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April 02 2012

A man in flowing saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and a red bindi walks barefoot across striped woven mats in an outdoor temple courtyard. Beside him a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with red borders, holding a folded paper, walks with bare chest and a rudraksha mala. Behind them more men in white dhotis stand near an orange-washed plinth, with a black stone Nandi bull draped in red and orange marigold garlands and a grey stone female figure on the left. Stone and brick temple structures, palm fronds and a tall pillar with garlands appear in the background.

May 09 2012

A man with long swept-back dark hair stands in front of an orange-painted wall, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth draped over one shoulder and a heavy gold necklace of ornate beads with dark bands. He has a white vertical tilak on his forehead with a red dot, and white sacred ash streaks on his upper arm. Behind him, a bald man in white clothes and a man with glasses in orange stand nearby, and a person is partly visible at the right edge.

A barefoot man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a red undergarment walks across a dark stone floor in a white-walled temple hall. He wears an orange saffron-coloured wrap and a long dark rudraksha mala, and his hands hang loosely at his sides. Behind him on the left, a man in white kurta and white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a folded orange cloth. Beside him, a woman in orange sari with glasses and a gold necklace stands near black stone deity murti, including an elephant-headed figure. On the right a gold-framed arch and a tiled raised platform frame the scene, and a small oil lamp burns on the lower left ledge.

October 01 2006

A photograph of a barefoot procession walking along a dirt path lined with a rope-and-stick fence toward a golden arched gateway framing a black ganesha murti. In front, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth, multiple strands of rudraksha beads across his chest and gold bangles, and a green parrot perches on his shoulder. Beside him, a bald man in a red-orange cloth with a gold border and a gold-beaded necklace carries a small orange object. Behind them, shaven-headed men in white dhotis with white forehead markings follow, and a woman in a white sari with gold border holding a garland stands at the left. Trees and foliage fill the background.

Photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala draped across his chest and a white tilak on his forehead, standing outdoors near a flowering shrub with pink and red blooms. He holds a pair of black binoculars at his side and looks downward. Beside him, a man in white kurta sits with his head bent, and another person in orange holds a black smartphone and wears a rudraksha mala. A white wall and paved ground surround them.

2012-04-01 +1 copies

Outdoor ashram scene on a paved courtyard with hexagonal tiles. In the foreground a man with long dark wavy hair, a red bindi and a dark rudraksha mala wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and walks barefoot toward the viewer. Behind him, a bald man in a white kurta and white dhoti wears an orange shawl and walks with others. Further back, several men in white garments with yellow or orange shawls walk or stand on a sandy ground with circular ash-or-earth ritual platforms, near a stone lingam on a red-and-white pedestal, palms and a yellow-painted post. A white kolam is drawn on the tiles in the lower foreground.

Outdoors on grass among tall palm trunks and green foliage, a man in a saffron-orange wrap with a shawl draped over one shoulder stands barefoot-looking in orange sandals, eyes lowered, hands together in front of him. To the left, a man in white kurta and white trousers holds a folded orange umbrella and wears a rudraksha mala and a red bindi. At the right edge, a bearded man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and eyeglasses stands partly cropped. The figure in the centre has long swept-back hair and wears a rudraksha mala with ornate clothing, but the appearance is not conclusive enough to establish identity from these cues alone.

A seated man in an orange saffron shawl with gold border and a heavy gold beaded necklace with a gold temple-shaped pendant over a rudraksha mala. He has a red bindi and white vertical tilak, sits with hands clasped in his lap, and is set against an ornate gilded backdrop with repousse patterns. Appearance-based probable Swamiji candidate: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace. He is seated in person, no other people visible.

2011-02-22 +1 copies

October 26 2011