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A photograph of an outdoor welcome on a dirt road beside a parked silver car. A smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a white and red flower garland, with red-beaded rudraksha malas at his neck, and reaches toward a man in white who bows low before him. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with gold border carries a brass kalasha pot with flowers and greenery, and another woman in white holds a tray of flowers. Men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand around, one holding a long red-handled staff with a silver trident-like top. A red and purple festival banner with pennants flutters above in a green tree-lined setting.

September 08 2011

Outdoors under a striped red, green and purple canopy, a man in a saffron orange robe stands barefoot on a colourful striped mat beside a silver minivan with its side door open. He has long dark hair and a red forehead mark and is smiling with palms pressed together. A man in white dhoti and shirt holds a white flower garland toward him, and devotees in white with hands folded stand nearby. A driver in orange sits inside the van. Other men in white stand in the background beside a patterned grille-windowed building. Floral offerings are visible at the left.

August 08 2009

September 08 2011

Outdoors on a paved road beside a silver SUV, a man in an orange saffron shawl over a red top, wearing a long white and red flower garland, smiles while a man in white kurta bends forward to greet him. A woman with hair tied back in a bun, partly visible at lower left, holds a bouquet of white flowers and green leaves. On the right, a man in white with a rudraksha mala and wristwatch presses his palms together in namaste. A truck and motorbikes pass behind on the road.

Outdoor photo of a street arrival at a residential compound beneath a red and maroon fringed canopy. A man in an orange saffron robe with a bare upper body stands centre, smiling and receiving a small offering tray from a woman in a white sari. Behind him a line of men in white shirts and dhotis, some with folded hands in namaste, look on. Another person in orange stands beside him holding a folded orange flag on a pole. On the left a woman in white and a man in white shirt press palms together. A dark car is parked at the lower left, with green-roofed buildings and palm trees behind. Count of visible people is about twelve.

Outdoors beside a silver SUV, a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes with a long multicolour flower garland (yellow, pink, purple, white) and a rudraksha mala is being garlanded and steadied by a person in white clothing. Around them, white-clad men with bare upper bodies and gold-bordered dhotis, one holding a mala, press hands together in greeting, and a camera operator films from the right. A tent and a brick wall stand in the background, and the person with long hair and orange robes and a saffron head wrap is a probable Swamiji, based on the flower garland, saffron robes, long swept hair and rudraksha beads.

Outdoor photograph under a red and multicoloured canopy with a shaded courtyard and a pale building behind. A smiling man with short dark hair wears a saffron-orange sannyasi robe and a long garland of white flowers with blue and red accents, and is garlanded and greeted by a man in a white shirt who bends forward with hands clasped. To the left, an older man in a white shirt and dark rudraksha-style mala stands near a small red and orange flag on a brass stand. Behind them, a man in white with palms pressed together in namaste, a woman in white, and other onlookers watch the greeting. The central figure wears a red bindi and an orange robe, and a visible orange sannyasi wrap appears again behind him. a person cues: the saffron sannyasi robe and garland are the distinctive features, but the appearance is not conclusively matched, so this is recorded as unsure.

A photo taken outdoors beside a silver SUV at an ashram gate. A central figure in orange saffron robes wears a long multicoloured flower garland of red, yellow, purple and white blooms and raises one hand in greeting while smiling. To the right, a younger man in orange with a gold necklace stands with hands folded, and another man in white dhoti and shawl stands behind him with palms pressed together. On the left, a woman in white with hair in a ponytail and folded hands faces the central figure at close range. Other devotees in white and orange stand behind the vehicle and along the edges of the frame. Tents and a brick wall appear in the background.

January 18 2009

Outdoor photo on a paved road in front of an orange and blue draped stage backdrop. A smiling man in an orange turban, orange shawl and a red and orange flower garland stands at centre with hands pressed together. An older man in white shirt and white dhoti bends low, hands folded, toward him. Beside them a woman in a white sari holds a silver vessel with a green leaf. Behind, uniformed police officers and men in white shirts watch. A man in an orange wrap stands at left beside a white car.