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A photograph outside an orange-walled house with a dark iron gate and a banana plant beside the entrance. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti greets a bare-chested monastic figure in saffron-orange cloth and a gold armlet, who wears a thick red flower garland around his neck and smiles. Beside them a woman in an orange sari with gold jewellery holds a silver plate with flowers and offerings, as if performing a pada puja welcome. A young attendant in orange robes with rudraksha malas stands at the right, and a silver car is parked behind the gate. A decorative white and orange rangoli lies on the ground at lower left.

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July 08 20142014-07-08 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor house visit at an orange-painted building with a staircase and gate. A man in a white shirt bends forward with folded hands toward a figure seen from behind, who wears a bare upper body with an orange-red cloth draped over the shoulder, a thick red flower garland around the neck, and gold armbands. A smiling woman in an orange and gold sari with a red bindi stands beside them, holding a yellow flower offering wrapped in leaves. A young man in orange robes with beaded necklaces stands at the right edge beside a dark car and green banana plants.2014-07-08A photograph of a house-visit ritual outside a building with orange-painted walls and an arched entrance. A smiling older man in a white shirt and white dhoti raises a long red flower garland over a brass pot decorated with yellow flowers. In front of him, a devotee in an orange-red sannyasi-style wrap and gold armlets bends forward, head lowered. Another person in an orange sari stands behind, and a young man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style mala stands at right. Yellow petals are scattered on the ground beside a white floral kolam, and a banana plant and parked cars are visible.2014-07-08July 08 20142014-07-08July 10 20142014-07-10Outdoor photograph in a sunny garden courtyard with palms and cycads behind. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style trousers lifts a red and white flower garland toward a smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair who wears a saffron-orange wrap over his shoulders and a saffron top. A woman in a gold and green sari stands beside them, holding a brass pot with green leaves and white flower garlands. Another person in orange robes is partly visible at the right edge, and a woman in green stands at the far left. Cars are parked in the background. The long hair, saffron clothing and reception-with-garland setting match the Swamiji (probable) appearance cues, so the robed man is identified as a probable Swamiji receiving a welcome garland.2010-02-16July 10 20142014-07-10Photograph of a padapuja house visit at a residential street in Bangalore. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti at left claps with hands pressed together. Central figure with long dark hair wears a red and white jasmine garland, a rudraksha-style mala, and a rust-and-gold striped dhoti with gold armlets; he smiles and gestures in greeting, and his appearance and adornments are consistent with the a person candidate. A woman in a maroon sari with orange border carries a brass plate with a kalasha-style vessel and flowers. A man in cream and gold-bordered dhoti stands at right, hands near chest. Behind them, a black SUV, multi-storey pale buildings, and a green banana-leaf canopy frame the scene.2014-07-07Outdoors on a paved walkway in front of a white garden wall, a man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair receives a white flower garland from an older man in a white shirt and dark trousers, who is placing it around his neck. A second orange-robed man with long hair stands at left, and a woman in a green sari, a man in white, and an older woman in a beige sari with red border stand at right. A white car, potted plants and green shrubs fill the background.2010-02-17A photograph at a building entrance beside a black car. A man with shoulder-length hair wears a long garland of white and red flowers and a red-and-orange cloth over a bare upper body, smiling as a man in a white shirt and white dhoti drapes a garland on him. A woman in a cream sari with a red-and-gold border holds a brass kalasha with a coconut and white flowers. A shaved-headed person in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands in the foreground with his back to the camera. Several other people in white stand behind them, and the blue car is parked in the garage. The garland-receiving figure's appearance is uncertain, so no identity is asserted.2014-06-28July 10 20142014-07-10A photograph taken outside a house entrance with a white-walled porch and tiled floor. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and grey trousers with a black belt reaches forward to place a pink and white flower garland around the neck of a figure in an orange saffron robe. The garland-receiving figure has long dark hair and a flower garland. On the right, a second person in an orange robe with long dark hair holds a small black phone and wears a beaded bracelet. On the left, a man in a white shirt wears a red coral-bead mala. Behind them, a woman in a cream sari and another person stand near a white car. Two men in darker clothing stand in the background.2010-02-17