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January 05 2006

A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi sits on a weathered stone ledge, leaning against a stone pillar. He wears a loose orange-saffron sannyasi wrap that is draped over his bare shoulder, with a strand of rudraksha beads running across the chest. He holds a long wooden staff across his lap. Behind him, a woman in white with an orange scarf and other visitors stand near a dark bag. Swamiji (probable) by appearance: long swept-back hair, saffron sannyasi clothing and rudraksha malas, seated as a teacher on temple stonework.

A photograph of a long-haired man seated on a stone step in an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder, bare-chested below, with a gold bead necklace of large ornate beads and a red tilak on his forehead. He holds a silver trident upright in one hand and gazes to the side. Behind him stand a crowd of onlookers: a woman in a blue sari and glasses, a girl with long dark hair, a young man in a blue shirt, and men in white kurtas with red lanyards. A framed photograph of a Himalayan temple is visible at the lower left.

A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged outdoors on an orange cushioned seat beneath an orange and green canopy, with palm trees behind. A gold chain hangs at his neck. A cream towel rests over his lap while a woman in a white top with a dark mala beads around her neck attends to his bare foot. Behind him, an older woman with a red bindi and a younger woman with a white cloth over her shoulder look on, and a bald man with a white tilak stands nearby. A silver plate sits in the lower left corner. The swami is shown smiling with a serene expression, and the scene suggests a padapuja or foot-washing ritual. Swamiji (probable) appears as the central figure, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a gold necklace.

A photograph of a crowd outdoors beside a stone wall and a thatched palm-leaf shelter. At centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a white vertical tilak on his forehead wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a heavy gold bead necklace; he gestures with both hands while speaking and smiles. Behind and to the right, a bald man in rimless glasses wears saffron-orange robes with a red tilak, and a man in white stands at the right edge. Other saffron-robed devotees and a woman in a red sari with dark eyes stand in the background. Per the page, this is Swamiji (probable), identified by long hair, a gold bead necklace and saffron clothing, and is shown in person.

December 20 2011

Outdoor photo on a rocky hillside among trees. A smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a dark rudraksha mala sits on a stone pile, wearing a sleeveless orange robe with gold borders and black-and-orange sandals. Beside him at left, a woman in white with an orange shawl stands, and a seated figure in white with an orange shawl sits behind. At right, a young woman in white with an orange shawl and glasses smiles. A person in white and orange sits further left. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, orange robe with gold borders and a rudraksha mala, seated among devotees.

July 03 2007

May 22 2006

Evening outdoor gathering with a dense crowd of devotees, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saffron and white saris, many with hands pressed in anjali. In the right foreground a person in an orange turban, orange robe and a long dark rudraksha mala stands at a white-draped table, one arm extended toward the seated devotees. Their long curly hair and orange clothing are visible. Overhead string lights and a blue mat fill the background, and a yellow cloth lies on the table edge.

September 23 2006

A photograph of a long-haired man walking barefoot along a red-tiled garden path, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap, a leopard-print shawl draped over one shoulder, and a long rudraksha mala with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a crowd follows: saffron-robed sannyasis, a man in an orange t-shirt with white trousers and a shoulder bag, women in beige kurtas with lanyards, and an older man in white dhoti and shirt. Green trees and shrubs line the path, with a red temple structure at the right edge.