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Outdoor scene at an ashram-style compound with coconut palms, a pink multi-storey building and a solar-powered street lamp. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala, and stands among a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis. Several men in white kurtas smile or look toward him, and one man on the left wears a red shirt. Orange-red bunting is strung across the background.

Outdoor scene on a dirt road at an ashram or camp entrance. Several people in orange and saffron robes stand in a loose group; one figure in the centre has long dark curly hair and a sleeveless orange top with a wrap, seen from behind, while a man in orange with a salt-and-pepper beard and a bearded man in red robes stand nearby. Devotees in white and yellow dupattas, including a woman in white with a yellow shawl, watch and some press palms together. A man in white holds a camera on a thatched shed. Flower petals lie on the ground at the lower edge. Behind them, a printed banner reads "Nithya Anandam" with a portrait of a man in a robe, and a large green-and-white informational poster stands on the left.

February 16 2009

A group of about twenty people walks along a dirt path lined with orange flowers and palm trees toward a white tent structure with signboards. In the centre, a man in an orange-red shawl over white clothes walks beside a woman in long orange robes. Many men wear white kurta-style clothes with yellow or orange shawls, and a girl in a blue and turquoise dress walks on the left. Some carry cameras. A white canopy and a Kannada-language signboard appear in the background.

A photograph of an outdoor gathering at a temple-style entrance with orange walls and hanging coconuts and leaves above. A smiling man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe, a bead garland of orange and white flowers, and a rudraksha-style necklace, sits on an orange-cushioned seat. Around him, men in white shirts and dhotis wear orange or yellow shawls, one in yellow with rudraksha beads, and a woman in white stands behind. A crowd of devotees in the foreground holds cameras and raises hands in greeting, while a bald man in white and a younger man in a white t-shirt with a camera stand nearby. a person: the seated man has long swept-back hair, saffron robes, a garland and a rudraksha-style necklace, seated as the central figure in a darshan setting.

December 23 2009

August 09 2007

Outdoor photo on dry, bare ground at a rural site with a low concrete wall and houses behind. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and wrap with a rudraksha mala, walks barefoot at the centre. To his right a man in white shirt and white trousers with a rudraksha mala gestures while speaking. Beside them a priest in white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded. At right, a man in saffron robe holds a brass tray of yellow flowers. Behind, a group of onlookers in cream and white saris and saffron clothing stands watching, including a woman in an orange shawl and a girl in a teal top.

Outdoor crowd scene in a village street with palm trees, a parked white van, a green bus and a red-roofed building behind. A large crowd of devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and men in white shirts and dhotis, gathers closely around a central figure. That central man has short dark hair and wears a white garment with an orange shawl draped over his shoulder. Several women wear rosette badges on their chests and some carry small items. Plastic chairs are arranged in rows at left, and a wooden framework stands at the right edge. The atmosphere is one of a procession or ratha yatra gathering with people pressing forward to see the central figure.

December 23 2008

Outdoor photo on a roadside in daylight with a clear blue sky. A central man in orange robes, with long dark hair, a red bindi, a rudraksha mala and a large white flower garland, smiles while people around him greet him with folded hands. Beside him a man in orange robes stands near a silver car, a woman in white with a green shawl smiles at left, and a young man in white with an orange shawl and mala stands at right. A red and white bus and a low building are behind them.