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Night photograph at a outdoor gathering. In the foreground, a person with long, voluminous dark curly hair wears a bright orange top and a draped orange wrap over the shoulder, seen from behind and partly turned. Beside them, another person in a white garment holds a striped pink and orange bundle close to their chest with one hand, wearing a gold ring. To the right, a figure in a tan checked shirt and grey trousers stands near a shiny black plastic sheet, and a yellow and red flower garland is visible at the right edge. The scene is dimly lit, with a dark background.

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Photograph of a towel-distribution moment at an outdoor relief event. A man in an orange sannyasi-style garment with a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace holds out a folded cloth bundle wrapped in clear plastic, patterned in maroon, white and black. A woman with long curly dark hair, in an orange top, reaches to receive it. Men in white shirts stand behind and beside them, and another plastic-wrapped bundle is visible at the right edge. No readable signage is visible.2012-01-04A photograph at night of a man with long, swept-back black hair and a white-and-red vertical tilak on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron shawl over bare shoulders and a white dhoti with a gold border. He stands in a golden-lit setting and holds a bundle of white cloth or wicks, looking down at it while his hands work with the material. Behind him is a dark background with a gilded pillar and a metal rail. Swamiji (probable) by appearance cues: long hair, orange saffron shawl and tilak. Nearby objects suggest ritual preparation at a temple event.2006-09-23January 04 20122012-01-04Night-time photograph outdoors near a building with barred windows and foliage. A long-haired man in an orange saffron wrap with a red tilak on his forehead stands at right, looking downward and leaning toward another man. In the foreground a man in a white shirt is seen from behind. Several men in white and light shirts stand in the background.2006-09-17January 04 20122012-01-04A night-time photograph of a man in an orange-saffron shirt and matching orange shawl, with long dark wavy hair, holding a polished silver ceremonial vessel with both hands at shoulder height. Behind him a bespectacled man in a salmon-pink shirt and a man in a white t-shirt stand in the dark; partial heads of people fill the foreground edges. The background is almost entirely black with faint outlines of a stand or structure.2006-09-02A night-time photo at an outdoor event, with a young man with long, swept-back dark hair in the foreground wearing an orange-saffron shawl over a salmon-orange top and a red-orange tilak on his forehead. He holds an orange cylindrical can in his right hand while looking down at a large taped cardboard box. Behind him, several men in casual clothes stand in the dim light, including one in a grey t-shirt and grey shorts and another in a white shirt and cream trousers. A bright reddish-white light strip is visible on the ground to the right, and a partially visible person's bangled wrist appears at the lower left.2006-09-02A photograph of an indoor darshan line in a bright hall with large windows. A man with long, swept-back black hair and a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands at right, holding a small wooden box containing a yellow fruit and a folded paper slip, while his left arm extends to touch or bless the head of a person in the line. He wears white ash markings on his forehead. Several devotees stand close, including a woman with a red bindi and a woman in a white top with pink flower print, and bangled wrists are visible at lower left. Overhead are metal trusses and fluorescent lights.2009-12-18A photo taken indoors at an ashram event. A woman with long wavy black hair, wearing an orange saffron sari with gold border, handles folded orange cloths in her hands, possibly sorting or distributing them. Around her, a crowd of men in white shirts, a striped blue shirt and a green t-shirt stands close, some reaching forward. A young man in white with an orange scarf is in the lower right. No clear a person candidate is evident; the figures are devotees and volunteers.2008-08-01A night photograph of a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a small red mark on his forehead, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and across his chest, with his upper body bare on one side. He stands in front of a dark outdoor setting lit by a few overhead lamps and tube lights. Beside him at the right, a second man in white ritual clothing with an orange shawl looks down with hands folded in front of him. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the long hair, saffron shawl and forehead mark, with the man on the right described as a devotee in white and orange.2006-12-10April 15 20082008-04-15A photograph of a man seated on a tan plastic chair on a bare reddish-brown earth ground with dry straw scattered about. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with a matching orange wrap over one shoulder, and has a white vertical tilak mark on his forehead and his hair tied back. His hands are working at a white woven sack with handwritten marks, while another person's hand and arm extend in from the right holding the sack. A second chair stands behind him to the right. The scene appears to be an outdoor distribution of goods at dusk.2008-04-15