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Night photograph of a walking procession along a dirt path beside a red-and-white painted low wall. In front, a man in an orange saffron shawl and orange cloth, with long swept-back hair and a bare-chested upper body, walks forward. Behind him, two men in white kurta-style clothes with orange shawls walk; one holds a small torch or light. A man in white with an orange shawl is partly visible at the right edge. Dark trees and bushes fill the background. The front figure has distinctive long hair and saffron clothing, but the image is dark and blurred, so the identity is uncertain.

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Night-time photograph of a procession walking along a dirt path beside a stone retaining wall. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair wears a plain orange saffron robe draped over his body, bare-chested and barefoot, with his hands at his sides. Beside him, a bearded man in a grey-beige top with white dhoti and an orange shawl walks ahead. Behind them, a young man in white kurta and white dhoti with an orange shawl carries a small metal vessel. Other white-clad and orange-shawled participants follow up a white-walled stairway in the background, and a metal water pot stands at left. The scene suggests a ritual walk, with the figures in white and orange clothing.2006-12-11Night photograph at an outdoor ashram ground lit by a few distant lights. In the foreground a young man with long dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead wears a loose orange saffron wrap over his body and walks forward with eyes lowered. Behind him, two men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk on the reddish earth; one carries a small object in his hands. At right stands a red-painted pedestal topped with a white stepped base and a vertical metal pole. The page presents this as a person at an arathi event, but the figure's appearance is only moderately distinctive, so the identity is marked uncertain. Three people are visible.2006-12-10Night photograph outdoors beneath a large dark tree at an ashram. A barefoot man in a long orange saffron cloth walks forward with eyes lowered and a red tilak on his forehead, his shoulders bare, his hair long and swept back. Behind him, several people in white clothes with orange shawls carry a lit oil lamp and a red woven basket. On the right, a person in white kneels near a small red-draped altar and a brass vessel, while a deity murti in orange cloth sits on a red-and-white decorated base. Faint hanging roots and a lamp-lit ground frame the scene. a person: the walking figure in orange has long swept-back hair, a saffron cloth and a bare-chested ascetic presentation, but the appearance is not conclusive enough to confirm identity; the scene shows arati-style offerings with a lamp.2006-12-10Night photo of a procession on a reddish dirt path through dark trees. A central figure in a long orange-saffron shawl walks barefoot toward the camera. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a lit lamp, and another man in white dhoti and orange shawl carries a red-cushioned tray or palanquin topped with a golden kalasha-like finial. A third figure in white walks at the rear. Lush foliage frames the scene.2006-12-10Night photograph of four men in saffron-orange robes walking barefoot along a paved path lined with dark foliage. The central man, smiling, wears a white jasmine garland with red and yellow flower accents and a red tilak on his forehead, and his long dark hair is swept back. The man at left holds a small flashlight. The man at right holds a small orange object in his hands. Behind them a bearded man and another figure follow in orange robes.2009-11-16A night photograph of a barefoot procession walking along a dirt path lined with leafy trees. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange robe and an orange turban leads, wearing a beaded necklace and carrying a garland-like rope; beside him a second man in a saffron-orange robe with a shaved head walks, with a few white-clad devotees and others behind them. A sign or path marker is visible at the right edge. The scene is dimly lit, with trees overhanging the path and warm light glowing from the background.2006-01-01December 30 20092009-12-30Night photograph of a group walking up a stone-paved path lined with potted plants and palms beside a lit building. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back grey hair and a grey beard wears an orange robe, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a wristwatch, and is climbing steps; a younger man beside him wears orange clothing. Behind them, several figures in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis walk in a line, one carrying a small object. A bright white light illuminates the steps and a yellow banner hangs at the upper right. The long-haired man in orange with a bead necklace is a person candidate, walking in procession with devotees and sannyasis.2009-11-16Night photograph of a barefoot procession walking a dirt path beside a stone-faced wall under dark trees and a large gnarled tree. A central figure in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and long dark hair walks forward, looking upward, appearing to be a person in a sannyasi role; the cues are the orange robe, rudraksha mala and long hair. Beside and behind him, other devotees wear orange or saffron shawls and white garments, one carrying a long bamboo staff. The scene shows a pilgrimage walk around the hill, a girivalam, at Tiruvannamalai.2008-01-03Night photograph of a small procession walking along a narrow red-edged path between white walls, surrounded by dark trees. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl carries a silver aarti lamp with a tiered flame stand on an orange cloth. Behind him, a man in a saffron robe walks barefoot, and several men in white with orange shawls follow, one holding a lit torch. Another flame glows at the right edge beside a small signboard.2006-12-10Night-time photograph of a dirt path beside a low whitewashed wall with red-and-white trim and a stone-faced wall at right. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl carries a brass kalasha-shaped ritual vessel on an orange cloth, a ceremonial procession moving forward. Behind him a man in orange robes walks, and further back a figure in white holds a lit oil lamp flame. A printed portrait photo hangs on a wall at left, and a turquoise container sits in the lower left. Trees overhang the path and the background is dark.2006-12-10November 21 20102010-11-21