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A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala walking across an orange-carpeted stage at an indoor hall with orange walls. Behind him, several devotees in white and cream clothes with yellow shawls stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. An ornate gold-and-red throne sits at the right of the stage, and a tray with a kalasha-like silver dish and offerings lies in the foreground. A bald man in white with an orange shawl stands at left, and a bald man in white with a rudraksha mala and a pale cap stands at right. A banner at the upper left shows photographs and text about a spiritual awakening. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired figure in saffron robes and rudraksha mala is the central subject, walking toward the stage.

A photograph inside a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and steel railings. A man in a long saffron-orange robe with a dark rudraksha mala walks forward down a red carpet runner, followed by a man in white with a saffron sash and a man in white with a yellow shawl. Others in white, saffron and yellow clothing walk along the side aisles on woven mats, and a woman in a white sari with an orange border and a young girl in yellow walk to the left. Printed posters and framed pictures hang on the white wall at right.

Indoor temple hall with a corrugated metal roof and steel trusses, lined with tall painted decorative pillars in red, yellow and blue. A saffron-robed man in the centre wears a long pink-and-white flower garland and walks barefoot across a bamboo mat floor, smiling and looking upward. Around him, saffron-clad and white-clad men in yellow shawls walk in procession. On the right, a green-and-red draped altar holds colourful deity murti figures, and a framed picture hangs on the wall behind. The centre figure's appearance is consistent with the page's described candidate, with saffron robe, garland and shawl cues, so the appearance-based label applies.

July 21 2010

A photograph inside a covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and a red carpeted walkway lined with steel railings. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala stands barefoot on the red carpet. Beside him, a man in white clothes with a yellow shawl walks. Behind them, a line of people in white and other colours, including a woman in teal and orange, walks toward an open doorway. A wall display of framed photographs and text hangs on the right, and a red mandala-like design is painted on the wall.

December 21 2010

A photograph of a central hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange walls, decorated with tall cylindrical pillars in patterned blue, red and yellow. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a long flower garland walks barefoot down a red carpet, smiling, with a white-robed attendant beside him holding an orange shawl. Standing along the sides, devotees in white and yellow clothing and women in saris watch, with an attendant in a white dhoti and yellow shawl at the right edge. A metal railing lines the path.

A man with long dark hair and a red tilak walks barefoot along a red carpet inside a plain hall with an orange wall and corrugated roof. He wears a red and gold striped silk dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, and his hands are held in front of him. Behind him, a second man in an orange garment walks in the same direction. On the left, a gilded peacock figure stands beside a railing, and a wall display of framed photographs and printed panels hangs behind them.

July 07 2010

2010-07-07 +1 copies

A procession inside a covered temple corridor with a red carpet runner and metal railings. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a shaved-forehead tilak wears a yellow dhoti and a long beaded garland, walking barefoot with hands folded, beneath a red, green and yellow fringed ceremonial parasol. Around him, men in orange robes and white dhotis walk, one holding a video camera. Women in cream and white saris and a few in western dress stand along the railing, hands folded in greeting. Colourful decorated pillars line the corridor and a deity shrine glows with lamps at the far end, while framed photographs hang on the right wall.