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A photograph from a monastic training gathering shows a long-haired figure in orange robes seated on a white-draped platform with a leopard-print cushion, hands joined in the lap. A saffron-robed monk kneels and bows low at the platform's edge, tapping the floor with a long-handled brush of orange cloth, while another robed monk in orange with a tilak mark stands beside him with a hand extended. Behind them, several more orange-robed monks holding tall staffs with orange pennants stand in the hall. A brass bowl with orange gerbera and white flowers sits in the foreground on a red cloth, and a large white board stands behind the seated figure. Visible date stamp reads 17 8 2006.

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Indoor photo of a monastic training event in a tent-like hall with a whiteboard behind a low white-draped platform. A smiling woman with long dark curly hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe, sits cross-legged on the platform with her hands folded in her lap. In front of her a devotee in orange robes kneels and bows with forehead to the floor, touching her feet, while a standing man in white clothes with an orange cloth draped over his shoulders holds his hands together in namaste. Behind them rows of people in orange and white robes stand holding long bamboo staffs and orange cloth. A brass pot of white and red flowers, including orange gerbera, sits on the platform at left, and a silver tray lies nearby.2006-08-17A photograph of an indoor monastic training event with a man seated on a cushioned leopard-print-covered seat before a white board, wearing a draped orange saffron robe with bare shoulder area and long dark swept-back hair, smiling. In front of him, a younger man in an orange robe with red border kneels with palms pressed together in namaskar, while another man in white clothes with orange shawl stands behind him. Orange-robed people sit and stand in the background under a tent with bamboo poles and orange cloth. A brass vessel and a bowl of white flowers with red and orange gerbera blooms sit on a white-draped table in the foreground. a person cues: long swept-back hair and an orange wrap, seated in the central teaching seat.2006-08-17A photograph of a seated man with long dark swept-back hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange saffron wrap, sitting on a white-draped chair with a leopard-print cushion while a young man in white ritual dhoti and orange shawl kneels and washes or touches his feet over a brass plate. Behind them a row of standing men and a woman in white and orange garments watch, some in white dhotis with orange shawls and one holding a yellow pole. A microphone stand, a dark wooden table, a carved wooden throne-like chair at left, and a stack of currency notes on the white cloth in the foreground are visible. The setting is an indoor hall at a monastic training event.2006-08-17A photograph inside a hall at an ashram. A figure with long dark swept-back hair, bare-shouldered and wrapped in saffron-orange cloth, sits on a white-draped seat with a leopard-print cushion and receives a metal tray of grain or sand held by a young man in white dhoti and orange shawl. Behind them, several young men and women in white dhotis or kurtas and orange shawls stand and sit; one kneeling man wears an orange scarf and a bead necklace. A microphone stand stands on a red-carpeted platform at left, and scaffolding poles are visible at upper right. Bundled banknotes lie on the white cloth at lower left.2006-08-17Indoor photo of a monastic gathering in a hall with a tiled wall, lattice window and a wooden shrine niche at left. A long-haired man in orange cloth with a tilak sits on a white-draped seat, reaching out to take a white plate or dish from a smiling man in orange who kneels before him. Several men in orange and white dhotis stand around, one with a rudraksha mala. Stacks of banknotes sit on a table in the foreground, and a hanging speaker and scaffolding frame the upper right. The seated man's long hair, orange cloth and bare chest with a shawl are the appearance cues for a probable Swamiji, present in person.2006-08-17February 03 20092009-02-03August 21 20062006-08-21April 13 20082008-04-13August 21 20062006-08-21A photograph of a seated figure in an orange robe with long dark hair and rudraksha beads on the garment, receiving padapuja from a devotee kneeling in white with a yellow cloth. A brass kalasha or lota sits on a woven mat before the feet. A young attendant in white with an orange shawl holds a silver tray of white flower petals, and a man in orange at the lower left holds a tray with a bangle. Behind them, a row of seated and standing devotees in white and orange sits along a white wall, several with hands joined in prayer, with a dark board of text on the right. The seated figure's identity is uncertain from appearance alone, so the a person field is unsure.2007-08-08June 2004 Himalayan Yatra - HAridwarAugust 09 20072007-08-09