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A photograph of several men walking together along an unfinished concrete colonnade beside an old, partly dilapidated building with wooden balconies, scaffolding and a corrugated roof. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and carries a rudraksha mala, walking in orange sandals. Beside him, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes walks alongside, and to their left another orange-robed man with a mala. On the right, a man in a grey shirt and grey trousers gestures while walking. On the far left, older men in white and light-coloured clothes stand near a stone temple wall with carved pillars. The setting is a construction site with bare concrete floors and a few plants.

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January 28 20102010-01-28A photograph of three men walking across an open concrete courtyard past wooden tables under a tall concrete pillar. The man in front left wears an orange-saffron dhoti and kurta with a rudraksha-style mala and carries a small item in his hand. The central figure wears a long orange shawl draped over an orange dhoti and orange-strapped sandals, with long dark hair swept back. A third person in grey clothes walks behind. Behind them are a brick boundary wall, tin-roofed houses and greenery.2010-01-28January 28 20102010-01-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a covered walkway outside a white building with a tiled floor in black and white hexagon pattern. Two saffron-robed figures with long hair walk in the foreground, one on the left and one centre-right in orange cloth with bare feet and sandals. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers walks between them, with a lanyard around his neck. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with lanyards follow behind. A white van and a fenced dirt lot are visible beyond the entrance, and a rubber mat lies in the lower right.2010-02-18August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Outdoor photograph on a sandy ground at an ashram event. Several men in saffron and orange robes walk together: a bearded man in orange on the far left, a figure in orange with long dark hair and a sash beside a man in an orange dhoti and shawl wearing a gold crown-like headpiece, and an elderly man with long white hair and a rudraksha mala, bare-chested with a saffron wrap. White-clad volunteers in white dhotis and shirts and a man in a cream shirt with a lanyard walk nearby. Behind them stand a brick building with a green roof and a white tent with orange and yellow decoration. Seven or eight people are visible in total. a person's presence is uncertain: the crowned orange-robed figure is a candidate but the appearance is not distinct enough to confirm.2009-12-30A group of saffron-robed sannyasis walks along a dusty dirt path beside a corrugated red metal wall and a green-roofed building under a bright sky. In the foreground, a bearded monk in an orange robe with a long dark beard and a second robed figure in orange lead the way. Behind them, a monk with long swept-back hair wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala. An older bare-chested figure in an orange wrap and a bead necklace walks beside a bearded elder in saffron. Men in white kurtas and dhotis and a man in a white shirt follow, and a small child in a striped shirt walks among them. Wooden posts and a rope line the path.2009-12-30November 24 20062006-11-24May 22 20122012-05-22November 24 20062006-11-24A photograph of a walking procession on a dirt path beside an unfinished concrete building with bamboo scaffolding. A man with long dark swept-back hair, a gold necklace of ornaments, a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, and a forehead mark walks at the centre-right, with a yellow umbrella held over him by a young attendant in a white dhoti and orange sash. Beside him, a bald sannyasi in orange robes with a rudraksha mala walks at left, and an elderly man in white shirt and dhoti walks in front. Children and onlookers stand at right. Swamiji (probable) cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a gold ceremonial necklace on the centre-right walker, who is the umbrella-shaded figure in the procession.2012-09-24