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September 26 2011

A barefoot man with long, swept-back dark hair and a smile steps out beside a silver car door on a street beside an ornate stone temple gopuram. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a golden border and a long necklace of golden beads. Behind him, white-clad men and a person in a light-coloured dhoti walk along the roadside. Two men on the left, one in a white shirt and one with a shaved head, carry folded orange cloth. Hills and blue sky are visible in the background.

A photograph of a roadside scene beside a silver car. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with a bare shoulder and a fresh yellow-and-green flower garland stands at an open car door, reaching toward the vehicle. A shaved-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands in the foreground with his back to the camera. Other men in white shirts and orange garments stand nearby, and a passenger inside the car wears orange. Buildings, a tiled roof and a power pole line the street.

A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead walks outside a carved grey stone temple gopuram with a metal gate and motorcycles behind him. He wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a strand of large gold-coloured beads around his neck, and he is smiling. Two men in orange cloth stand beside him, one at left holding folded orange towels and one at right holding open a silver car door. A man in white stands behind them. Several people are partly visible at the edges of the frame.

Outdoors before an ornate grey stone temple gopuram with carved tiers, a figure in a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with long dark wavy hair stands at a silver SUV, one hand on the open door, as the car is approached at a temple entrance. To the left, a man with long hair and a gold-beaded necklace in orange clothing holds the door. Several men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stand behind, and a bald man with a backpack in white clothes watches. A tiger-skin seat cover is visible inside the car.

A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe stepping out of a silver SUV onto dusty ground, with palm trees and a flag-lined background behind. Two attendants in orange robes stand beside him: one at left wears an orange turban and holds a bead necklace, and one at right in an orange kurta with a maroon shawl holds a silver vessel with a green leaf offering. A person in white at far right holds hands in namaste. The seated man's features are not distinctive enough to identify him, so his identity is unsure; he is shown as an exiting passenger in orange ritual dress.

A photograph at an outdoor camp with an orange tent and a grey hatchback car, its driver-side door open. A bald man in saffron robes stands at the open door on the right, his hand on the handle, beside a man in an orange wrap. Inside the car sits a person in saffron clothing. Behind them, others in orange and white stand under hanging lamps and a hanging ornament. A printed banner with a carved stone figure hangs at left, with Devanagari text on the panels.

February 02 2013

Outdoor photo beside a car on a dusty ground at a festival setting with colourful balloons and flower garlands visible. A smiling man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered shawl, a cream turban, and layered rudraksha-style malas and gold necklaces stands at an open car door. A devotee in a white dhoti and shawl bends low to touch his feet. Two more people in orange robes stand behind the car, and a cameraman with a camera is at the left edge. The man's features are not established by the photo, so his identity stays unsure.

Outdoor photo at a festival grounds under a clear sky. A bald man in saffron-orange robes stands beside an open white car door, gesturing with his right hand as he speaks to people nearby. Behind him, a man in white clothing and others in orange and white stand among a crowd. In the foreground, a figure with long dark hair in an orange garment is seen from behind. A decorated umbrella with red-and-white fringe and a canopied stage with orange and green draping appear at right, and a blue van is parked in the background. a person (saffron robes and a bare, shaven head; no long hair, crown or rudraksha visible, so appearance is uncertain).

Outdoor photo at a roadside temple entrance with a gopuram-style temple tower at the left edge and wooded hills behind. A woman in a white sari with a long dark braid, seen from behind, stands at centre-left facing a person in a saffron-orange robe who holds a garland of white flowers. A second person in a saffron-orange garment with maroon borders stands at right beside a white SUV, and a man with bare chest, rudraksha mala and yellow dhoti stands at far left with hands folded. Several men in white shirts and dark trousers stand in the background among scaffolding of a building under construction.

A photograph outdoors near a silver minivan with its side door open. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and shawl wears rudraksha beads and white horizontal markings on his arms and chest, holding a long wooden staff. Beside him a monk in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at the open door, one hand on the vehicle, while another person in orange reaches in from the far side. A brass vessel with green leaves sits near the seat. Palm trees and a stone sculpture are behind them.