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Outdoor photo at a school courtyard with a corrugated roof and red-and-white painted wall behind a group. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and an orange saffron robe stands at left with his right hand on his chest, smiling. Around him, children and women gather; a girl in a green top stands with palms pressed together, a girl in an orange-and-white outfit wears beads, and a woman at right in a red-and-orange shawl stands beside a plant. In the foreground a small grey stone shivalingam sits on a pedestal in a sunken circular bed, decorated with orange and white flowers. Dirt ground with stones and a sunken planting bed.

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September 24 20082008-09-24Outdoor ashram courtyard with a corrugated roof and red-and-white painted wall. A tall figure with long, swept-back dark hair and a flowing saffron-orange robe stands at left, facing a group of children and women who are gathered closely together. A young boy in a light green shirt and white pants presses his palms together in front of his chest, and a girl in a white top and orange skirt wears a red-and-brown mala beside him. Several women wear salwar kameez in pink, blue, and red tones, and an older woman in a blue shawl stands near the centre. A woman in a red-and-orange sari at right holds a plant. In the foreground, a small black stone shivalinga with red and yellow flower offerings sits on a raised concrete plinth beside a freshly dug planting bed. A few grey pigeons are visible on the ground.2008-09-24September 24 20082008-09-24Outdoor photo at a school-like compound with a white corrugated-roof building behind. A bare-backed figure with long dark hair, wearing only an orange cloth wrap, stands at centre facing a semicircle of children and young adults. Around him are potted flowering plants and a white-clad man in an orange shawl. Children in school uniforms, blue shirts, salwar kameez and orange shawls crowd the foreground and stand in lines to the right, many with hands folded or clasped behind their backs. A small stone platform sits beside the figure.2008-09-24September 24 20082008-09-24Outdoor photo of a crowd standing on a raised stone platform before a small white-and-grey shrine canopy topped with white bull figures and garlands on its pillars. In the foreground, a young man in white dhoti and a shorter young man in saffron-orange robe stand barefoot, the latter wearing a long white and red flower garland. Behind them women in saris of purple, blue, green and yellow stand with hands folded, a man in white shirt and grey trousers watches, and a woman in purple sari at front bows with palms joined. Trees fill the background.2006-12-25Outdoor scene at a temple-like structure with a flower garland hanging overhead. Nearby, a bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti holds a ritual object, and a woman in an orange sari with a yellow border stands beside them. Devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, some with red shawls, surround them, along with a small boy in white and a girl in a pink shawl. White plastic chairs and a dirt ground complete the setting.2013-07-14December 21 20072007-12-21Outdoor courtyard scene with white walls and a painted pillar in red, blue and orange at left. Devotees stand with palms pressed together in anjali. A man in white dhoti and white shirt holds a long wooden staff, with a girl in floral top and patterned pants beside him. A man in orange robe with a tilak on his forehead and orange shawl stands at right with hands folded, near a silver kalasha-style vessel decorated with orange marigolds and white flowers. Several women in white saris with orange shawls and children in white stand among them, with a small speaker visible on the wall.2007-10-122004 - First Sannyas Deeksha At AdiKailaasa2004-07-02September 24 20082008-09-24Outdoor photo of a line of about ten devotees standing in a garden at dusk, hands folded or raised in prayer, facing toward the left. A young man in orange robes with long hair stands centre-left, a woman in a maroon sari and a woman in white stand beside him, and a man in an orange robe with a shawl stands centre. A man in white kurta, an older man with grey hair in white clothes, a man in a dark sweatshirt, a woman in an orange sari and a woman in teal salwar kameez stand along the row. A white roofed structure, green trees and flowering plants with red-pink leaves surround them, with a small boy in pale green shirt at left.2010-02-05