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May 23 2014

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A photograph in a plain mint-green room with wooden cupboards and a framed painting on the wall. A man in a maroon top and leopard-print lungi, wearing white and orange marigold garlands, reaches to touch the head of a bearded man in orange robes who bows low with orange and yellow garlands. Around them, saffron-robed sannyasis in orange turbans stand with folded hands, and a man in white clothes stands behind. Five to six people are visible.2014-05-23May 23 20142014-05-23May 23 20142014-05-23May 23 20142014-05-23A photograph inside a plain green-walled room with wooden doors and a framed painting of a deity on the wall. A bare-chested man with shoulder-length dark hair and a leopard-print lungi, wearing a white flower garland, reaches out to embrace or greet a bearded man in orange robes and an orange shawl with a marigold garland. Three other men stand to the right in orange and saffron robes with garlands, and another man in white stands in the background. The greeting appears to be a formal welcome among devotees and sannyasis.2014-05-23A photograph inside a plain mint-green room with a wooden door frame. A bald monk in saffron robes bows forward while a man in a dark maroon robe with marigold and white flower garlands holds an orange shawl draped over the bowing monk's head and shoulders. The standing man smiles and wears a rudraksha mala. Behind them a man in white clothes with a beaded necklace and a woman in a maroon sari with a red bindi watch. Other people stand near the doorway, and a red-striped cushion sits on the bench at right.2014-05-23May 23 20142014-05-23May 23 20142014-05-23A photograph in a plain green-walled room with a wooden door and a framed devotional painting on the wall. A man in a dark maroon top and patterned black-and-white sarong, wearing a white and orange flower garland, smiles while pressing his hand on the head of another person bowing forward. That bowing person wears a saffron-orange robe and orange shawl with a flower garland, and stands before a draped table holding a metal plate. Two more saffron-clad figures are partly visible at the right edge. A small patterned rug lies on a striped mat at lower left.2014-05-23A photograph of an indoor room with pale green walls and a wooden door. A person with long hair tied back, bare-shouldered in a dark maroon top and leopard-print lower garment with an orange shawl, places a marigold garland with white flowers around the neck of a younger man in a peach-orange robe. Behind him stands an older man in orange robes with a small peach head covering and a rudraksha-style mala, supporting him. A small table with a deity murti, a brass plate and a flower arrangement sits to the side, and a framed painting of sages hangs on the wall. a person is not visibly identified by appearance here.2014-05-23A photograph of a small room with pale green walls and a wooden door. A man seated on the left wears a yellow and orange marigold garland and a patterned lungi, and is bare-chested. Several saffron-robed men stand around a low table, one in a light peach shawl points into an open book, and a bald man with a rudraksha mala and a brown robe leans in holding a phone.2014-05-23Indoor photograph in a plain room with grey walls and a cream-covered sofa. A man with long dark hair in a bun, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace, reaches to drape a white shawl with grey border over a bowing man in orange robes and an orange turban. A second man in an orange turban smiles behind them, and at right a man in orange robes with an orange turban and a lanyard stands watching. A bowl of red flowers sits at lower left and a staff leans against the wall. Appearance-based: the man draping the shawl matches the Swamiji (probable) profile through his long hair and rudraksha and gold adornments, shown in the act of honouring the bowing devotee. The ID is appearance-based only.2013-02-07 +1 copies