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Outdoor street photo at an ashram-like campus with a silver SUV parked along a tree-lined road. A figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with short hair and a red tilak on the forehead walks forward with open hands toward a line of people. Beside them, several women in white saris hold brass kalashas and aarti trays decorated with flowers and green leaves, and men in white kurtas and lanyards stand and clap or greet. A young man in white kurta stands in the foreground facing the saffron-clad figure. A woman in glasses and white sari stands at the lower right. Trees and greenery surround the scene under bright daylight.

A photograph of a crowd gathered outdoors in front of a pink building beside a parked silver car. In the centre-right, a man in an orange saffron robe with a large garland of white flowers and red roses, a sandalwood forehead mark, smiles while devotees press close. Beside him stands a bearded man in orange robes with glasses, and a shaved-headed man in white clothing with rudraksha mala. A woman in a white sari with coloured border reaches toward the garland, and a man in white holds a camera on a tripod-style rig at left. Many men in white shirts and dhotis with rudraksha malas surround them. a person: the orange-robed garlanded man at centre-right shows the saffron clothing and garland cues, but his face is not used for identification.

A photograph of a street-side welcome beside a white car. A woman in an orange sari with a long white and multicoloured garland stands with hands folded in namaskar. Around her, a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl bends forward, and a young man in orange robes kneels at the car door. Other devotees in white and saffron clothing and a woman in a yellow and pink sari stand nearby, several with hands joined, and a child sits on the ground in pink. Some hold small offerings and flowers. The scene is an outdoor devotional greeting on a dusty road in front of a building.

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January 18 2009

A large outdoor procession moves down a sandy dirt path lined with banana plants and strings of flower garlands. Dense crowds of devotees stand on both sides. In the foreground a woman in a cream saffron-bordered sari with a red-orange striped border carries a silver pot on her head, and another woman in white holds a small metal vessel. Behind them are rows of people in white dhotis, white saris and white shirts, many wearing rudraksha malas. Ceremonial banners with gold fringe and red floral embroidery, including a blue and yellow canopy edge, are carried through the crowd. Further back a figure in orange robes holds a brass pot aloft with a garland, and a woman in orange appears at the left. Red and white striped walls and brick-coloured earth mark the edge of the grounds.

Outdoor photo of a crowd in white clothes receiving a sannyasi-style figure at an open ground under a pale sky. In the centre, a man in an orange garment is partly visible behind a rounded wicker-wrapped object crowned with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Men in white shirts and trousers, some with folded hands, reach toward him, and a young woman in white holds a golden tray of white flowers and red petals. Women in white saris and a white shawl stand at left, one wearing rudraksha beads. A tent edge with orange and red fabric appears at upper right.

A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a red-and-white flower garland and a mala of rudraksha beads, smiles broadly and raises one hand in greeting as he walks outdoors. Beside him, a younger man in white with an orange shawl and a bead mala walks close by. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis follow, and a woman in a white sari with red border carries a brass tray of flowers and a decorated coconut. A silver car and a crowd fill the background.

Outdoor photo at a Tamil Nadu gathering with a corrugated metal fence, tents with striped canopies and a silver SUV behind a crowd. A woman in a cream sari at left holds a brass tray of flowers and offerings, flanked by women in pale and white clothing. Men in white shirts and some wearing rudraksha malas stand and sit around, with several people in the foreground. A red carpet runs across the lower left and flower petals lie on the ground. No person in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person by the visible cues described in the guidelines.

A photograph of a crowd gathering outdoors under a concrete covered walkway in front of a white institutional building. A man in long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a white and red flower garland with a rudraksha-style mala, smiles as he is welcomed. Several devotees surround him, including a woman in a red sari holding a garland and offerings, and an older woman in white with a gold-bordered shawl. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand behind. A white SUV with a roof rack is parked to the right. The welcoming figure with long hair and saffron robe shows the appearance cues associated with a person, appearing in person near the vehicle. The people in the foreground are devotees and attendants.

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