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January 21 2010

Outdoor photo at a village house entrance under a striped canopy. A man in a white shirt and cream trousers lifts a garland of white jasmine and red flowers over the head of a sannyasi in an orange robe, who bows forward beside an open silver car door. A woman in a white and orange sari holds a brass tray with flowers and a plant. Several onlookers in saris and shirts stand behind, a green banana plant and tiled roofs are visible, and rangoli-style floral designs lie on the ground. The sannyasi's appearance is not clearly recognisable, so identity is uncertain.

January 21 2010

Outdoor photo at a building entrance with a paved floor and a grey car at left. A woman in an orange sari with a white and maroon flower garland smiles as a man in white kurta and dhoti, with his hands on her head, performs a blessing. A woman in a pink silk sari with a gold border holds a silver tray with a kalasha topped by a mango leaf and flower. Behind them, a man in orange robes and a man in orange cloth stand by the car, and a man in a red checked shirt stands at right. Green foliage and a red-and-orange banner are visible in the background.

Outdoor photo of a street arrival at a residential compound beneath a red and maroon fringed canopy. A man in an orange saffron robe with a bare upper body stands centre, smiling and receiving a small offering tray from a woman in a white sari. Behind him a line of men in white shirts and dhotis, some with folded hands in namaste, look on. Another person in orange stands beside him holding a folded orange flag on a pole. On the left a woman in white and a man in white shirt press palms together. A dark car is parked at the lower left, with green-roofed buildings and palm trees behind. Count of visible people is about twelve.

A photograph of an arrival welcome outside a building beside a silver-grey SUV. A man in saffron-orange robes with long dark hair, a rudraksha-style mala and a heavy gold-coloured necklace of bead strands stands at centre, receiving a long white and yellow flower garland while a woman in a red sari with white flowers in her hair adjusts it. Around him, men in white shirts and saffron-orange robes stand near the car, one holding a tall wooden pole with an orange flag. In the foreground, women in red and cream saris and a man in a light-blue shirt hold brass plates of flowers and garlands. Behind them, yellow and orange ceremonial pennants hang on a gate and a palm-lined street is visible.

Outdoors under a striped red, green and purple canopy, a man in a saffron orange robe stands barefoot on a colourful striped mat beside a silver minivan with its side door open. He has long dark hair and a red forehead mark and is smiling with palms pressed together. A man in white dhoti and shirt holds a white flower garland toward him, and devotees in white with hands folded stand nearby. A driver in orange sits inside the van. Other men in white stand in the background beside a patterned grille-windowed building. Floral offerings are visible at the left.

January 21 2010

Outdoor photo beside a grey minivan under a red and multicoloured tasselled umbrella, with palm trees and banana leaves behind. A figure in orange robes, with long dark hair, stands with back to the camera, receiving a garland of pink and white flowers placed over the head by a man in white clothes. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand with hands folded in namaskar, one holding a tray of flower petals, another holding a brass plate with offerings and a lamp. A white wall and gate pillar stand at left, and a passenger in orange is visible through the van window.

Outdoors under a striped canopy in pink, purple, teal and white beneath a flowering tree with red blossoms. A man in a red sleeveless top and orange cloth stands with head bowed while a man in a white shirt and beige trousers drapes a long garland of white, pink and red flowers around his neck. Around them, a man with long hair and an orange robe, a man in white with a rudraksha mala, and other men in white shirts watch; an orange flag rises at right. a person wearing a red sleeveless top and orange cloth receiving a garland, with the garland-giver in a white shirt performing the honour.

Outdoor photo on a dirt ground beside an orange-painted building and white compound wall with a green gate. A figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a white and gold-bordered dhoti and shawl, gold necklaces and red-and-white garlands, stands centre-right as an attendant in orange robes drapes a garland around their shoulders. Attendants in saffron/orange robes with rudraksha malas stand nearby; one holds a brass vessel decorated with flowers and a red cloth on a tray. A man in white dhoti holds a red-and-yellow ceremonial umbrella overhead. A silver SUV is parked behind.

Outdoors beside a silver SUV, a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes with a long multicolour flower garland (yellow, pink, purple, white) and a rudraksha mala is being garlanded and steadied by a person in white clothing. Around them, white-clad men with bare upper bodies and gold-bordered dhotis, one holding a mala, press hands together in greeting, and a camera operator films from the right. A tent and a brick wall stand in the background, and the person with long hair and orange robes and a saffron head wrap is a probable Swamiji, based on the flower garland, saffron robes, long swept hair and rudraksha beads.