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Outdoor ground-breaking at a rocky hillside site. A figure in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban, wearing a rudraksha mala and a garland of white and yellow-orange flowers, holds a long wooden staff planted in the earth with eyes lowered. Three men in white and light shirts stand behind him with hands folded and heads bowed. Boulders and green shrubs fill the background, and coconut halves lie on the ground in the lower left, with a carved stone slab at the left edge. Whether the robed figure is the a person cannot be settled from appearance alone, so the role is given as a sannyasi. Visible people: four.

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2002 - Glimpses From Various Programs2002-01-01A procession on a dirt path beside a terracotta-coloured wall and green shrubs. At centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe and a long white garland with red and gold ornaments, plus a large gold necklace, and walks with a serious expression. Around him, men in orange and white robes with orange shawls carry a tall wooden staff and walk alongside, one holding a silver trident-like staff with a yellow and white garment on the left. Foreground figures in white shirts and dhotis and a small girl in a yellow t-shirt walk past. Swamiji (probable): the central man's long hair, orange clothing, ornate gold necklace and floral garland are the visible cues; he is shown walking in procession.2010-07-26December 30 20062006-12-30Outdoors on a rocky forest path among green trees, a group walks in procession. In front on the right, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, a rudraksha mala and a loose saffron/orange robe walks ahead of others. Behind him, several men in saffron robes and one in white walk together, and a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl with a mala stands to the left beside women in yellow and teal saris. A large speaker is visible in the background among the crowd of devotees. A large round rock sits at right.2008-08-03Outdoor photo on a rocky dirt path beside green trees. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a draped shawl walks centre-frame, holding a silver-topped walking staff, with a faint smile; the figure's appearance (long swept-back hair, saffron robe, ceremonial presentation) matches the page's Swamiji reference, so this is a probable Swamiji. Three men in white dhotis and white shirts walk around him; the man at left wears a rudraksha mala and wristwatch, and the man at right carries a pair of sandals in one hand while walking barefoot. A white-shirted man behind the group also walks with them.2006-09-23Outdoor photo under a large leafy tree on a dirt path. To his left, a bearded man in a white kurta wears an orange shawl and mala. Behind them, saffron-robed sadhus walk along the path. At right, a shaved-headed priest in orange clothing with white and red markings and pink flower garlands carries a silver kalasha, a ceremonial pot with green leaves, through the procession.2007-08-09A smiling man with long dark hair and a flowing orange saffron robe walks barefoot across a grassy patch beside a concrete plinth and a small black post in a sandy yard. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl with a beaded necklace stands near a building with a dark lattice door. To the right, an older man with glasses wears white clothing and an orange shawl, and a younger man in white stands near a large black water tank. Scrubby trees and a low fence stand in the background.2006-09-19A photograph of four men walking across a dirt-and-grass clearing beside a stack of cut timber and leafy shrubs, with a rocky reddish embankment behind. In front, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder, holds a wooden walking stick, and wears brown sandals. Behind him, two men wear white kurta-style shirts and white dhotis; one wears a dark beaded necklace. The rightmost man wears a white collared shirt, grey trousers and a wristwatch, with his hands folded in greeting. Blue-and-white printed sheets lie on the ground near the wood pile.2008-11-13November 24 20062006-11-24Outdoor photograph of a procession of saffron-robed sannyasis walking past a concrete wall with a banana tree and bamboo poles at the top edge. The foreground figure on the left wears an orange turban and a shawl over orange robes, with long dark hair and a long rudraksha mala, and is holding a long bamboo pole. Beside him, a bald man in an orange turban and orange robes with a rudraksha mala walks with a wooden staff. On the right, a shaven-headed man in an orange hood and robes wears a rudraksha mala and holds his hands together. Several other orange-robed devotees follow behind. a person: the figure on the left, identified by long hair, orange turban, shawl and rudraksha mala, appears to be a candidate for the a person in procession.2007-12-30Photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes standing in tall grass on a hillside, holding a long thin metal rod horizontally in both hands at waist height. He wears a white tilak with a red dot on the forehead and a long rudraksha mala draped over his shoulder. Behind him rises a forested hill with palm trees. Two smaller figures stand at left in orange and white clothing. Appearance-based label: a person, in_person, matching the page's note of a Bhoomi Puja at the Tiruvannamalai land.2008-04-01October 20 20162016-10-20