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September 25 20092009-09-25September 25 20092009-09-25A photograph of three women in white and gold-bordered traditional dress with orange shawls at an outdoor temple or pandal setting. The woman on the right holds a silver tray with offerings while the central woman gestures toward it. The woman on the left stands beside a wooden shrine structure draped with marigold garlands. Behind them are decorated pillars with painted bird and floral motifs, a white curtain, and a brick wall. No a person candidate is visible.2007-01-01August 17 20142014-08-17Outdoor photo on a sandy path beside palm trees and orange marigolds. Nine women in white saris with gold borders stand in a line, most wearing orange or yellow shawls over their shoulders and beaded necklaces. Several have bare feet. Behind them is a tall copper-coloured pillar with garlands, a white painted base, and a dark stone deity murti on the left. A small wooden fence and a red-doored hut stand at right. Some women smile or look toward the left side of the frame.2009-10-15Outdoor photograph of a large group of devotees standing in a long line on bare earth beside a tall wooden pole with a bent metal ring at its top, under coconut palms and trees. Most people wear white dhotis and white shirts or saris, and several men and women in saffron-orange robes and orange shawls stand near the left and centre, including a figure in orange at the far left beside a table with a yellow cloth and ritual items. A man in a light shirt stands at the right edge near a red-roofed building. The scene appears to be an ashram ritual gathering in an open courtyard.2010-11-06December 20 20102010-12-20June 01 20092009-06-01Outdoor Pongal celebration in an open courtyard under a thatched shelter. In the foreground a woman in an orange saree stirs a pot on a brick hearth with a long ladle while flames and dry straw burn beneath two clay pots. Beside her two women in white sarees with orange shawls watch. Behind them a group of devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls stand around a white-draped chair and a framed portrait garlanded with yellow flowers, with a rangoli kolam on the ground. Other people in white and orange are visible in the background, and a palm-thatched roof covers the scene.2008-01-16July 08 20092009-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple courtyard where several women are placing garlands around the neck of a woman in white. On the left, a woman in white with an orange shawl holds a long garland of white flowers. Center, a woman in an orange sari with glasses reaches to adorn a woman in white with a white sari and blouse, while others in orange and white assist. On the right, a woman in white clothes holds a mala near the group. Behind them stands a carved grey stone shrine with a banana plant, brass lamps, a blue curtain and a colourful umbrella. Several onlookers in white and light clothing watch from the background.2009-06-01Outdoor photograph of a ritual at an ashram-style courtyard of sandy earth under coconut palms. A standing man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant performs a ritual before a young banana tree wrapped with a cloth band, holding a small brass ritual vessel. Kneeling in white with a yellow shawl at the lower left is a devotee with a brass lamp and offerings. Four men in white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow shawls stand to the right holding brass plates of flowers, fruit and lamps. Plastic white chairs and a bamboo fence sit in the background. The orange-robed figure has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha beads, consistent with a probable Swamiji appearance.2009-09-25