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Photograph inside a room with cream walls, a stained-glass arched window, and a doorway opening onto a flower-garlanded outdoor area with a red carpet. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe and a saffron turban wears long hair and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and gestures with one raised hand while standing among a group of monastic men in orange and saffron robes. Several people in white and cream clothes, including one with a light shawl, stand nearby, and a bald monk in orange raises a hand to his face. Marigold-style garlands hang along the doorway and window frame. Visible people are about ten to twelve.

Indoor photo of a corridor in an ashram-style building with cream walls, a wooden door framed by marigold garlands, and a window with wooden slatted shutters. Several people stand with palms pressed together in namaste. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand in the foreground, one with a shaved head and white tilak on his forehead, the other shaved-headed as well. Women in white and orange-trimmed saris and a man in a white dhoti with a red border stand beside them. A man in white with a red-bordered cloth and a wristwatch is at the right, speaking with his hands together. A person in an orange turban stands further back near a staircase grille.

January 12 2007

February 02 2007

A photograph of an outdoor temple gathering in front of a white columned shrine decorated with red, yellow and marigold garlands. A figure with long swept-back dark hair, an orange turban, an orange robe and a long gold-beaded necklace walks at left, smiling. Beside him stands a man in a white shirt with rudraksha mala and a pendant. At centre, a shaved-headed elder in orange robes and a draped orange shawl extends his hand toward a man bowing low to touch the ground. At right, a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-bordered cloth walks among devotees. Other men in orange robes and white clothing stand behind near the shrine entrance.

A photograph of a festive temple courtyard with marigold garlands and a palm-leaf canopy overhead. In the centre, a bald man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala stands with his hands gesturing, facing a devotee in an orange turban and saffron wrap who stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Around them, saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees stand in a crowd; a man in a white shirt and a man in cream clothes are at right, and an older bald man in a saffron shawl holding a white booklet stands at right-centre. Behind them, a white building with arched windows and a decorated doorway. Identity of the central robed figure is uncertain from appearance alone.

February 02 2007

December 25 2009

Outdoor photograph of a crowd on a paved cobblestone courtyard in front of a pink and white temple-style building with lattice screens. In the centre, a bald-headed sannyasi in orange robes and an orange turban holds his hands together. To his right, a man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, wearing an orange robe and orange turban, gestures with one hand. Other saffron-clad monks in orange turbans stand behind them. Around them, men in white dhotis and white shirts, a woman in a blue sari, and a young girl in a blue dress stand among the crowd. Some people hold white cloth over their shoulders.

July 29 2008

A photograph of a crowded indoor hall with pale walls and wooden framed windows. Beside him, an older bearded sadhu in orange robes stands, and a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and grey hair and beard stands in the foreground. Behind them, many devotees in white and cream clothing and headwear, including white caps, press together. At right, a garland of white and yellow flowers hangs on a wooden pillar.

A procession outdoors near a whitewashed wall with a notice board. A central man in orange robes, an orange turban and a red bindi stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling, wearing a long white and red flower garland and gold ornaments. Around him, several men in orange robes and gold chains walk closely; one on the left, with a full beard and gold-tipped staff, holds a tall golden staff topped with an ornament. A bearded man in glasses and a white shirt stands behind. In the foreground a man in orange with a gold chain walks past, and a shaven-headed young man in orange clothing with a white tilak looks forward. A woman in a white sari with a red bindi stands in the background.