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July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph inside a plain white-walled room with a wooden door and barred window. Center, a smiling young man with long dark hair and a red bindi wears an orange saffron wrap and a garland of white flowers, red roses and yellow marigolds. He has a distinctive appearance and is the central figure, but no printed name ties him to this photo. Beside him, a man in orange robes with a red-bordered shawl smiles toward him. Behind them, several men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, stand and smile. A white cloth-draped chair sits at left.2009-01-10A photograph of an inauguration at a doorway. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair and a garland of white jasmine and red flowers cuts a white ribbon stretched across a white doorway with a small scissors. Beside him a smiling man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a brass pot with green leaves. Other people in white clothes crowd nearby. Above is a woven bamboo canopy decorated with colourful festoons and banana plants, and a bunch of green bananas hangs at left.2009-08-11A figure in a saffron-orange robe and sandals walks through a doorway of a whitewashed building, wearing a long white and red flower garland with yellow marigolds at the chest and a rudraksha-style red bead mala. The doorway is covered by a thatched palm-leaf canopy decorated with orange and green paper festoons and banana stalks. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand behind, one holding a basket and another with raised hands. Scattered red rose petals lie on a white cloth at the threshold, and a small kalasha-like pot with flowers sits in a window niche. The figure appears to be a person, identified by the saffron robe, floral garland and bead mala, and is therefore the one in_person candidate in this photograph.2009-08-11A photograph of a doorway ribbon-cutting. A smiling man in an orange-red robe and matching orange-red turban, with long hair, a gold chain and a white and maroon flower garland, holds scissors to an orange ribbon stretched across the open door of a plain building. Behind him a young monk in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands beside a tray of flowers. A man in a white shirt and a child in a red dress watch from the right, while green foliage and a garland-draped frame surround the entrance. a person appears in the centre: the long hair, saffron-red robe, turban and gold chain fit the candidate cues, so the role is the person cutting the ribbon.2008-07-27February 06 20072007-02-06A photograph of an inauguration ritual in a white-walled room with a grilled window and garlands of white and pink flowers hanging from the top. A central figure in an orange-red turban with pink flowers, an orange robe, a long white and red garland and a gold necklace holds a leaf and a tray of pink petals. A man in an orange robe stands beside them holding a flower-filled tray. Two standing men in orange and white, a man in a checked shirt, and a woman in a yellow-bordered white sari stand in the doorway and room. Seated in front, an older man in white and a woman in a white top with a rudraksha mala watch with folded hands. Several people are visible, and a small oil lamp sits on the floor at the lower right.2008-07-27June 24 20142014-06-24A doorway into a bright interior with polished wooden doors on either side. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a long white and multicolour flower garland walks forward, a devotee's hand extended toward him. Behind him, another monk in orange stands near a seated attendant. To the right, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a dark bead mala around his neck walks past, and a man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tray of offerings. Several people in white ritual dress stand in the background hallway.2010-01-21July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a central figure in a saffron-orange robe, wearing a long garland of white and red flowers, walking through a white-walled doorway between two open reddish-brown doors. Behind him, a palm-frond garland hangs over the entrance and a decorated pandal with colourful cloth and a thatched roof stands under palm trees. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts, a man in a blue checked shirt and a man in a pale beige shirt press hands together in greeting, and children stand at the left edge holding cloth bags. A man in a white kurta with a pendant on his chest, hands folded, walks beside him. Small Tamil signboards are on the right wall.2009-08-03