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Outdoor street scene beside a white wall and a silver van. A saffron-robed figure wearing a large garland of red and yellow marigolds stands at the centre, with long dark hair and a warm smile. Several people in white dhotis and shirts bend forward, and a woman in a white sari with an orange border holds a brass pooja plate with flowers and a vessel, offering the welcome. Women in red and orange saris and a young child in red stand at the left. Palm trees and buildings are behind. The saffron-robed figure appears to be a senior swami receiving a welcome with a garland and pooja, consistent with a visit to a home. Swamiji (probable) cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a flower garland.

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A man in a yellow shawl and orange robe stands at left, another man in white stands behind, and a man in a yellow shirt at right holds the tray. Orange marigold strands hang at top left and bamboo leaves decorate the background.2010-01-10Outdoor street scene of a welcome at a temple-town road. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron wrap and smiles while holding a decorated brass-and-flower offering with white jasmine garlands, red flowers and green leaves. Nearby, a bare-chested man with a grey beard in the foreground wears a white jasmine garland. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and rudraksha beads stands behind. A man in a white dhoti and shirt with a red-and-brown bead necklace stands to the right, and a uniformed police officer and crowd of onlookers are in the background. A woman at right holds a white fly-whisk-like fan. Multi-storey buildings and a tree line the street.2006-09-23August 06 20092009-08-06A photograph of an outdoor ritual welcome at a courtyard with a tiled roof and palm trees behind. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe with a multicoloured and white flower garland stands with his hands near a silver tray. A woman in an orange-brown sari with jasmine in her hair holds a silver tray with a brass kalasha topped by a coconut, decorated with yellow flowers and green leaves. Bending forward in white clothes at the lower left is another devotee, while a man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala stands at the left, and a man in an orange shawl with folded hands stands beside them. 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