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Outdoor street photograph in a crowded market area with billboards behind. A smiling man in a saffron-orange turban and bare chest, with a red and white tilak on his forehead, receives a large garland of yellow and white flowers with green leaves placed around his neck by a man in a white shirt and trousers wearing a wristwatch. To the left, a man with a white tilak on his forehead looks on, and a bespectacled man in a white shirt with an orange lanyard stands behind. Crowd members in white clothes fill the background. Tamil billboards show painted deity images and portraits.

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A photograph of a street scene in a busy Indian town. A bare-chested man wearing an orange-saffron turban and a garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers smiles broadly as a man in a white shirt with a wristwatch embraces him. To the left, a man with a white tilak mark on his forehead and a red lanyard looks on. Behind them, a man in glasses and white shirt with a red bindi and a red lanyard stands among other onlookers in white clothes. Red and pink hoardings with portrait photos and Tamil text line the background, and a multi-storey building and a blue flag appear to the right. Watermarked photo credit omitted.2003-11-09A photograph at the stone entrance of a temple, with dark carved stone walls behind. A central figure wearing an orange saffron turban and orange garments, with a red bindi, smiles broadly while receiving a large garland of yellow marigolds and green leaves. Hands are clasped in greeting. On the left, a man in a white shirt with a red thread on his wrist and a tilak on his forehead reaches toward the garland. Behind, several men in white and a woman in a green and gold sari look on, and a bouquet of pink and white flowers appears at lower centre. The figure's appearance with orange turban and saffron clothing fits a person, received with garlands by devotees at the temple entrance.2006-09-24August 02 20082008-08-02A photograph of an outdoor welcome outside a building with trees and a balcony behind. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair, stands with his head bowed while an older man in a white shirt and glasses places a garland of white jasmine and red flowers with green leaves around his neck. Several onlookers in white shirts and dhotis stand nearby, some with hands folded in greeting, and a parked car is visible behind them.2004-01-04Outdoor street photograph of a procession in a Tamil town. In the centre a man wears an orange turban, an orange and gold-bordered shawl over a saffron garment, a heavy gold necklace of beads, and has long swept-back hair; his palms are joined in greeting. Around him devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, several with white and red forehead markings, stand close, and a man beside him wears a white shirt and dhoti. Behind them are a banana plant with large green leaves, market stalls with blue tarpaulins and signboards, and a temple gopuram with painted deity figures. The person in orange shows distinctive saffron clothing and long hair with a gold necklace, consistent with the appearance-based Swamiji (probable) cues.2006-09-24A street scene in a busy Indian town where a figure in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a large red and orange flower garland, faces a group of men in white shirts and dhotis. A man with a moustache and a rudraksha mala pauses close to him, and another man in a white shirt with a vertical white tilak on his forehead gestures with raised palms. A video camera operator stands behind them and a crowd fills the sidewalk. Shop signs and advertising billboards line the street, including one with a photo of a woman in a red dress.2007-01-12August 02 20082008-08-02January 12 20072007-01-12Night street scene with a crowd in Tamil Nadu. In the centre, a smiling young man wears an orange-saffron turban and saffron robes, with a rudraksha mala and a long white-and-red flower garland draped over his shoulders. Beside him on the left, a man in a white shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a gold medallion and holds a white-and-red garland. On the right, men in white shirts and rudraksha malas stand near saffron-shawled attendants. Behind them, red and orange flags on poles and a shop sign in Tamil script are visible. The central figure's turban, saffron robes and ornate garland mark him as a probable Swamiji, a possible in-person presence in this procession-like welcome.2008-11-11A photograph of a welcome moment inside a building with white pillars and a tiled ceiling. A young man in a saffron-orange wrap and orange turban with a red tilak on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in greeting, wearing a garland of white flowers with red blooms. A man in a white shirt holds the garland and steps close to him, while a man in a white shirt and gray hair stands at left. A woman in an orange sari with a flower garland holds a yellow-and-gold vase. A boy and several onlookers stand behind.2002-07-07Outdoor street scene in a busy town with shop signs and a billboard overhead. In the left foreground, a person in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a thick red and orange flower garland, faces right toward a man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style trousers with a red tilak mark on his forehead. The man on the right, in a white shirt and a reddish tilak mark, smiles and holds a folded gold cloth. Beside them, a bearded man in a white shirt wears a black beaded rudraksha-style necklace. A cameraman with a video camera stands behind the group, and a crowd of onlookers fills the background.2007-01-12A photograph of a smiling man in an orange turban and orange shawl, wearing a thick garland of green leaves and white and yellow flowers, seated at the right foreground with his hand raised in animated speech. Around him a crowd of devotees gathers in a concrete hall: a man in white shirt and dhoti stands centre, a woman in a white sari with gold border reaches out, a man in striped shirt kneels at lower left holding a rudraksha mala, a woman in white with glasses smiles at left, and a young boy in a checked shirt stands among them. A portrait of a man in orange robes hangs on the wall behind, with a white cooling fan at right. The seated man in orange is a person candidate, with long swept-back hair, an orange turban and garland, but the appearance is uncertain.2007-02-06