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Outdoors on a paved courtyard beside a black SUV with white polka dots, a man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a heavy gold-beaded necklace and a white tilak with a red dot on his forehead, walks forward. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and shawl with gold border, a dark rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark, carries a brass tray holding a glass pot with green leaves and yellow flowers, with pink flowers scattered on the tray. A red brick wall and dry ground lie behind them.

A photograph of a man walking barefoot under a covered open-sided pavilion with a green-carpeted edge. He wears a white dhoti and upper cloth with gold-orange borders, a long rudraksha mala draped over his chest, and a white forehead mark. Beside him, a bronze deity murti with raised arms and a yellow silk cloth is partly visible. Palm trees and a red-brick building are behind him, and a wheeled cart stands in the background.

December 04 2011

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December 31 2011

A man stands in a red-walled hall beside a steel railing, wearing a white dhoti with a wide gold border and a matching gold-bordered shawl draped over one shoulder. He wears a thick multi-strand gold bead necklace, a gold armlet, and a red bindi with white tripundra markings on his forehead. Behind him hang a red, blue and orange decorated banner and a pale window; paper cranes hang from the ceiling above. Based on appearance cues including the gold-trimmed shawl, ornate gold necklace and forehead markings, this may be a person, though identity is uncertain.

April 09 2013

A man in a rust-orange sannyasi-style wrap with gold border and a gold-bead necklace walks toward the viewer across a paved courtyard, with a white-clad attendant behind him carrying a tray. The man has a white horizontal tilak and a red dot on his forehead. A red woven mat lies in the foreground beside a brick wall and trees. The man's appearance shows several cues such as the saffron-orange robe, ornate gold necklace and forehead markings, but identity remains uncertain from appearance alone, so he is described by role as a sannyasi-clad man and the white-clad attendant is a priest or assistant. Photograph of an outdoor ashram setting.

A man walks along a paved courtyard under a covered portico with red pillars, beside a silver SUV. He wears an ornate cream and gold turban with a red jewelled ornament, a red sleeveless garment with a cream and gold-bordered white dhoti-style wrap, and a long cream shawl draped over his shoulder. He has a red-and-gold beaded necklace with a large ornamental pendant, a long dark mala, and red bangles on his wrists and upper arm. His feet are bare. A cream metal box with brass fittings sits at the left edge, and a potted plant is in the foreground.

December 04 2011

A man walks barefoot through a covered temple porch, eyes lowered, past a row of bronze deity murtis with raised arms and halos on the right. He wears a cream and gold turban, a red and gold silk dhoti with a white upper garment and gold-bordered shawl, a rudraksha-style mala, and gold armbands. The bronze figures wear yellow and red garments. Potted plants, a silver car and palms are visible outside under a metal roof with hanging decorative tassels.

A man in a rust-red sleeveless dhoti-style garment with gold-bordered edges walks barefoot across a tiled floor under a covered walkway with red pillars. He wears a long gold bead necklace over a saffron-orange shawl, a white tilak with a red dot on his forehead, and gold earrings. A white-clad attendant carrying a woven basket with a green leaf follows behind him. A black car door is visible at left and a red carpet at the lower edge. Probable Swamiji is the central figure: long swept-back hair, saffron-orange shawl, and a gold bead necklace are the qualifying cues, with no second identifying element beyond them.

2013-04-09 +2 copies