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Outdoor photo on a dirt road beside palm trees, with a roadside billboard and a thatched structure behind. A large group of about 30 people gathers in orange, saffron and brown robes alongside others in white shirts and white dhotis with lanyards. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe and orange rudraksha-style beaded necklace, raising one arm and pointing forward. Nearby a man in a green shawl and white dhoti stands with a saffron-turbaned sannyasi in orange. Strings of marigold-style garlands and yellow-orange festoons decorate a fence on the right. The scene appears to be a gathering of sannyasis and volunteers in a village road setting.

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Outdoor scene on a dirt road lined with palm trees and a small white building, with a large white board-like structure behind. A group of about twenty people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis stands together. A man in the centre-right wears an orange robe, a long rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured necklace, and raises his right hand in a gesture while speaking. Other men in orange and brown robes and bearded sadhus stand around him, one in a green shawl, and several men in white shirts and white dhotis with lanyards stand at the edges. A cluster of people appears to be gathering to listen.2009-12-30Outdoor photo on a dirt path beside palm trees at what appears to be an ashram grounds, with a large blank white screen structure behind. A group of about 20 people in orange, saffron and white robes stands in conversation. A tall figure in a saffron-orange garment with a rudraksha mala and long swept-back dark hair stands at center right, facing the group. Nearby, a man in an orange-and-white robe and white shawl stands centre, a bearded man in a green shawl and orange turban gestures at left, and a bearded man in brown robes stands at right. Other men in white shirts and dhotis are scattered around, with a man in a red shirt and blue lungi nearby.2009-12-30A group of about thirty men walks along a dirt road lined with palm trees and concrete walls, in an ashram setting. In the front, a bearded man in a green shawl over white clothes is followed by saddhus in orange, saffron and peach robes. A man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, in saffron robes, walks at right, and a bald man in white with a white shawl walks in the centre. Volunteers in white shirts and white dhotis with ID lanyards line the sides. Two large white signboards stand in the background.2009-12-30A group of sadhus and devotees walks along a dusty dirt road lined with palm trees and stone sculptures on the right. Leading the front, a man in orange robes with long dark hair and a mala smiles and walks alongside a bald man in white garments and a bare shoulder shawl. Around them, men in saffron and orange robes wear beaded rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, some with white shirts and dhotis. A man in an orange turban and a green shawl walks at the left edge. The scene resembles a procession moving through an ashram path.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A procession of saffron-robed sannyasis walks along a dirt path lined with coconut palms under a pale sky. Around him, several sadhus in orange and peach robes walk behind, one with a long white beard and a peach shawl, another in green and white with an orange turban at left. A group of men in white shirts and white dhotis walk alongside, some wearing ceremonial beaded necklaces, and a few devotees stand at the right edge. Rural buildings and a stone wall are visible in the background.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30Dusk procession on a dirt path inside an ashram, flanked by a white wall with red and white stripes on the left and a grey block wall on the right, with coconut palms behind. A group of about twenty people walks toward the camera. Several men in saffron and orange robes and rudraksha mala necklaces lead, while others in plain white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing name badges on lanyards, walk alongside. A white-bearded elder in white garments walks near the centre. The scene reads as a devotional walk between ashram activities.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30Outdoor photo on a dirt road at dusk with palm trees and a large white blank billboard behind a group of about fifteen men in orange, saffron and rust robes. A long-haired man in a saffron robe with a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala stands at right, raising one arm and gesturing while speaking. Beside him, a bald man in white cloth and a shawl-wearing man in a green cloak stand among the monastics. Others in white shirts and a man in a red shirt stand around the group. A small framed portrait appears on a sign at left. a person is the long-haired man in saffron with the gold necklace and rudraksha mala, gesturing at the centre-right of the group.2009-12-30Outdoor photo on a dirt ground at an open site with palm trees and a red metal frame behind. A group of sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas walks forward, several barefoot. Men in white dhoti and shirts walk among and beside them, and some stand with hands folded in greeting at right. A few figures wear white or cream shawls, and a man at left wears a plain orange cloth. Overcast pale sky above. Some attendees appear to be wearing identification badges.2009-12-30