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A street photograph of a decorated elephant with painted white and orange patterns on its face and trunk, draped in a red and gold cloth. A uniformed boy in a blue scout-style shirt and beret stands on its back holding a tall pole with an Indian tricolour flag. Around the elephant stand several men in white, cream and pale shirts and trousers, a few wearing rosette badges in red, white and green. Overhead tangled power lines, a utility pole and a white building with a decorative balcony frame the scene. No one in the image is identifiable as a person by appearance.

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October 27 2004 - Surat Inter-religious conference in Tiruvannamalai2004-10-27Outdoor photograph on a dirt path beside a white building with a red-trimmed edge. In the centre, a man with voluminous curly black hair wears a bright saffron-orange kurta and walks beside an older man in a light beige shirt and cream trousers, who wears a wristwatch and a small red mark on his forehead. Behind them, a white painted elephant with pink and green cloth and a garland stands near a doorway. To the left, an older man in beige shirt and trousers stands with a small boy in green, and other men in white dhotis and shirts stand and walk in the background among trees and a hillside.2007-01-30Outdoors at a stone temple entrance, an elephant reaches its trunk toward a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a heavy garland of green leaves, red and white flowers and yellow marigolds, plus a gold necklace and a red tilak. An Indian mahout in khaki stands at the left holding a stick, and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red belt is nearby. A man in white shirt and dhoti and several saffron-robed devotees stand in a crowd of onlookers near carved pillars and a gopuram-style temple wall. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, wearing the saffron robe, long hair and garland, honoured by an elephant at a temple visit.2010-01-08A photograph at a temple street outside the Arunachaleshwara complex in Tiruvannamalai. A large elephant's trunk extends across the foreground, its tip touching the hands of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them stand uniformed police officers in khaki and a khaki-shirted official, along with several men in casual and white clothes. On the right, a figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and heavy garland of flowers, bowing and smiling toward the elephant. Temple gopuram towers and a colourful dome rise in the background, with carved stone pillars on the right.2010-01-08April 28 20182018-04-28June 05 20122012-06-05 +2 copiesA photograph of an elephant's trunk raised in the foreground beside a smiling man in saffron-orange robes, draped with a thick garland of yellow, white and red flowers and green leaves. He wears a gold necklace, a red bindi and has long swept-back dark hair, and a bare arm reaches toward the trunk. Uniformed police officer in khaki with a belt and a man in white dhoti stand nearby among a crowd, with a carved grey stone temple gopuram and pillars behind them. The scene suggests a temple welcome with an elephant. Swamiji (probable) is the saffron-robed man with long hair, gold necklace and flower garland, welcomed by the elephant.2010-01-08February 12 20132013-02-12January 08 20102010-01-08A photo, rotated sideways, of a grey elephant with decorated skin standing on a paved road outside a white building. A mahout in a blue shirt and green lungi stands beside it, and a man in white with a white garland of flowers, with pink and white blossoms, stands at the top left. Beside the elephant is a large red and black banner showing a woman's face with red and gold markings and printed script. Several people in white clothes stand further back near the bottom.2009-07-11Yogananda Puri +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony at a tall white flagpole with a saffron cloth bundle being hoisted on a rope. A person in orange robes and an orange head wrap, wearing a white and pink flower garland, raises both hands to the rope under a multicoloured fringed parasol held by an attendant. Beside them stand a shaven-headed attendant in orange robes with hands raised in prayer and another attendant in orange with hands clasped. Behind them about a dozen devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together. Mango-tree foliage fills the background, and rose petals and a small kolam-like pattern of bricks surround the flagpole base. The orange-robed figure in the centre has a distinctive garland and head wrap; appearance alone is not sufficient to establish identity.2008-07-27