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Outdoor groundbreaking or digging ceremony beneath large banyan tree with aerial roots. Central figure in rust-red and maroon robe with gold border, bare-chested with rudraksha mala, swings a long-handled mallet with a white head onto reddish-brown earth. Around him, saffron and orange-robed men dig with shovels and a hoe, and a woman in a red-and-orange sari with a rudraksha mala watches. A woman in a blue sari with gold trim holds a trident-topped staff. A woman in a light blue patterned salwar and a younger man in a navy T-shirt stand at right, and an older woman in teal sari with gold border stands at far right. Several white-clad people stand in the background. About 15 people visible.

Outdoor photo of a game or dance on a sandy ground under a corrugated metal shelter with a chain-link fence behind. In the centre, a barefoot man in an orange kurta and orange dhoti leans forward with hands joined, facing a group of men in black shirts and dark trousers who are crouched and moving in the sand. Around them stand devotees: several women in orange and red saris and robes, a woman in a green-and-yellow sari holding a camera at right, and men in white dhotis with red shawls and rudraksha malas at left, plus others in black tees. A photographer and onlookers stand at the edges. The scene suggests a playful ritual activity during a Krishna Janmashtami celebration, with the orange-clad central figure and devotees in saffron tones at the centre.

Outdoors in a palm-fringed compound, a man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed and hands folded on his lap. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a long dark rudraksha mala. He sits on an orange cushion atop a low wooden platform, set on a gravel-ringed circle with a brass vessel in front. Behind him stand rows of grey stone figures, a terracotta-coloured building with a tin roof, a striped ceremonial pole topped with a decorated cloth, and small saffron flags. The scene reads as a meditation or satsang setting.

Outdoor evening ritual on bare ground at night. A central man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe with gold borders, a large orange and white beaded garland, and a rudraksha-style necklace, standing with hands on hips beside an empty ornate wooden chair. Surrounding him, devotees in orange and maroon robes with white forehead bands stand in rows, several with palms joined in anjali. A devotee in orange holds a brass kalasha-like vessel, and a bright orange-and-red canopy umbrella with tassels rises at left. Metal railings and dark trees form the background. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure with long hair, saffron robe and ornate garland.

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A seated man in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a cushion and straw mat in a meditation pose, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He has long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck. A small brass kalasha stands on the left and a green cloth lies on the right, inside a circular pit with gravel and chalk-drawn floral border. Behind him stand red stepped stone bases, a black Nandi bull statue, and dark stone figures among palm plants, under a flagpole with an orange flag. The person is visibly in meditation, and the scene suggests satsang or outdoor meditation at an ashram.

A man in an orange saffron robe with a red undershirt walks across a dry, reddish-brown dirt field in a clearing. His hair is long and tied back. A person holding an orange umbrella stands at the top left. Behind him are a metal water tank, a wire fence with wooden posts, and green trees. A metal table with a white top stands at the right, and a red rope is strung across the ground. Ditches have been dug in the soil.