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Outdoor ashram scene in bright daylight among trees and flowering pink bushes. Red and white striped stone pillars with small name plaques stand in a dirt field, and stepping stones lead across the ground. A man in the centre wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a thick garland of white flowers and red roses, a tilak on his forehead, and a gold necklace; he stands with his hands at his sides and looks ahead. Beside him on the right, a shaved-headed attendant in an orange cloth and beaded necklace holds his hands together in greeting. Behind them, a group of people in white and orange clothing stands near a blue canopy and a decorated umbrella. Whether the central figure is the a person candidate cannot be determined from appearance alone.

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January 06 20132013-01-06December 09 20112011-12-09A photograph of an outdoor ashram path with red dirt and paved stepping stones. In the centre, a barefoot man in an orange-saffron dhoti and matching upper cloth walks forward with a large garland of white flowers, red roses and yellow blossoms draped around his neck, plus gold chains and a rudraksha-style mala. Behind him, several shaven-headed men in saffron robes with gold borders and sacred white markings on their foreheads carry offering trays of flowers and fruit. Visible people appear to be a procession of ashram devotees, one of them garlanded and walking ahead as a procession leader, consistent with a ritual procession or greeting. Consistent with a procession of ashram devotees and ritual offerings at an ashram grounds.2013-01-06January 06 20132013-01-06October 14 20122012-10-14January 06 20132013-01-06December 19 20112011-12-19Outdoor photo at a temple precinct with a dirt path under a thatched shelter, flanked by carved stone pillars and striped red-and-white plinths. A young man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha-style bead mala, walks ahead. Beside him, a bearded man with long dark hair wears white ritual cloth and walks barefoot; a few other people in white dhotis stand behind. A Shiva lingam with a black base sits on a plinth at right, and a small shrine structure and hanging flags appear in the background.2009-08-06January 06 20132013-01-06A barefoot man in a saffron-orange sannyasi wrap and matching dhoti walks across a dusty red-earth courtyard past small shrines. He wears a long necklace of golden beads or bells and has long dark hair falling past his shoulders. Behind him stands a white-and-red painted pedestal topped with a white-draped shivalingam garlanded with yellow flowers, beside an arched iron frame. To the right, a black deity murti with yellow garlands sits under an arch, and a man in white dhoti holds a red and gold umbrella. Potted palms and young trees surround the courtyard. A printed Tamil label on the pedestal reads the words shown below.2011-12-21Outdoor photo at an ashram grounds with red-earth ground and a woven mat. In the foreground a man in an orange-red dhoti with gold borders and a red-and-gold sash walks forward, wearing a white forehead marking, a long beaded rudraksha-style mala, gold necklace and bangles. Behind him a bald man in white dhoti and white shirt with gold borders carries a metal tray of offerings, possibly flowers or fruit. Behind them stand several black stone lingams on red-and-white striped plinths among green trees and flowering shrubs.2012-10-11June 07 20162016-06-07