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A photograph of a smiling man in saffron-orange robes walking barefoot along a path of red carpet strewn with yellow and white flower petals inside a plain teal-walled room. He wears an ornate headpiece decorated with multicoloured flowers and a red tilak on his forehead, and a long garland of red, white and yellow flowers hangs across his chest. Behind him, a second figure in orange robes walks on the flower path, and to the left a man in white dhoti and a woman in a white sari with gold border stand near a doorway with a hanging curtain. Potted plants and a metal vessel sit along the right wall, and a small framed picture hangs on the back wall. a person: the lead figure wears saffron robes, a flower-decorated crown and a flower garland, cues consistent with a ceremonial welcome procession.

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A photograph of a young man in a saffron-orange wrap and matching orange turban dancing barefoot on a pale marble floor scattered with yellow and pink petals. He wears a long white and red flower garland with a red tilak on his forehead, one arm stretched out to the side. Behind him about a dozen men and women in white kurtas and dhotis stand or sway, clapping and smiling in a white-curtained hall.A photograph of an indoor room with pale turquoise walls, a green shuttered window, and potted palms beside metal cooking vessels. A person in an orange robe, wearing a tall decorated headdress and a long multicolour flower garland, walks barefoot along a path of red carpet strewn with yellow and pink flower petals. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red shawl and rudraksha mala follows, and to the left an older woman in a white sari with a gold border stands with hands pressed together in greeting. The room is lit by overhead fluorescent lights.2010-02-15December 24 20092009-12-24A smiling man in an orange saffron robe stands on a blue stage backdrop, raising one arm. He wears a tall crown-like headdress decorated with white flowers, red, pink, yellow and green pom-poms, and round gilded medallions, plus layered white jasmine garlands with red and pink flowers and a gold chain of beads across his chest. A red tilak mark is on his forehead. Pink and purple streamers hang at the top right, and a partially visible person sits at the bottom right. Swamiji (probable): the figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, a crown and ceremonial gold necklaces, and the page places Swamiji at this Salem spiritual conference.2005-12-11Indoor photo of a smiling man in an orange saffron turban decorated with pink flowers, wearing a white and maroon garland and a heavy gold necklace over orange robes. Long dark hair falls to his shoulders. He is standing in a plain white-walled room with multicoloured flower garlands hanging from the ceiling and a pink flower garland around a doorway. Behind him, a man in orange robes stands, and to the right another man in orange robes holds a white cloth bundle of pink flowers. In the foreground, the back of a person with dark hair in an orange top is visible. The man in the turban has long swept-back hair, a crown-like orange turban, saffron robes, a rudraksha-style gold necklace and garland cues consistent with a person identification, though the appearance is uncertain. Ritual reception setting with flower decorations.2008-07-27A smiling man in a white flower-covered headdress decorated with coloured flowers, sequined medallions and two copper-tipped plumes, wearing a long white jasmine garland with red and pink flower accents over orange clothing. He is seen in close profile against a blue draped backdrop. Behind him to the left, a bearded man in an orange shawl over white clothes stands with his hands folded.2005-12-11A smiling man with long dark hair sits on an orange-cushioned throne draped in orange cloth with gold borders, wearing a gold headband with a red bindi, a gold necklace, a gold bracelet, and a thick garland of white jasmine and red flowers across his chest, his hands clasped in his lap. A gold ceremonial staff stands behind him. Behind him, a man in orange robes stands and another in orange sits to the left on a red patterned rug. Other attendants in orange robes surround the throne at an outdoor event.2008-12-24 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi walks through a temple corridor, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a long garland of white jasmine and pink and red flowers, with a gold ceremonial necklace over it. Behind him a bald older man with a white beard in orange robes walks alongside. On the left, a carved gold-painted pillar and a rope-bound wooden beam; overhead, strings of red, purple and white flower garlands. Workers in orange shirts and a man in white shirt appear in the background, with piled sand on the floor. A light-green cloth hangs on the wall. Appearance-based cues (long swept hair, saffron robe, ornate gold necklace and garland) are consistent with a person as the central figure, though this is an appearance-based label only.2010-02-02September 11 20112011-09-11February 22 20132013-02-22A photograph of a standing man in an orange sannyasi-style wrap with bare shoulders and bare feet, eyes closed, wearing a long garland of red roses, orange marigolds, white flowers and green leaves that reaches to his knees. He has a red bindi on his forehead and stands on a blue and purple patterned mat near a red carpet inside a open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and ceiling fan. Behind him to the left, a woman in an orange striped sari stands, and to the right several people in white clothes and yellow shawls stand behind a metal railing. Nothing in the frame is a printed name or portrait labelled for him, so no identity is attributed.