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A dimly lit night photograph of a group standing on a dark road. In the centre, a figure wearing a saffron-orange robe and a long garland of white flowers with red blossoms stands with an arm around a man on the left, who wears a white kurta and has a beard. To the right, a man in a light grey-white shirt and white dhoti stands beside them. Another person is partly visible behind the saffron-robed figure. A faint red light glows in the distance.

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July 24 20052005-07-24November 07 20052005-11-07Night photograph of two people standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra on a dirt ground marked with coloured powder. The person on the left wears a saffron-orange sari-style garment and a white garland of flowers with red blooms, with long dark hair and a small tilak on the forehead. Beside them a man in a white collared shirt and white dhoti with gold border also stands with hands folded in greeting. Behind them a third figure in white is partly visible, and small coloured lights glow in the dark background. The scene reads as a welcoming or reverential greeting, with a probable identification of the saffron-clad figure with a garland as Swamiji (probable), based on the long hair, saffron clothing and garland.2005-07-24Night photograph of a crowd walking outdoors, with dim lights in the background. At the front right, a long-haired person in saffron/orange robes wears a white and red flower garland and rudraksha beads, with a white tilak on the forehead, smiling as they walk. Beside them a young boy in white shirt and white dhoti wears a dark pendant on a cord. In front, a man in a white checked shirt and white dhoti with gold border walks with glasses. Behind them, other men in white and grey shirts and a bearded man in white follow. The saffron-robed figure carries the flower garland and rudraksha cues that align with the page's a person reference, so the appearance-based label is probable.2005-07-24A dimly lit night photograph of a group walking across a dark open ground toward the left. In the foreground on the right, a man in an orange saffron robe, orange head wrap and a long beaded rudraksha mala walks alone with his head lowered. Behind him, a group of about eight people in white dhotis and white shirts or kurtas, several with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, walk in a loose line. A tall illuminated lamp post stands at the left edge. The scene is mostly dark with faint lights in the background.2008-11-11July 24 20052005-07-24September 30 20112011-09-30A night photograph of a man in a saffron-orange robe walking outdoors along a paved path under street lamps. He wears a white flower garland with red blossoms and a red-and-brown bead mala across the chest, a white tilak on his forehead, and long, swept-back dark hair. Around him, several men and boys in white kurtas and dhotis walk alongside; one bearded man on the left carries a tray, a boy in white wears a dark bead necklace, and a young person in pink stands near the centre. A woman in a pink top is behind the central figure. A woven basket is held by a person at the right edge. Red-roofed structures and lamp posts appear in the background. The saffron-robed man has distinctive long hair, saffron clothing, a garland and a mala, matching the page's Swamiji candidate with probable appearance cues.2005-07-24April 04 20082008-04-04Night procession at a temple, with a crowd walking along a dim path under a lit lamp. In the foreground a man in white shirt and dhoti walks beside a man in white with an orange shawl and forehead marks. At right, a figure in orange robes wears a long necklace of yellow beads and a gold pendant, with white forehead marking and long hair swept back, walking beside another man in orange robes. Several white-clad devotees and orange-clad attendants surround them.2008-08-02Night photograph of an outdoor walk at an ashram ground lit by lamps. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a bare-chested orange saffron wrap, holding a small bunch of flowers in his hand, walks forward. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, saffron wrap, garland held in hand). Around him, several men in white shirts and white dhotis walk, one with a white and orange sash, and others stand further back among dim lamp-lit trees and pillars, with a glowing lamp on the right.2006-08-20July 24 20052005-07-24