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December 29 20082008-12-29Outdoor festival scene at a Jayanti Brahmotsavam celebration. A young man with long dark hair, wearing a cream turban with a gold finial, a white and gold garland, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style bead mala, and an orange-saffron robe with gold border, sits smiling on a red and orange cushioned seat. Behind him, a second man in orange robes and gold necklaces holds up a long wooden pole. Orange flags and a decorated arch with white flowers and colourful streamers stand in the background, with several more people in orange and white clothing nearby.2008-12-29Outdoor procession scene with several men in saffron-orange robes wearing gold bead necklaces. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears a gold headband with a red stone, a red bindi, an orange garment, and a large white jasmine garland with red flower accents. Behind him, golden ceremonial staffs topped with ornate finials and a tasselled canopy rise above the crowd. A bald man with white tilak marks on his forehead stands at left, and a bespectacled man in orange at right wears a gold bead mala and a gold bracelet. Palm trees and greenery appear in the background.2008-12-24December 29 20082008-12-29Outdoor photo at a temple-style ground beneath palm trees and a thatched shelter. A man in orange robes with long swept-back hair and white markings on his arms holds a silver vessel decorated with yellow flowers and white garlands, while a smiling young man in orange with a white flower garland and gold headband presses his palms together in greeting. Other orange-robed devotees and people in white dhotis and a woman in orange and white stand nearby. Decorated ceremonial umbrellas with blue and red emblems hang overhead. Whether the robed man with long hair is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2008-12-24 +1 copiesA man with long dark hair, a gold diadem with a red emblem, a red bindi and a rudraksha-style gold necklace sits in saffron-orange robes draped over his shoulders, wearing long white and red flower garlands. Behind him stand devotees in white and orange, with a brass kalasha and yellow marigold garlands and palm fronds on a decorated table at the right. A bald man in orange with white tilak appears at the lower right. Swamiji (probable) appears as the central figure based on his long swept-back hair, ornate gold headband and saffron robes; the page attributes the event to the Brahmotsavam celebration.2008-12-24 +1 copiesA photograph of a long-haired man in an orange-saffron sleeveless robe wearing a double strand of white flower garlands edged with red beads, with a red vermilion mark on his forehead. He stands with eyes lowered, holding a folded white paper in both hands. Two seated people at the edges, one in white clothing at left and one in an orange-and-green patterned top at right, are partly visible. The background is a glowing white cloth canopy.2008-06-22September 10 20062006-09-10December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A photograph of a seated man on a large orange velvet throne with tasselled cushions, wearing a white turban, white robe with a gold-coloured shawl, and a necklace of large yellow beads. He has long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead, and holds a small white object in his hand while a garland of white jasmine and red flowers drapes across his lap. Behind him stand a man in a saffron-and-gold shawl over white clothes and another man in white, beneath orange and gold draped canopy fabric. A hand from the lower left reaches toward the throne, possibly offering a folded paper. A white-sleeved person is partly visible at the bottom left. The setting is an outdoor stage with orange and gold drapery.2005-11-17A photograph of a smiling man with long, swept-back black hair wearing a white jasmine garland and an orange shawl over bare shoulders, raising one hand in a gesture toward the viewer. Behind him a man in white dhoti and shirt stands holding an orange-wrapped staff, and a man in white bends forward at left. A smiling woman in an orange shawl and white garment sits at left. Behind them, a white canopy and a bright white flower garland mark a ceremonial setting. A distinctive long-haired figure in orange shawl and jasmine garland fits the page's Swamiji cues, appearance-based and probable.2008-11-11