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January 15 20092009-01-15Outdoor temple-street procession scene in strong backlight. A central figure with long dark hair wears a red-orange robe and yellow shawl, with a thick garland of green leaves, yellow and white flowers draped over the shoulders, and a long rudraksha-style mala with a gold pendant. He holds a metal staff topped with a glowing lamp-like finial. Behind him, a bare-chested man in a pale orange-and-white dhoti walks, and a woman in a red garment stands at right. Another man stands in the background at left. Printed text on a faded sign appears in the upper left. The scene reads as a devotional walk rather than a formal ceremony.2009-01-15January 15 20092009-01-15January 15 20092009-01-15A photo taken in a long temple colonnade with red-painted wooden beams and pillars. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair and a tilak on his forehead wears an orange saffron robe, a yellow shawl, and a heavy garland of green leaves, pink flowers and white jasmine, carrying a gold-tipped staff. Behind him a bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala and a young attendant in a white dhoti carries a metal plate. Several other people in orange and white walk through the crowded corridor.2009-01-15Close photo of a young man with voluminous dark curly hair and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron garment and draped with a thick red rose garland with white and yellow flowers, plus a gold bead necklace. He looks downward. A blurred hand holding a rudraksha mala appears at the left edge, and a blurred figure in white stands in the background.2011-06-05Outdoor photo of a man with long, dark, swept-back hair and a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead, wearing a saffron-orange shawl draped over his body and a heavy gold necklace of bead-like links with a pendant. He walks with his eyes lowered, holding a long wooden pole over his shoulder. Behind him, a red and gold embroidered fringed umbrella is partly visible, and a white-clad figure stands at the edge of the frame. Blurred greenery and a dirt path form the background. The person has distinctive saffron clothing, long hair and ornate gold adornment, consistent with the page's Swamiji reference, so this is an appearance-based probable identification.2010-02-12A man in a maroon-brown dhoti and draped cloth stands with his head bowed and hands pressed together over his chest, wearing a heavy gold ornamental necklace with a pendant and a long garland of yellow and white flowers with red blossoms draped across his shoulders. Behind him to the left, women in orange-red saris and gold neck ornaments stand near a drum with an orange glow, and a figure in a floral white garment appears at the right. The ground is bare earth with scattered petals. a person: the figure wears distinctive ceremonial gold jewellery and a long flower garland in a reverent procession-like setting, and the page associates him with the event, though the face and build are not clearly distinctive beyond these cues.2017-12-02April 03 20132013-04-03September 02 20172017-09-02A procession outdoors under a fringed canopy. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange robes wears a long white and red jasmine garland and a rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead and long swept-back dark hair, and holds one hand raised in a blessing gesture. Behind him a man in orange robes carries a tall gold trident staff. Other men in orange and a man in white dhoti with yellow shawl walk nearby. A block wall with string lights and palm trees stands behind them.2008-12-25Outdoor procession with a man in saffron-orange robes wearing a long white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, with long dark hair swept back and a white and red forehead mark. Beside him, a man in orange robes holds a tall golden trident staff. Several other men in orange robes and white clothing walk behind, with palm trees and a stone wall in the background.2008-12-25