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October 02 2008

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Six men stand in a row on a stage against a dark backdrop, hands pressed together in anjali mudra. The man third from left wears an orange turban and orange-saffron robes with a red border, with a long rudraksha mala around his neck. Beside him a bearded man in white robes with a white shawl also holds his palms together, and to the right a man with long grey hair wears orange robes. The man at far left wears pale yellow silk, the man second from left a cream kurta with glasses, and the man at far right white robes with a mala. Overhead, faint ceiling lights are visible at the left edge.

A crowded indoor scene near a microphone stand at an event. In the right foreground, a long-haired man in orange robes with a white forehead marking and red bindi stands beside a microphone and gestures with a raised thumb; his appearance has several cues (long hair, orange clothing, rudraksha-style beaded mala) that match the page's claim, so he is a probable Swamiji (probable) in the foreground. Around him, men wear white kurtas with orange shawls and beaded malas, and a man in yellow shawl and mala stands at the top right. A man in the centre holds a black folder. Another man crouches near the front with an orange scarf, and a man in the left foreground wears a white shirt. A purple-marked forehead is visible on a man at left.

January 02 2008

Night procession on a dark road at Tiruvannamalai during girivalam around the sacred Arunachala hill. A group of devotees walks in a tight line, most in white dhotis and kurtas with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in the center wears a saffron-orange shawl over white clothes with his arms folded across his chest, and a woman in a pale yellow saree walks beside him. Behind them, figures in deeper orange robes and white outfits follow under dark trees. Some walkers are visibly older than the young men at the front.

March 27 2008

Photograph of a crowd walking through a dimly lit temple corridor at night. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron turban and orange robe with a long rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, appearing to be a sannyasi. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with rudraksha malas, walk among devotees. A bald man in white in the foreground looks to the side. Pillars and stone architecture of a South Indian temple surround the procession. a person: the centre figure's saffron turban, orange robe, rudraksha mala and namaskar pose fit the presentation, but the face is not used for identification.

A dim indoor hall with a plain cream wall and a dark blue curtain at the right edge. In the right foreground a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare upper body wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, speaking with his mouth open and looking to the left. Behind him, several people in white dhotis and white shawls stand and sit; a standing man in white wears a rudraksha-style bead mala and holds his hands together, a woman in white with a bead necklace rests her hand near her face, and a seated man in an orange shawl looks toward the speaker. A partly visible person in orange sits at the lower left edge.

December 07 2007

A photograph of a night-time crowd of devotees at a Girivalam walk around Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a man wears a saffron-orange turban and saffron robe with a long rudraksha mala, a red tilak on his forehead, and his hands folded in front of him. Two men flank him: on the left, a man in a white shirt with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala; on the right, a younger man in white with an orange shawl and a tilak. Behind them, more devotees in orange and white stand in the dim light. A probable Swamiji appearance is noted in the central figure, whose saffron turban, robe and rudraksha cues are distinctive.

A photograph of a group of five men standing barefoot on a glossy tiled floor before a pale peach wall, several wearing orange saffron shawls. The man on the right stands at a microphone on a silver stand, wearing a white kurta and white trousers with an orange shawl and a lanyard badge. Beside him a man in white kurta with an orange shawl and glasses stands with hands at his sides. Further left, a man in a cream kurta and white trousers stands with hands in pockets, another in white with an orange shawl holds papers, and a man in white clothes stands at the far left with an orange sash around his waist. Black bags sit on the floor at the left edge.