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October 15 20062006-10-15October 16 20062006-10-16Outdoor photo of a crowd of devotees gathered before a large framed portrait on a stand. The portrait shows a smiling person wearing a white head wrap and rudraksha beads, with a line of Tamil text printed below. Foreground men in white shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, one with a mustache and a red tilak, another bowing with eyes closed. A man in an orange saffron garment stands at right beside a speaker and a small offering table holding packets and fruit. Green trees and a gold-coloured decorative pillar appear behind. The portrait is a printed picture, not a physical person, and its subject is shown as a printed portrait with an identity uncertain from appearance.2006-09-30July 01 20142014-07-01Outdoor street scene in front of a white building with a tiled roof and green trees behind it. A line of about a dozen men and youths stands on a dirt road holding large framed posters on wooden stands. The posters show a smiling figure with long dark hair wearing an orange-saffron head covering and orange clothing, and other posters show a figure in white with a white head covering. Men wear white dhotis and white or pale shirts; a man at the front holds a poster while wearing a white dhoti. A small child in a light shirt stands at the right edge. A white flag with a blue emblem is visible near the building entrance, and an orange flag appears at the right side.2006-10-16A street scene during a procession in Pondicherry, with men in white shirts and white dhotis crowding a roadside. Several men hold large printed posters on sticks, showing a smiling figure in a yellow-orange head wrap and saffron robe with a rudraksha mala, against green trees and sky, with Tamil text on the boards. A white flag with a blue emblem is raised among them. Behind them stand a colourful temple gopuram with sculpted figures and a low shop with a shutter. The posters are printed images, not physical people.2006-10-16A photograph outside a building with a tiled roof and a green tree. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe wears a white and green flower garland with red accents and stands smiling among a group of devotees. On the left, a man in white shirt and mundu, with a rudraksha mala, presses his palms together in greeting. Beside him another man in white stands with hands joined. Behind them more men in white shirts and dhotis gather near an iron gate. To the right, a framed portrait labelled in Tamil shows a smiling figure in an orange head turban and orange-red robe, placed on a stand by the gate. Several onlookers are visible in the background.2010-01-21October 09 20062006-10-09A photograph of a courtyard gathering at an ashram-style building with a balcony, decorated with a green banana-leaf garland. In the foreground, a barefoot man in white dhoti and shirt, with grey hair, holds a lit lamp or arati plate toward a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. Nearby, a man in an orange shawl with a mala stands beside a man in white holding a mala. Behind them, a large crowd of women in saris, mostly in green, orange and red, and men in white clothes press together, some with palms pressed in namaste. An older man on the right raises his hands in greeting. A tiled walkway with pink and cream tiles leads through the scene, and a small sign hangs on the building wall. A timestamp reads 25 10 2006.2006-10-25A street-level photo of a green-walled house entrance with a decorative lattice screen. A saffron banner with Tamil text and a portrait of a bearded figure in an orange turban and garland hangs at left. Beside the wooden gate, a blue sign shows a framed portrait of a bearded man in a white turban, framed with a garland of yellow and red flowers. Several men stand at the doorway: one in an orange dhoti holding a raised hand, another in white shirt and white dhoti, and men in white shirts with a visible ID lanyard. Women in saffron and pink saris and a girl in a pink shawl stand nearby, and a bicycle is parked in front. The date stamp 15.10.2006 appears in the corner.2006-10-15Outdoor photo of a devotional gathering at a temple-style stage with red-carpeted steps and gold-trimmed pillars. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands on the stage beside a deity murti draped in garlands, and a robed priest in white with an orange cloth stands near it. Two framed portrait photographs are displayed: one showing a bearded man in a white head covering, and another showing a man with grey hair and dark clothing. Devotees in white, lavender and red-and-gold saris, and plain shirts stand in a courtyard with hands joined in namaste while a row of people watches. A cream building with arched windows and trees sits behind them. Six to twenty people are visible.January 21 20102010-01-21