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March 22 2006

Night photograph outside beside a silver minivan. A bare-chested priest on the left wears a white dhoti with a purple-bordered edge and a beaded necklace, holding a offering with flowers and a fruit. A man in a grey jacket stands with hands joined in namaste. A central figure in white clothing with a flower garland and a white forehead marking bows forward, while a woman in a green sari with her hair in a bun stands in front of him. A yellow flag is visible at the left edge.

Night photo at an entrance beside a parked silver van with its side door open. A man in a grey jacket and green collared shirt shakes hands with a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a purple-and-gold border, who holds a brass tray of bananas, a coconut wrapped in leaves, a red cloth and a garland of flowers as a ceremonial welcome. On the right, a figure with long dark hair, white robes with a gold-bordered stole, beads and a garland smiles and gestures with an open hand. A woman in a dark dress kneels in the foreground with her hair in a bun. Street lights and a yellow flag appear in the background.

Night outdoor photo at a roadside gathering beside a dark car with its door open. In the centre, a long-haired figure with his back to the camera wears an orange robe edged with gold and a white flower garland, standing by the open car door. Around him, men in white dhotis and shawls, several shaved-headed, stand with palms pressed together in namaste, and a man in white kneels in the foreground. A man in white with a rudraksha-style mala holds a green banana leaf or plantain offering. Warm string lights and lamps glow in the background among onlookers. The orange-robed figure cannot be confirmed as a person from appearance alone, so no identification is made.

March 15 2006

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April 02 2017

Night outdoor scene at a dirt-ground roadside beside a dark silver SUV with its door open. A long-haired man in an orange-saffron garment with gold border, gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style neck adornment stands by the vehicle, smiling as an elderly woman in white holds up a large white and purple flower garland and a brass kalasha-style pot with green leaves. Men in white dhotis and white shirts stand nearby, one with palms pressed together in greeting, and a child in white is at the lower left. The setting is a welcome with garlands, a ritual arrival at a vehicle.

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2009-11-25 +1 copies

A nighttime outdoor scene beside a dark SUV. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare chest, wearing a rudraksha mala, embraces a smiling man in a saffron-brown garment with a gold border and a large pink-red flower garland. The garland-wearing man has a shaved-looking short dark hair style and a yellow-gold necklace. Behind them, devotees in white and saffron clothes stand with palms pressed together; a woman in white holds a woven basket with flowers and a green leaf arrangement, and a young boy in orange with rudraksha beads folds his hands in greeting. A white truck stands in the background.

A photograph taken outside a building with pillars beside a silver minivan. A man in orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair stands at the centre, wearing a white floral garland and a red-flowered garland, smiling as people bow to him. A man in a white shirt bends low and reaches toward his hands, while others in white shirts and formal clothes stand around. Two women in saris with jasmine flowers in their braided hair lean forward, and a young man in a maroon shirt stands at the right. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair and orange saffron robes with garlands, seen as a person being honoured by devotees, not a crowd count of the event.