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December 05 2009

A photograph of two men in close conversation indoors at a gathering, with a ceiling fan and other people in white visible behind them. The man on the left is bald with a red tilak on his forehead, wearing white ritual clothing, an orange shawl over one shoulder and a rudraksha mala. He looks down at a small white object, possibly a card, held near his chest. The man on the right has long, swept-back black hair and wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with an ornate gold necklace. He points at a white object he holds with his other hand, smiling.

A photograph of an indoor hall with a white ceiling and a standing fan at upper right. In the foreground a man with long, swept-back black hair wears an orange sleeveless garment with a gold necklace and reads from a small pink paper in his hands, with another paper held in his other hand. Beside him stands a shaved-headed man in white ritual clothing with an orange-red shawl and a brown rudraksha mala, looking down at the papers. Behind them, several people in white clothes with orange shawls stand and sit in the background, and a bald man in white with a rudraksha mala is visible at left. Swamiji (probable): the foreground figure with long hair, orange garment and gold necklace, shown reading papers.

January 21 2009

Outdoor photograph at the ashram. A long-haired man in a sleeveless orange saffron robe with a white forehead mark smiles while reading a book with an orange cover and orange ribbon bookmark held in both hands. Behind him, another man in a white dhoti and orange shawl walks along a dirt path among green shrubs and rocks. On the right, a man with short grey hair in a white shirt is seen from behind. A small framed picture is mounted on a post in the background beside a thatched hut.

Outdoor gathering under a white canopy with a red-and-white striped post and a few colourful pennants. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a dark rudraksha mala, wearing an orange saffron robe, holds an open book with an orange cover and receives it from an older bearded man in orange dhoti and shawl with a mala and a bandage on his shoulder. To the left, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold chain stands facing them. On the right, a smiling man in an orange robe with a pink cloth in hand stands beside them. Behind them, men in white shirts, white dhotis and lanyards watch the exchange.

Outdoor photo of a long-haired man in a sleeveless orange robe and a white vertical tilak on his forehead, bowing his head as he reads a small printed paper held in both hands. Beside him a younger man in a white shirt with an orange shawl looks down at the same paper. Blurred green foliage and a reddish dirt path fill the background.

May 08 2012

Photograph of two men examining a printed sheet together at an indoor event. The man on the left, with a shaved head and red tilak on his forehead, wears a white kurta, an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, and holds a rolled paper. The man on the right, with long black hair and a gold ornamental necklace, wears an orange garment and holds the printed sheet, smiling as he reads it. Blurred figures stand in the background. a person (long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and orange saffron clothing) is the man on the right.

Photograph of a seated figure with long, swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange shawl over the shoulder, a rudraksha mala draped across the chest and red-and-orange striped cloth on the lap, smiling and holding an open book toward a bare-chested man in a white dhoti-style cloth with a gold border, who sits with raised hands in front of a pale wall and red curtain. Another woman in a light sari with a red mark on her forehead is visible at the right edge. The seated figure is a probable Swamiji by appearance, cued by the long hair, orange clothing and rudraksha mala, and is presented as giving instruction or a reading during a pada-puja-style exchange; the bare-chested man is a devotee in ritual white. Three people are visible.

Outdoor photo on reddish-brown earth with green shrubs behind. A young man in a white kurta with an orange shawl stands at centre, looking down at an open booklet and holding a small white card. Beside him a woman with long dark hair wears an orange shawl and holds a paper. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at left foreground, her back to the camera, and a girl in white with an orange shawl appears at the left edge. A black tote bag hangs from the man's hand. No a person candidate is visibly present.