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June 28 2008

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Outdoor scene on a riverbank with rounded stones and red brick steps. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair and a bare chest wears a flowing saffron-orange robe and walks down the steps. Beside him, a man in white kurta and white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a large red, orange and teal umbrella with tassels, marked with the printed word Peetam. Behind them, a crowd of men, some in shirts and some in orange sannyasi robes, stands and sits watching on the stones under an overcast sky. A man in a yellow patterned shirt and an older man in a light shirt are visible among the onlookers. The long-haired figure in saffron, shown with a bare chest and ceremonial umbrella escort, has distinctive visible cues consistent with a person, walking as the central figure of the procession.2008-06-28Outdoor photograph of a procession descending red brick steps beside a rocky riverbank. A man with long dark hair in a full-length saffron-orange robe walks forward at centre, hands at his sides. Behind him a young man in white kurta and pants and an orange shawl holds a large red umbrella with multicoloured tassels over him. Several saffron-clad attendants follow, one wearing a gold-coloured bead necklace, and a dark bag is carried at right. Onlookers in shirts, kurtas and a red t-shirt stand and sit on the rocks at left, including an elderly woman in an orange sari. Overcast sky. Appearance-based candidate: a person as the saffron-robed man at centre walking unshaded in the procession.2008-06-28June 28 20082008-06-28A barefoot man in saffron-orange robes walks up red brick steps with palms pressed together in namaste, long dark hair falling past his shoulders, a rudraksha-style necklace visible. Behind him a man in white kurta and orange shawl holds a large red and orange umbrella with colourful tassels over the procession. Other saffron-clad sadhus with beaded malas and a gold-medallion necklace follow, and several onlookers in everyday clothes stand and sit along the stone embankment, including an older woman in an orange sari. Appearance-based cues including long swept hair, saffron robes and rudraksha beads suggest a person leading the procession.2008-06-28A procession descends a broad red stone staircase on a riverbank, with a crowd of onlookers seated and standing on rough boulders on both sides. Leading the group, a young man in a blue t-shirt and dark trousers holds a long wooden pole with a decorated circular parasol, while a man in white dhoti in front of him carries a matching umbrella pole. Above, a large red-and-multicolour canopy with tasselled edges is carried on a pole. In the centre, a barefoot figure in a long saffron-orange robe with long dark hair walks down the steps, and another man in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style mala follows. Several parasols with blue and white emblems accompany them. Spectators in saffron, pink and yellow clothing watch from the stones, and a child sits in pink on the steps.2008-06-28A long-haired man in orange saffron robes walks barefoot down red brick steps with hands pressed together in namaste, smiling. A man in white kurta and orange shawl holds a large red, orange and blue umbrella with fringed tassels, printed with the word Peetam, over him. Behind, a man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala. Crowds of onlookers stand and sit on the rocky steps, including an older woman in an orange sari and a man in cream kurta.2008-06-28A photograph of an outdoor procession on stone steps under an overcast sky. A central figure with long dark hair wears a flowing orange-saffron robe and walks up the steps, flanked by an orange-and-white attendant holding a decorated umbrella and a ceremonial yellow-and-red banner on a pole. Attendants in white clothes with orange sashes accompany him, and a man in a blue shirt and a man in a red turban stand nearby. Several seated and standing onlookers, including women in pink, purple and green saris and children, line the steps. The multicoloured umbrella has a bird emblem and tassels, and a round yellow emblem with a bird is visible on the banner.2008-06-28A photograph of a ceremonial procession ascending stone steps lined with black stone shivalinga-style pillars and a red-and-grey stepped ghat. Several people in saffron-orange robes climb the steps; one in a long, saffron-orange cloth and orange headwrap leads with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, another wears a crown-like silver headpiece and beads, and a central figure with long dark hair and a dark-red cloth stands near a large multicolour parasol-style canopy carried on a pole. A figure in white and yellow-bordered cloth is seen at the upper right. Other devotees in orange stand higher on the steps, and a cameraman with a tripod films at the left edge. Purple and green cloth sits on the steps.2018-01-01June 04 20062006-06-04July 26 20102010-07-26June 28 20082008-06-28A photograph of a procession descending white and red striped steps outdoors under a bright sky. A man in an orange shawl and orange dhoti, with long swept-back dark hair and orange sandals, walks at the centre. Swamiji (probable) based on the long swept-back hair and saffron clothing. A young man on the left in a white kurta and orange dhoti, with rudraksha mala, holds up a red umbrella with tassels over him. Behind, several people in white and cream clothes and rudraksha malas follow. On the right edge, a bearded man in orange robes walks past.2009-01-02