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A photograph of an outdoor construction or consecration site beside tall green trees. In the centre, two standing men wear saffron-orange robes: the foreground figure has long dark wavy hair and a shawl draped over bare shoulders, and beside him a bearded sadhu wears a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, with a white tilak on his forehead and hair coiled on his head. Behind them a man in white stands, and at the left foreground a seated young man in orange sash and white clothes sits near a stone basin. Two shirtless boys in orange cloths sit on the raised concrete platform at right, and a man in white watches from the far right. Stone pieces, a wooden pole and a metal bucket sit on the concrete edge, with a wooden frame and a red brick wall behind.

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A photograph of an outdoor ritual site with a stone-rimmed platform in the foreground. Two men in saffron orange robes stand at the platform; the taller one on the left, with long dark hair and bare chest under a draped orange cloth, reaches toward a stone, while the man beside him has long hair, a rudraksha mala, a gold pendant necklace, a tilak and a red-and-black headband. A seated man in a white kurta with an orange shawl, with a mobile phone at his chest, rests his hand on the platform. A young boy with a bare chest and beads stands at right. Chunks of stone and a wooden pestle lie on the ground, and trees and a wooden frame stand behind them.2006-12-13Outdoor photo of two saffron-robed men standing on a raised concrete platform before green trees. The man on the left, bare-chested with long dark hair, wears an orange shawl and points forward with his right hand. Beside him, a bearded man in an orange dhoti and shawl wears a white forehead mark, a red headband, and a wooden rudraksha mala with a large ceremonial pendant, his hands folded at his waist. Behind them stand men in white kurtas with orange shawls, a shirtless boy, a man in white with a black cap, and a wooden cross-shaped frame. A metal pan holding grey material and a bucket sit at the platform's edge in the foreground.2006-12-13Outdoor photo at a construction-stage site with trees behind. A bare-chested man in a white shirt on the left holds a microphone and a wooden stick. Standing above at left, a long-haired man in an orange wrap looks on. In the centre, a bearded man with long hair, a white forehead mark, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant necklace, wearing an orange robe, stands with hands folded at the waist. Several onlookers stand behind a low wall, including a man in white, a woman in an orange sari and a shirtless boy. A wooden cross-shaped frame stands nearby.2006-12-13A candid outdoor photograph at a concrete-edged stone platform with a bamboo pole and a metal bucket in the foreground. Four men in orange ochre cloth stand near a brick-and-cream wall with dense green trees behind. The central figure in a loose orange wrap has long dark hair and stands with his hands at his waist. A bare-chested young boy in an orange cloth wears a sacred ash line on his forehead and holds a small metal cup. A man at the right wears a white kurta with an orange shawl. A fourth man at left in orange has white markings on his forehead. No signage is readable.2006-12-13A photograph at an outdoor construction site among carved grey granite blocks, wooden scaffolding poles and rubble. In the foreground, a long-haired bearded man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold bangle stands beside a carved stone structure. Beside him, a young person in orange robes with long dark hair walks barefoot among stone pieces. Behind them, a barefoot boy in white and a man in white stand near a brick wall, and several more people in white and orange clothing watch from the background. The scene shows stone carving and temple-related construction work.2006-12-13Outdoor photo on a dirt ground beneath a red canopy with fringed tassels in green, blue and white, with palm and tropical trees behind. A long-haired man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a white tilak on his forehead smiles and holds his hands together at his waist, a person candidate by his long swept-back hair, orange clothing and rudraksha mala. Beside him a younger man in white kurta and dhoti wears an orange shawl and a small red bindi. On the right a shaven-headed monk in orange draped robes with a dark rudraksha mala stands with hands clasped. Several people in white garments and a dark-haired figure in the foreground are partly visible at the edges of the frame.2007-01-09A photograph at an outdoor construction site beside a large grey stone structure with carved edges and a red-and-white cable running across it. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a forehead marking points at the stone while speaking. Beside him a bearded man in an orange robe wears a tall crown-like headpiece with a white forehead marking, a gold pendant and long wooden beads. On the left a man in a white garment with an orange shawl stands at the stone. On the right, several shirtless boys in white dhotis and orange cloths, with rudraksha malas and forehead markings, watch, and one boy raises a small camera. A man in a white shirt stands behind them. Trees and shrubs fill the background, and a low red wall with scattered sacks and debris lies nearby.2006-12-13Outdoor photo at a construction site with raw earth, stone blocks and bamboo poles. Two saffron-robed sannyasis walk forward on dirt. The left figure has a long beard, a headband, a rudraksha mala, a large gold pendant and bracelets, and is barefoot. The figure beside him in a saffron robe has long dark hair and vibhuti on the forehead and walks barefoot. Behind them a man in white ritual dhoti and a young boy in a saffron cloth with a small shoulder bag walk. Seated devotees in orange and white sit on the left, and people in white stand near a stone wall and trees in the background.2006-12-13Outdoor construction site with bare earth, piled dirt mounds, concrete blocks and a yellow crane at right, with trees behind. Two standing figures in orange robes face away from the camera toward the works; the figure at left has long hair tied up with a rudraksha mala visible, and the figure at right has long loose hair and a draped orange wrap. A small red-painted platform stands at left. At far left, partly visible people hold up a camera and phone, one shirtless with a red cloth.2006-12-13September 27 20122012-09-27Outdoor photo of a long-haired man seated cross-legged on rocks over an orange cloth on grassy ground with scattered trees behind. He wears an orange robe draped over his shoulders, a long rudraksha mala, and a red mark on his forehead, with his hands clasped on his knee. Two men in white clothes sit nearby, one at right wearing gold bangles, and a wooden staff lies at the lower left. The long swept-back hair, saffron robe and rudraksha cues are distinctive, so this is a probable Swamiji in person.2008-01-03Outdoor photo at a dusty construction site beside a tree line, with a yellow crane, stacked bricks and a water tank on a tower. A bearded man in an orange robe with a white forehead band and a long beaded necklace walks forward with his hands folded. Beside him a figure in orange draped cloth with long dark hair walks alongside. In front, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha mala looks down. Other men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand around, and a shirtless young boy in an orange cloth holds his hands together. A shirtless youth at left photographs the group with a camera. Figures in the background wear white. The a person flag is no, so no identity is assigned.2006-12-13