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October 15 20082008-10-15Outdoor photograph on a dirt road in front of a yellow boundary wall with posters. A silver SUV decorated with a white flower garland is parked at left, with a small fire burning beside it. A multicoloured umbrella with a golden finial stands at centre. Several men with bare upper bodies wear white or yellow dhotis and hold brass puja plates, flowers and a lamp. A woman in an orange sari with a garland and a man in white dhoti and shirt stand at centre, and a bare-backed woman in a red and white cloth with white markings on her back receives or offers the plate. Palm trees and power lines fill the background.2008-10-15 +1 copiesOctober 15 20082008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15Outdoor street scene at a residential house entrance. A figure in long flowing orange saffron robes with a multi-strand gold-and-bead garland stands centre, arms extended to receive a brass tray holding a yellow flower-decorated vessel and a garland from a man in white dhoti and shirt wearing a white shawl and a tilak mark. Behind them a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, a woman in a white sari, and children watch and fold hands. A silver car with a red flag and a white flower garland on its bumper stands to the left. Pale buildings, palm trees and colourful bunting appear in the background, with onlookers on a yellow building balcony.2010-01-09Outdoor street scene in front of a silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA 04 MN 4448 partially visible. A saffron-robed sannyasi with a garland of white flowers stands at the center, with a multicolored ceremonial umbrella held above him, decorated with bird and emblem motifs and tassels. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange or red shawls walk barefoot, including one in a deep red kurta. To the right, women in yellow and white saris carry ceremonial items. Behind them a large banner shows a shaven-headed priest in orange robes and a smaller portrait of a mustached man, with green palms and trees in the background.2007-01-30A photograph of an outdoor arrival on a dirt road beside a silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA 04 MN 4444. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with a matching orange turban stands at the vehicle, hands folded in greeting, with a crowd of onlookers behind. A man in white kurta holds a multicoloured fringed ceremonial parasol overhead. Another man in white, wearing a red and white garland, faces the scene, and a woman in white holds a silver vessel of flowers in the foreground. A cameraman with a video camera stands at the right edge beside a fence and foliage.2006-12-13Outdoor photograph on a dirt road at an ashram. A man in white dhoti and shirt with gold border, holding a white flower garland, greets a central figure in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair, a saffron turban and a long beaded necklace, who is walking beneath a multicoloured ceremonial umbrella printed with a dove emblem and 'Dhyanapeetam'. Other devotees in white and saffron stand nearby, including a shaved-headed monk in orange and a man in white. A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA04MN444 is behind them. On the right, a large banner shows a portrait of a shaved-headed man in orange and saffron-yellow lettering with Kannada text, and a second figure in orange is partly visible.2007-01-30Outdoor photograph of a devotee welcome at a residential street. In the centre, a figure in a saffron-orange robe with a long orange-and-gold garland and long dark hair stands with palms pressed together in namaste beside a silver car decorated with a white and yellow flower garland and a small red flag. Behind them a man in white kurta and a gold necklace holds a brass tray of yellow flowers, and a man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and tilak stands nearby. Along the street, many people in white shirts, checked shirts and saris stand with hands folded. Rangoli designs with oil lamps sit on the ground in front, and a yellow building with spectators on its balcony is visible at upper right. The orange-robed figure is an appearance-based candidate for a person, shown with long swept hair, saffron robe and garland.2010-01-09Night photograph at an ashram entrance lit by bright floodlights. A figure with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, stands beside a silver SUV while an elderly man in white clothes drapes a long garland of white flowers and yellow-and-red marigolds toward them. A younger man in white dhoti and shawl stands nearby, and a table on the right holds a brass tray with red petals and a small box. Behind them a signboard in Tamil script hangs on a wall with lamps, and trees line the grounds.2012-01-08A photograph of an outdoor arrival on bare dirt ground. A silver Ford SUV with Karnataka plate KA04MN4444 has its rear door open. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and long hair walks forward under a multicoloured decorated umbrella held by a man in white. Around him, people in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded in greeting, a woman in a green sari and a child in white stand at left, and a uniformed policeman stands at right. A seated man in yellow at far right sits beside a drum. Electrical wires cross the sky and white buildings and palm trees stand in the background.2008-07-29