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A crowded outdoor photograph at a festival site, with a red-and-white flag and a decorated canopy hung with marigold and rose garlands and green coconut bunches. A figure in a bright orange turban, orange robe and rudraksha mala stands at centre, smiling and extending his hand toward an elderly man in white clothing and a white cap who bends forward, receiving or offering a gesture of blessing. Around them, uniformed police officers in khaki, men in white shirts, a man in a wide-brimmed hat, and a walkie-talkie holder stand among a dense crowd. A bald man in saffron cloth is partly visible at the lower right.

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December 31 20082008-12-31Outdoor photo on a paved road in front of an orange and blue draped stage backdrop. A smiling man in an orange turban, orange shawl and a red and orange flower garland stands at centre with hands pressed together. An older man in white shirt and white dhoti bends low, hands folded, toward him. Beside them a woman in a white sari holds a silver vessel with a green leaf. Behind, uniformed police officers and men in white shirts watch. A man in an orange wrap stands at left beside a white car.2010-02-16Outdoor photo at a dirt-road festival site during a brahmotsavam procession. A man with long swept-back hair, orange robe, white flower garland and forehead tilak receives a coconut-and-flower puja offering on a brass plate from a woman in orange garments. A bald man in an orange turban and orange shawl stands at left beside a white car. Behind them a man in a dark blazer, a photographer with a camera, and devotees in white and orange crowd close. At upper right a yellow and orange decorated ratha/chariot with flower garlands, and drummers in yellow. Several people stand in the background. Kind of scene: ceremonial welcome with puja.2008-12-30Outdoors among green trees, a man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a yellow-orange marigold garland, smiles and stands at the centre of a crowd. Beside him a bald man in white dhoti and bare chest with a sacred thread stands near a silver tray holding a coconut and green leaves. A man in a white shirt wears an orange shawl with a printed motif, and another man in an orange shawl and dark kurta smiles at right. A man in white holds a camera overhead near a doorway with an iron gate. Several people in white and orange clothing press close around the central figure, some with hands raised toward him. A man in orange kurta stands at far right. Hands and heads in the foreground partially obscure the view.2011-05-24Outdoor photograph under a red and multicoloured canopy with a shaded courtyard and a pale building behind. A smiling man with short dark hair wears a saffron-orange sannyasi robe and a long garland of white flowers with blue and red accents, and is garlanded and greeted by a man in a white shirt who bends forward with hands clasped. To the left, an older man in a white shirt and dark rudraksha-style mala stands near a small red and orange flag on a brass stand. Behind them, a man in white with palms pressed together in namaste, a woman in white, and other onlookers watch the greeting. The central figure wears a red bindi and an orange robe, and a visible orange sannyasi wrap appears again behind him. a person cues: the saffron sannyasi robe and garland are the distinctive features, but the appearance is not conclusively matched, so this is recorded as unsure.2010-01-21Outdoor photo of a ceremonial welcome under a canopy of red and multicoloured tasselled umbrellas amid foliage. A central figure in an orange turban and orange robe wears a thick garland of yellow marigolds, white flowers and red blossoms, and holds a gold ceremonial staff, smiling as he extends his hands over a flame on a metal plate held by an older woman in a red top who receives arati. To the left, a bespectacled man in white dhoti and orange shawl with rudraksha mala holds a steel tray of flowers. Behind them, several men in white shirts and dhotis, some with mala necklaces, stand among onlookers. The central figure shows distinctive ceremonial cues, so this is an appearance-based a person candidate, present in person.2007-01-12December 31 20062006-12-31A photograph of a temple-hall scene under a corrugated roof with hanging decorations. A long-haired man in an orange sleeveless robe, wearing a long necklace of dark rudraksha beads and a forehead marking, reaches out to greet a line of devotees along a metal railing. Devotees in white clothes press their palms together or reach forward to touch his hand. Beside him, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes holds a brass tray draped with orange cloth. A priest in white stands behind, and a red and gold backdrop is visible in the background. Swamiji (probable): the long-haired man in the orange sleeveless robe with rudraksha malas and forehead marking is the.2010-09-13July 28 20082008-07-28September 15 20092009-09-15July 28 20082008-07-28A crowd gathers outdoors under leafy trees in daylight. In the foreground a man in an orange turban, orange robe and rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling broadly. Beside him a man in white clothes with an orange shawl, glasses and a red tilak presses his hands together. Other men in white shirts and dhotis, some with orange shawls, surround them, with more onlookers and a few women in saris behind. The appearance-based candidate for the figure in orange is consistent with a person, but the face cannot be confirmed, so identity is uncertain.2007-01-12