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A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi stands beside a silver sedan in a wooded hillside setting, smiling with eyes lowered and palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a cream embroidered kurta with gold trim and a white shawl draped over his shoulders. A second person in a white top and orange garment holds up a red object in the background among pine trees and fallen leaves beside a paved road.

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A photograph taken on a wooded roadside beside a silver sedan with its door open. A man with long, swept-back black hair and a red bindi stands in a cream embroidered kurta, hands pressed together in namaste while holding a white towel to his face. Behind him, a woman in a light top and glasses is partly visible, and a pine-covered slope with fallen needles rises in the background. A visible credit line in the lower right reads 'Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam ', which is not included in the text field2006-04-01A smiling man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands beside an open white minivan door in a parking lot, palms pressed together in a namaste greeting. He wears a cream and gold embroidered kurta with a white shawl draped over his shoulder and a gold-bordered dhoti. Behind him are leafless-to-budding trees, a chain-link fence, and parked cars including a dark SUV and a red pickup. Inside the van a seated person is partly visible. The photo is a candid arrival shot with no visible ritual setting. a person cues: long swept-back hair, ornate clothing and shawl, presented as the person greeting in the frame.2006-04-21June 09 20062006-06-09Outdoor photo on a grey, overcast day in a parking area with bare trees and grass behind. In the centre, a person with long dark hair wears a white long-sleeved garment with gold embroidery at the chest and a red-and-gold-edged white shawl draped over one arm, stepping out of a black car. A second person's hand grips the car door frame at right, and another figure sits at the steering wheel inside the car. Other cars are parked nearby.2006-04-06A photograph at dusk in a parking area beside a dark car with its rear door open. A long-haired man in an all-white silk sherwani with gold-trimmed embroidery and a cream shawl stands with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling, with a small red tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a bearded man with glasses in a white kurta with a rudraksha-style mala and a small device clipped to his shirt leans in attentively. Street lamps and blossoming trees line the lot behind them.2006-04-12April 26 20062006-04-26A photograph at a covered building entrance with a red brick pillar and palm tree behind. A man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead, wearing a paisley gold-and-orange silk kurta with a white shawl edged in green and gold, stands with palms pressed together in namaste beside an open silver minivan door. A driver sits at the wheel inside the van. To the right, a smiling man in white clothes with spectacles and a rudraksha mala steadies the door. The long-haired man is a person by appearance cues including long swept hair, a shawl and ornate clothing, though his face is not used for identification.2006-03-25A smiling man with long dark hair stands beside an open white van door in a parking lot, palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a cream embroidered kurta with a white shawl draped over his shoulder. In the foreground, a silver kalasha with a green leaf and white flowers sits on a tray. Parked cars and bare trees fill the background. A figure sits inside the van.2006-04-21A man with long, swept-back dark hair stands beside a black sedan, one hand resting on the open car door. He wears a cream silk sherwani with gold embroidery at the collar and chest and a matching cream shawl draped over his shoulder, and has a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, a child sits inside the car near the open window. A white wall, trimmed shrubs and a pink-painted pillar form the background. The man's appearance, long hair, ornate clothing and red tilak, is a probable match for the Swamiji (probable) candidate, so the field is set to in_person with the appearance-based label used in the description.2006-03-11April 26 20062006-04-26March 23 20062006-03-23Outdoors on an overcast day, a man with long, dark, wavy hair and a small red mark on his forehead stands beside an open black car door. He wears a white high-collared kurta with gold embroidered trim and is folding or holding a white cloth with a red and gold woven border across his arms. Behind him stand a red compact car, a silver car and bare trees beside a suburban house. A partially visible hand holding an umbrella appears at the right edge.2006-04-06