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December 11 2011

Outdoor photograph of a group walking barefoot along a stone-paved path past a temple gateway with carved stone walls and a stack of red bricks. Beside him an older bald man with white forehead marks, a gold necklace, a rudraksha mala and a saffron-orange dhoti with yellow borders walks with his hand raised. Around them, saffron-clad attendants and men and women in white dhotis and sarees follow, one man holding a small copper vessel.

May 22 2012

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Outdoor procession on a paved path lined with trees and white poles. In the foreground a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-red dhoti and wrap, a white and green flower garland, gold necklaces and a green ornament at his shoulders, with a red forehead mark. Beside and behind him several men in orange and saffron robes wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, one holding a mala and an older man in white walks at right. Pennants and banners fly in the background and a few onlookers stand nearby.

A photograph inside a building with a wooden door and a grille window. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a red-and-white forehead mark wears an orange shawl over his shoulders and a thick ornate gold bead necklace with a gold pendant. Behind him, two younger men in orange robes walk, one wearing a rudraksha mala. On the right, an elderly white-haired man with a white moustache and tilak wears white clothes with a rainbow sash. Several other people are partially visible at the left edge and in the background. The visible cues on the central man (long hair, orange shawl, gold beaded necklace) are consistent with Swamiji (probable), appearing in person and walking with attendants.

November 09 2007

A photograph of a group walking through a temple corridor with stone pillars. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested, wearing an orange-red shawl with gold border and a large rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, walks hand-in-hand with an elderly bald man in a similar orange-red garment with gold border and a gold pendant, who wears a crown-like headpiece. On the right a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds hands with them. Behind them, a uniformed police officer in khaki stands, and devotees in white and orange follow. a person appears in the centre with long hair, ornate adornments and orange-gold clothing, consistent with the page's description of him.

July 03 2012

A photograph inside a dim temple corridor with stone pillars and a patterned floor, showing a procession of saffron-robed men. Two central figures walk hand in hand: a long-haired man in an orange dhoti and shawl with a gold-trimmed border, a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, and an older bald man in orange with a red-and-white headband and a bead mala. Several other saffron-clad men with sacred ash markings and malas surround them, along with a uniformed police officer and men in white shirts and dhotis in the background.

September 26 2011

A photograph inside a dim temple corridor with iron grilled gates on the right. In the centre, a man in saffron robes with a gold-coloured waist cloth, a long gold-and-yellow flower necklace and a white tilak on his forehead walks alongside a bald man in saffron wearing a rudraksha mala. Another bald man in saffron with a beaded mala and gold garland walks at right, and behind them a crowd of people in white and red clothing follows. One person at left wears an orange shawl and white garment, and a man in white stands at the far left. The central saffron-robed figure has a tilak and garland, with a rudraksha mala; the bare-chested saffron figure in front carries a bag and rudraksha beads.

Photograph of a procession inside a temple hall. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair, a white tripundra on the forehead, a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and orange dhoti, walks forward smiling. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing. Around him, orange-robed sannyasis with white tripundra markings and rudraksha malas carry a silver kalasha with red flowers and a long white flower garland with red and yellow accents. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tall wooden staff on the left, and a man in white on the far right edge is partly visible. Several devotees stand behind in white and orange clothing.