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Outdoor photograph under a corrugated shelter with trees behind. In the foreground, a figure with long, dark, curly hair wrapped in an orange saffron cloth, seen from behind, faces a group of devotees. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti wears a rudraksha mala and an orange shawl, hands pressed together in anjali. Behind him, an older man and several women in white saris stand with palms joined in prayer, one with gold bangles. Two women are at the left edge, also in white, with hands folded. The setting suggests a welcome or greeting ritual at a temple or ashram.

November 11 2006

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A photograph of an outdoor ritual under a corrugated tin roof supported by wooden poles, with green trees behind. A man in long dark hair and an orange robe with rudraksha malas holds a lit camphor flame on a metal aarti plate, with a brass bell beside him, while a woman in a white sari with gold border holds a matching flame. Around them devotees in white clothes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, several wearing beaded malas. A yellow and green cloth hangs from the pole at top left, and marigold and pink flower offerings lie at the lower right. Arati is being performed.

Outdoor photo of a figure in saffron-orange robes with long, swept-back dark hair, a red bindi on the forehead and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace, standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes lowered. Beside him stands a bearded man in orange robes with a red mark on his forehead, partly visible. Behind them, blurred figures in white and yellow shawls stand in a line near a palm-lined ground with stone structures.

A photograph of a long-haired figure with closed eyes standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. The figure wears a saffron-orange garment draped over the body and a heavy ceremonial necklace of large gold beads, with a red mark on the forehead. Behind, blurred figures in orange, white and yellow clothing stand on a stone pathway with greenery in the background. a person: the long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace of the central figure are consistent with the page's reference to a person, though the identification is appearance-based only.

A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands barefoot in an orange saffron robe with a gold bead necklace, palms pressed together in anjali. A crowd of men and boys in white dhotis and shirts, some with tilak marks, stands beneath large banyan trees. A boy in a red patterned sweater joins his hands in front. Clay pots with offerings sit at the bottom edge. Swamiji (probable) is identified by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe and gold bead necklace, standing as the central figure leading the ritual.

Outdoor ritual photograph under a pink, orange and white draped canopy. A young man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange cloth over his shoulder and waist, stands with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing a white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala. Behind him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand attentively; one holds a silver lamp with a lit flame and another holds a silver vessel. Smoke drifts in the air, and marigold petals lie on the ground near a low pit at the bottom right. Several women in white saris with folded hands stand at the left. Roughly ten to fifteen people are visible.

January 21 2009

A photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron garment and a rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead, standing with palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed under an open-sided shelter with a corrugated roof. Behind him, a man in white and a woman in a cream sari with a necklace stand watching, and another person in orange sits at the left edge.

Outdoor photograph on a dirt ground beneath trees and a red-and-white canopy with strings of colourful pennant flags. A long-haired man in orange saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and a vibhuti-marked forehead stands centre, hands folded at his chest, smiling. To his left a man in white dhoti and kurta holds a canopy pole, and a uniformed police officer stands behind. On the right an older bald man in orange robes and a shawl stands near another man in white. In the foreground a devotee in white with an orange shawl kneels with bent head before the saffron-clad figures.