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February 23 20152015-02-23Outdoors under a red-pillared pavilion, a central figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall black turban walks forward, wearing a red-and-pink flower garland and a tulsi-style rudraksha necklace, with white tilak on the forehead. Behind him, a row of men in white dhotis with gold borders stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, several wearing rudraksha malas and white headbands. On the right, saffron-clad attendants stand near a decorated red-and-gold palanquin-style canopy with a multicolored fringed umbrella, and a carved figure with a lion-like base sits on the right edge. The scene suggests a temple procession with devotees and attendants. a person is the central figure, identified by the flower garland, saffron robe, distinctive black turban and rudraksha necklace; the figure is shown in a procession at the ceremony.2016-01-11January 11 20162016-01-11December 23 20162016-12-23August 27 20162016-08-27September 26 20162016-09-26January 01 20132013-01-01December 03 20162016-12-03July 19 20162016-07-19February 05 20152015-02-05Outdoor procession on a rocky path beneath large trees. At centre, a man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and a red-brown saffron-toned cloth wrap walks forward wearing a heavy gold necklace with a large gold pendant and gold bangles; he is the probable Swamiji by appearance cues of long swept hair, ornate gold jewellery and saffron clothing, and is walking in front of a ceremonial multicoloured fringed umbrella held aloft by an attendant in white. Behind him, white-clad men with bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas and gold-trimmed white dhotis carry and attend, one holds a red umbrella. On the left, women in green and orange saris and men in white kurtas stand with palms pressed together in greeting along a low stone border.2016-08-02A central man in a rust-red saffron-toned robe stands with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed and smiling, wearing a multi-strand garland of red, white and green flowers with a red-and-yellow tassel, a long gold-and-beaded necklace and a large gold pendant, plus gold armbands and bangles. Behind him a bare-chested attendant in white dhoti holds a decorated umbrella, and a woman in orange sari and white-clad devotees stand in a courtyard with palm trees and a red temple structure. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, some with lanyards, watch and join hands. An orange-robed attendant at right holds a ceremonial staff. The scene reads as a ceremonial procession or welcome at an ashram courtyard.2016-04-10