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July 01 2014

July 01 2014

Outdoor street scene at a residence entrance. A central figure wears a red-orange turban with rudraksha beads and orange-saffron robes, head bowed as an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti garlands him with white and red flower garlands. Behind them, a man in white dhoti stands with hands folded in greeting. On the left, a young shaven-headed boy in orange robes with rudraksha malas stands near, and a cameraman with a camera on the left is filming. Palm trees, frangipani foliage, a parked white van and banana-leaf decorations on a fence frame the setting. Several other people in white and orange are visible in the background.

July 01 2014

Outdoor photo of a temple visit in bright daylight, with green trees behind. At centre, a figure with long dark hair swept back under a beaded headband wears an orange saffron robe, a gold cloth draped over one shoulder, and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace of large beads. Behind him, a bald man in an orange robe and a gold-bordered cloth stands near a crowd. A white-clad elderly man with grey hair raises his hand toward the centre figure's forehead, a gesture of blessing. At right, a person with ash markings wears a large pink flower garland. Several photographers with cameras stand in the background, and a crowd of men in white shirts surrounds the group.

June 22 2014

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Outdoor photo of a crowd pressing forward along a dirt path beside a village house with terracotta roof and a banana plant. A man in the centre wears a maroon garment, a red-orange turban and a long white garland of flowers, smiling and raising his hand in greeting. Around him devotees reach out with raised palms, some folded in namaskar. A man in white kurta with rudraksha mala walks on the left, and a shaven-headed monk in orange robes stands in front with folded hands. Mango and palm trees fill the background. a person is the central figure, shown being greeted by devotees during a darshan visit.

A street scene in front of a house, where a man in a rust-orange turban, orange-red robe and a long white and red flower garland with rudraksha beads stands at the centre, smiling and gesturing with one hand toward a group. Around him, shaven-headed young men in saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha malas press close, and devotees including an older woman in a white sari with green border hold a coconut and a tray with flowers and fruit. A black SUV, a white van, police officers and onlookers fill the background, with a plumeria tree and banana plant at right. The man in the orange turban and garland is a probable Swamiji by his distinctive turban, flower garland and rudraksha beads, appearing as an in-person figure.

June 24 2014

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June 21 2014

A photograph of a covered outdoor hall with a light ceiling and a green tree behind. On the right, a smiling man wears a dark red turban, a garland of white flowers and orange marigolds, and a reddish-brown and gold-bordered dhoti, with his hands joined at his chest. Facing him from the left, a long-haired, white-bearded sadhu in orange robes stands with his back partly to the camera. Behind them, a crowd of devotees includes a grey-haired woman in a red shawl bowing with hands joined and a younger man in an orange shirt, along with several men in white dhotis and garlands. The scene suggests a greeting between a devotee and a sannyasi.

A photo of a street-side gathering in Varanasi. In the foreground a bald man with orange tilak and rudraksha mala on bare shoulders talks with a man wearing a red-maroon turban, garland of orange and white flowers, and a maroon-and-gold-striped garment, who has his palms pressed together in greeting. Behind them a white-kurta man, an elderly man with white beard in orange cloth, and sannyasis in saffron stand near parked vehicles. On the right an elderly man in a white shawl presses his hands together, while women in yellow-green and pink saris look on.