. Above him a silver umbrella with hanging leaf-shaped ornaments is held on a long pole by a man in red robes. Two men in orange-red robes with gold-bordered cloth stand beside him, one holding a long pole and another a bald man with an orange shawl, and another person in white clothes is further back. Strings of lights and a stage are visible in the background. Appearance-based label: a person, the centre figure, in procession with a silver umbrella held above him.

A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi stands with his hands pressed together at chest level. He wears an orange-brown robe draped over one shoulder and a thick multicolour garland of yellow, purple and red flowers with gold bead ornaments. Behind him, two men in matching orange-brown robes and rudraksha malas stand in a row, one with a shaved head and white tilak, the other with glasses and a shaved head. A red chair is at the left edge and string lights glow in the background. a person: the central man wears a garland and orange-brown robe, but his hair is not clearly long and swept-back, and only a few cues are present, so identity is uncertain.

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Night photo at a temple entrance with a stone pillared porch and grey granite walls. A bearded man in a maroon-red robe, wearing a green leaf garland and a white flower garland, smiles broadly with white and red forehead markings. Around him, a man in an orange shirt and a man in a white shirt face him, a young man in an orange-red dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at right, and a woman in a maroon sari with a bead necklace stands at left. Tube lights and a small figure are visible near the ceiling.

Outdoor evening ritual on a dirt courtyard. A figure with long dark hair tied up, wearing a rust-orange draped robe with gold borders and a yellow-and-purple flower garland, raises both hands in a gesture of blessing before a lit oil lamp held by a bald man in orange robe with gold borders, rudraksha mala and spectacles. Beside him, another man in orange with a mala stands near a large silver kalasha-style lamp with flame, and white-clad attendants and bystanders watch. Orange umbrella and green fringed canopy overhead, a gated wall behind. a person candidate: long-haired figure in saffron-orange garb with garland, presented as a ceremonial focus of the offering.

A smiling man in a rust-orange turban and rust-orange robe, wearing a long multi-strand rudraksha mala and a heavy ceremonial gold necklace with a gold pendant, lays his right hand on the head of a man in a grey collared shirt who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. A third man on the left in a striped shirt watches, and devotees in white stand in the background before a temple-style backdrop with painted deity imagery. The appearance cues of the turban-wearing man (orange turban, rudraksha mala, gold necklace) are present, so he is a probable Swamiji candidate, shown in person blessing the devotee.