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September 09 2011

Night photograph of a procession at an ashram entrance. A central man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a red bindi, wears a long white and red flower garland and layered gold necklaces, and walks with eyes lowered and a smile. Behind him, saffron-robed men with white tilak on their foreheads and rudraksha malas walk with hands folded in namaskar, and a man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-bordered cloth walks at left. A red wall with yellow lettering runs along the left edge.

A photograph of a long-haired man in a terracotta-coloured robe wearing a thick garland of red and yellow flowers over green leaves, with rudraksha beads around his neck and a red bindi on his forehead. He smiles and turns toward a man in a white shirt on the left, who faces away from the camera. To the right, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with a tilak on his forehead and glasses stands close, and another man in a saffron shawl is nearby. A man in white dhoti with a yellow border stands behind. In the background, a framed portrait hangs on a wall. a person (a person) is shown here garlanded and receiving a welcome among devotees and monastic attendees.

A photograph of a colonnaded temple corridor with sunlight falling across stone pillars. A central man wears an orange saffron robe, a white upper cloth draped over one shoulder, a long pink and white flower garland, and a necklace of gold bells, with a tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair. He walks forward with an attentive expression. To his left, a smiling bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala and a patterned lungi with a red kumkum mark on his forehead. To the right, a shaven-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. Several other people stand in the background. Their appearance is consistent with a person figure in the centre, but the identification is uncertain.

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A photograph of a ritual scene with a man in front and a shaved-headed man beside him. The foreground man has long swept-back dark hair, a white forehead marking with a red bindi, a gold earring, and wears an orange-saffron shawl with multiple strands of rudraksha beads, his eyes closed in meditation or prayer. Behind him stands a bald man in an orange garment with a red forehead mark and rudraksha beads, looking toward the front. Several people in white clothes stand in the blurred background, and a camera operator's arm is visible at the top right. The setting appears to be a temple corridor with light coming through an opening.

A photograph of a procession inside a temple courtyard. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a white forehead mark wears a saffron-orange shawl and a thick garland of white and magenta flowers with gold beads, plus gold bangles on his upper arm. He smiles and walks forward. Beside him on the left, a shaved-headed priest in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala holds a tall silver staff, while a priest in white dhoti and shawl walks behind. Other devotees in white and saffron stand in the background, and an attendant on the right holds a brass tray. Orange-painted walls and pillars frame the scene.

A photograph of a man in a saffron-orange sannyasi-style wrap with a red bindi on his forehead and a long golden bead necklace, hands pressed together in namaste as he walks with eyes lowered and a smile. Behind him stand two men in white kurta clothing, one with palms joined in greeting, and a shaved-headed man in saffron garments with a rudraksha mala looking down at a mobile phone. A printed notice board and a red-and-white painted column appear in the background against an orange wall. Appearance-based candidate in the central figure: Swamiji (probable), with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and golden ceremonial beads.