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November 27 2012

November 27 2012

2012-11-27 +1 copies

A seated man in an orange saffron robe with long hair tied back at the nape places his right hand on the crown of a kneeling man's head in a blessing gesture. The kneeling man wears a grey checked shirt and has grey hair. Beside them a seated monk in orange robes looks down, and a woman in a green and beige printed sari with gold bangles and earrings stands smiling at the right. Behind them, a clipboard with papers sits on the lap of the blessing figure, and a microphone stand is visible to the left. Blue plastic chairs, a red flower arrangement, and purple tinsel decorations on a red pillar frame the outdoor gathering, with more seated devotees in the background.

A school eye-camp scene in a plain whitewashed room with a faded blackboard-style wall behind. A boy in a light blue uniform shirt with a striped blue tie sits on a white plastic chair, one hand raised to rub his eye while a woman in a turquoise blue salwar with a jasmine flower in her dark hair sits beside him, attending to him. Another boy in the same light blue uniform stands behind, watching. Partially visible banners with Tamil script hang on the upper wall.

A photograph of an eye-care or healing moment among seated people on red plastic chairs. A woman in a dark brown and gold-patterned sari with pearl necklace and red bangles holds a small blue-and-white bottle. A bespectacled older man in a white shirt with a lanyard leans over and cups his hand over the eyes of a young boy in white dhoti-style clothing with a yellow border. A man in a blue plaid shirt bends in from behind, and a girl in white with a yellow border reaches toward the boy's face. The setting appears to be an open tent or hall with other people partially visible at the edges.

A photograph of an outdoor gathering on grass beneath trees and a corrugated roof. A standing figure on the right wears a saffron-orange wrap over a bare upper body, with long dark swept-back hair and a ceremonial gold necklace, consistent with a Swamiji (probable) presence. Around him, a crowd of villagers including boys in checked and striped shirts, a woman in a red sari and an older woman in a white and green sari lean over a wooden platform or box, several reaching toward it. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand behind, and an older man with white hair and a white shirt is at the far right.

November 27 2012

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November 24 2008

Outdoor festival scene at a roadside annadan (free food distribution) during a Karthikai Deepam celebration. Two women in colourful cotton saris, one in purple with red-and-blue paisley border and one in striped grey-white with red print, stand on a paved path holding steel plates of food and serving or eating from them. A man in a white shirt with a pink shawl and red-marked forehead stands between them. Behind them, seated devotees, a man in an orange dhoti, potted palm plants and white-and-colourful tent canopies line the street. Roughly a dozen or more people are visible.

2010 - Photo Album

A photograph of rural villagers gathered outdoors under trees. In the foreground, a person with dark hair and a dark top is seen from behind. Behind them, an older woman with gray hair and a light top looks on, and a girl in a red-and-green sari with a pink top holds her hand near her face. Other women and children stand nearby, and a man in a light shirt stands at the right edge. The setting is dusty ground with tree trunks in the background. No identifiable a person figure is visible.