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Outdoor photo at a college entrance with a silver Hyundai sedan parked in the foreground, its front passenger window open. A figure in orange robes sits in the driver's seat, with a small white cap or cloth visible at the head. Behind the car, several people stand near a grilled gate and a pink-and-white building. A man in a white kurta and a woman in a green sari stand with hands folded in greeting. A uniformed security guard in a blue shirt and cap stands to the right. A printed banner above the gate shows an orange-robed figure beside a red-and-gold image, with Tamil text.

August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India

Five men stand in an open courtyard at dusk in front of a dark car, with a Tamil-language banner on the left and a blue-and-white banner on the right. A man in a white shirt and blue trousers stands with arms folded on the far left. Next to him a young man in saffron robes wears a heavy gold necklace and stands with hands clasped. Beside them a man in a striped shirt and grey trousers stands with hands folded. An older bearded man in orange robes with a purple-edged shawl stands with hands clasped, and at far right an elderly bearded man with bare upper body and white dhoti and shawl stands with hands folded. Two of the figures wear saffron or orange robes, but no appearance cue establishes a candidate for a person with confidence.

February 15 2009

A photograph of a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with a long white and red flower garland draped over the shoulders, walking outside a building toward a white car. The figure has long dark hair and a red bindi and smiles. Around them, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with hands pressed together in greeting stands at left, a younger man with long hair in white kurta and orange shawl stands beside, a younger man in orange garments steadies the figure on the left side, and a woman in a sari with a garland and a man in a white shirt and khaki trousers stand at right. A blue signboard and tiled wall are behind them. The central figure appears as a probable Swamiji with saffron robes, a long flower garland and long hair, so the swamiji field is set accordingly.

A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe sits in the open rear door of a silver car, smiling and reaching out with one hand. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands beside the door, wearing a large garland of white jasmine and red flowers. Another man in white clothes and a second person in orange robes stand nearby, and a photographer in white with an orange stole takes pictures. Behind them is a red and white roadside banner with Tamil text and a dated event notice, and a circular orange decorative frame with a portrait stands at the right. The long-haired figure in orange has distinctive long swept-back hair and saffron robes, a person candidate seated in the car, so the a person field is set to unsure because the face is not clearly visible.

August 08 2009

Outdoor street scene beside a silver SUV. A man in saffron-orange robes stands at the centre with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind him, a saffron-robed attendant and several men in white shirts and white dhotis gather on a dirt road. Scaffolding and a tall banner, partly in Tamil, stand behind the group, and a green leaf and a pot appear at the lower right. The orange-robed man appears to be a person, shown by his distinctive saffron robes and greeting gesture while being welcomed by devotees.

A photograph of five men standing outdoors at dusk on a concrete forecourt in front of a dark car, beneath a covered colonnade. On the left, a man in a white shirt and blue trousers stands with arms folded. Next, a man in a long saffron-orange robe wears a heavy gold necklace and stands with hands clasped; he has a shaved head and a face with a visible, a person appearance cue of distinctive ornate gold adornment. Beside him, a man in a grey-and-white striped shirt stands with hands clasped. Next, an elderly bearded man with white hair wears an orange robe with a purple border and stands barefoot with hands clasped. On the far right, an elderly bearded man with long white hair wears only a white loincloth and a white cloth over his shoulder, his body covered in pale patches. Behind them are banners with Tamil text and a framed photo.

January 10 2009

A photograph of an outdoor ashram courtyard with sandy ground and a low red-and-white painted step in the lower right. A silver SUV with a roof rack, bearing a blue sign reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetha Mahasamsthana, is parked at left, with a driver visible through the windshield in orange robes. Two men in flowing orange robes walk toward the step: the nearer one, in the centre-right, has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead and bare shoulders, with a saffron cloth draped over him; the other, at left, wears orange with red borders and carries a mobile phone. Behind them a man in white with a yellow shawl walks across the courtyard, and shoes are scattered near a row of red and white bollards. A wall with a poster reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeeta, Ganesh Road, Tiruvannamalai appears at the top left.

A man with long dark hair and a red bindi stands beside a silver minivan with its door open, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and dhoti draped over his body and a long garland of red roses, purple and white flowers with green leaves around his neck. Behind him, a man in a yellow top stands near a pink banner listing 'Brahmotsava-2010' and rows of small portrait photos of people; a pink-framed portrait labelled "Sri Anandeshwara" also appears. A second man in orange clothing holds the van door at the left edge. Sandals are scattered on the dirt ground in the background beside a white temple-style building with a brown signboard reading 'Sri Anandeshwara Devasthana'.