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Outdoor photo beside a silver minivan with its side door open under a clear sky. A long-haired man in a white dhoti and shawl, wearing a red and white flower garland and rudraksha-style beads, smiles and gestures with raised hands toward a shaven-headed monk in saffron robes who holds a copper kalasha topped with a red flower and yellow marigold garland. A bearded man in orange stands at left, another orange-robed figure stands behind, and a cameraman in white holds a camera at right. Palm leaves and dry land appear in the background.

Outdoor photo beside a white car with its front passenger door open, near leafy green trees and a rocky hillside. A bald man in orange robes bends toward the car window holding a leaf and a small offering. Beside him, a long-haired man in an orange cloth holds a brass plate of offerings, and a third man in orange with a beard stands with palms pressed together in greeting. On the right, a man with long swept-back hair wears an orange robe over a red sleeveless top and smiles, one hand on the open car door. Behind them, men in white and yellow dhotis and orange garments stand among the trees, one holding a plate of flowers. A ritual welcome of the car occupant is in progress.

Outdoor photo of a welcome ceremony on a stone-paved courtyard. A bare-chested sadhu with long matted hair and rudraksha beads, wearing orange cloth, extends his hand toward a small oil lamp on the ground. An older man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds his hands over the flame in greeting. Behind them, several young men in orange cloth and orange turbans stand, one holding a drum, and another holds a yellow umbrella with fringed red and multicoloured tassels over the group. On the right, a bearded man in orange robes wears a long rudraksha mala and tilak markings. Trees, a parked white car and a fence form the background.

A photograph of a car being welcomed outside an ashram on a sunny day with palm trees and a stone sculpture in the background. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with rudraksha mala and white sacred ash markings on his arms stands at left holding a long wooden staff. Beside him a monk in saffron robes holds a brass plate with a kalasha-style vessel, flowers and a yellow offering. A second person in saffron stands inside the open car door at right. a person's presence cannot be established from appearance here, so no candidate is named.

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A photograph of a roadside arrival outside a parked silver car. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bead necklace holds a silver kalasha topped with green leaves, a corn cob and a purple flower, and gestures toward the right. Facing him on the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a red-and-gold sari-style garment, a long rudraksha mala and a gold necklace with a pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead; he holds his hands out in conversation. A white-clad attendant is partly visible at the far left edge, and an orange brick wall and a green sign stand behind. The scene reads as a pada-puja welcome, with the kalasha offered to the figure on the right.

A street scene in a Tamil village, with a long-haired man in a rust-orange sannyasi wrap holding a brass plate of offerings toward the open window of a white car. Beside him, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a bearded man in a white shawl stand close, with a small child in a teal top held in the crowd behind. On the left, a young woman in a blue dress with green embroidery and a gray-haired woman in red stand by a pink wall. A black clay pot sits on a small fire or ash-covered ground at the front, and a striped banner and banana plants appear in the background.