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October 01 2008

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A man with long dark swept-back hair stands barefoot in a hall with his palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a loose orange saffron robe and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Seated participants in white clothes, partly visible at the left edge with hands folded, face him across a bare concrete floor marked by yellow lines. Another woman in a white sari with a dark shawl walks in the background before double wooden doors. A blue sign reads MAINTAIN SILENCE, SWITCH OFF CELL PHONES, CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS NOT ALLOWED, VIDEO-AUDIO & PHOTOGRAPHY PROHIBITED. A vertical banner reads BE BLISSFUL, and a wall caption in Kannada script sits above glass cabinets. The man's appearance fits the orange-robed, long-haired, rudraksha-mala cues of the candidate named on the page, so he is described as a probable Swamiji.

A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall where people in white ritual clothes stand in two rows with palms pressed together in anjali. A figure in an orange-saffron robe walks down the central aisle with hands folded, toward a doorway where another man in white and a figure in light clothing stand. Plastic chairs line the right side, and a framed picture hangs on the wall at top right. Some attendees hold papers. The person in saffron has long dark hair and is walking away from the camera, matching the page's a person cue of a saffron robe with long hair, though the face is not visible and the appearance is uncertain.

February 14 2008

February 14 2008

A photograph of a crowd of ashram devotees gathered in a hall, many wearing white dhotis or white clothing with orange shawls. In the centre, a smiling man in an orange robe holds pink flowers, surrounded by people offering pink roses. Two women in white with yellow shawls stand to the right, and a bearded man in orange stands behind the centre figure. A blue sign on the wall reads Maintain silence, switch off cell phones, children under 12 years not allowed, video-audio and photography prohibited. Around 25 people are visible.

A large seated audience of devotees fills a hall during a meditation programme. Most wear white sarees or white kurta-style clothes with rudraksha malas, and many sit in white plastic chairs. Front-left, a woman in an orange top and a teal-clad woman sit in the foreground. Hanging yellow and orange cloth decorates the top left. A blue sign reads MAINTAIN SILENCE, SWITCH OFF CELL PHONES, CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS NOT ALLOWED, VIDEO-AUDIO & PHOTOGRAPHY PROHIBITED, and a NO MOBILES ALLOWED sign hangs nearby. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the frame.

A photograph in a corridor-like hall with a blue sign on the wall reading MAINTAIN SILENCE, SWITCH OFF CELL PHONES, CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS NOT ALLOWED, VIDEO-AUDIO & PHOTOGRAPHY PROHIBITED. Several people in saffron and orange robes stand in a loose semicircle. A central man in a plain saffron robe, with a shaved head, smiles and holds a tray of pink flowers. Around him, a group of young women in white dresses with orange shawls and a few young men in white and orange clothing hold pink and red flowers and extend them toward him. A red balloon floats near the bearded man in orange robes on the left. A smaller sign and an additional tray of flowers are visible at the right edge. The setting appears to be an ashram or temple hall with plain white walls and wooden doors.

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A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra at a metal railing, eyes lowered, with a white tilak on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. Behind him stand a man in white ritual clothes with hands folded and a woman in a grey-blue sari. A wall sign with blue background lists rules in English and Kannada, and white and blue plastic chairs are stacked along the wall beside a blue curtained window and an orange lattice grille. The orange-robed man is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a tilak, with his role as a devotee praying at the railing.

A photograph of a row of women and a child standing on an orange mat in a plain hall with white walls, ceiling fans and red chairs. They stand with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, facing forward. A woman in a white top and red-pink dupatta at left holds her hands together beside a small boy in a red top and white skirt. Next are women in a teal salwar, a turquoise salwar, an orange salwar kameez, a green blouse with blue saree, and a white saree with red-pink border at right, one holding a baby wrapped in orange. Behind them, a man in a checked shirt stands with hands folded. A blue sign on the wall reads Maintain Silence, Switch off Cell Phones.

A photograph taken in an auditorium with rows of red padded chairs and a carpeted central aisle. A long-haired figure in an orange garment with a gold border stands barefoot at the centre, palms pressed together in namaste, with a red bindi on the forehead and a gold-beaded mala necklace with a pendant. The figure has long, swept-back dark hair and wears a shawl-like orange wrap with gold brocade, which are the qualifying cues for the appearance-based label Swamiji (probable). Around them, seated and standing attendees also join their palms in greeting, including a man in a white shirt on the left, a man in a checked shirt, a woman in a green sari, and an older man in an orange vest on the right. Ceiling fluorescent lights and a wall fan are visible in the background.

June 13 2009