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January 08 2014

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March 11 2014

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A photo from a community meal hall with a long steel table where seated men in white shirts and dhotis eat from metal plates. A man in a white shirt holds a steel bowl and serves food. Beside him stands a long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with an orange turban and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, handing food to a seated diner. Several other men in white and orange stand in the background, and a dim hall with pillars and a distant table of items is visible. Appearance cues are present but not conclusive, so the identity of the robed figure is uncertain.

March 11 2014

2014-03-11 +1 copies

A dining room scene with a long wooden table set with white cups, saucers, plates of fruit and sweets, bottled water and cutlery. A seated man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe sits at left. A central figure in a rust-orange head cloth and wrap sits in a gold-framed red throne-style chair at the table. A man in an ornate gold-trimmed red-orange wrap with a flower garland sits at right beside a gold chair. Several monks in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls stand in the background near a tall white vase of white flowers. The paper note reads a printed copyright caption at bottom right. a person appearance cues are not clearly distinctive enough to confirm, so identity is uncertain.

A dining room scene where a group of men in saffron and orange robes sits at a long white-clad table with plates of food, cups and water bottles. At the far right, a figure in an orange-red turban and orange-red garments sits in an ornate gold and red throne-style chair at the head of the table, with a red-and-gold chair beside him. Men in orange, peach and red robes sit around the table, while a bare-chested man with white tilak marks stands at the left near a gold chair. A yellow tulip arrangement sits in a vase on the table, and gold curtains hang behind.

2014-03-11 +1 copies

A procession walks along a dirt path shaded by a mango tree. In the centre, a man in orange ochre robes wears a long multicolour flower garland, a rudraksha mala and a red forehead mark, and walks barefoot. Beside him, a bald man in orange garments and rudraksha beads walks, and a bald man in white dhoti with a white upper cloth carries a brass kalasha-like vessel on a tray. Behind them, several monks in orange and white robes follow, some with rudraksha malas. An older man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks at the right edge. Brick rubble and green foliage surround the path, with a fence and bushes behind.

A photograph of a large seated gathering of monastic disciples in saffron-orange robes sitting cross-legged on the floor in rows along white mats. Each person has a green banana-leaf plate of rice, fried snacks and vegetables, with small cups and water bottles beside them, indicating a shared meal offering. Several figures have white ash or paint on their arms and foreheads and wear rudraksha beads and bangles. A man in the foreground right with a shaved head and a red shawl over orange robes sits among them. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white clothes and red shawls face the same direction in a hall with pink walls and a stage area at the back.

July 11 2015

2015-07-11 +1 copies

Photo inside an orange-draped tent at a seated gathering of saffron-robed sadhus on low wooden benches along the left side. A bald, bespectacled man in an orange robe with rudraksha mala sits at the front left, while a bald sadhu in orange sits with palms pressed together. A man in a white shirt bends forward over a bench holding a small paper, and a woman in a blue and white patterned salwar with a black handbag stands beside him. Water bottles, paper slips and a folded cloth sit on the benches. Several other seated people in orange and a turbaned man in the background complete the scene. No one is identified as a person here.

A seated figure in orange and rust robes with a white flower garland and gold armlets sits on a red and leopard-print cushioned seat, pouring from a terracotta pot into a metal dish held by a kneeling elderly man in white clothing with a brown beaded necklace. Behind them, women in orange and rust saffron robes with rudraksha malas hold a tray of white offerings, and a decorated gold-and-floral deity murti stands on a red carpeted floor beside a blue patterned backdrop with a fan. This appears to be a padapuja-style ritual. The seated figure has long swept-back hair and saffron-orange clothing with ceremonial gold ornaments, a cue combination consistent with the page's Swamiji reference, so the appearance-based label applies.

June 12 2014