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A photograph at an outdoor roadside setting near a silver SUV with an open door. A man in an orange saffron robe and orange-draped figure with a white jasmine garland leans into the vehicle, bowing with head lowered toward the passenger side. A bald man in a white dhoti-style garment and white shirt bends forward with hands joined in front of him, facing the vehicle. On the right, a man in an orange shawl holds a long wooden pole with a fabric flag, and another smiling man in an orange shawl stands beside him. Behind them are large printed banners showing a saffron-robed figure and temple architecture, with a green and orange banner hung between palm and tree foliage. Several people are visible; the scene involves a welcome and reverence gesture at the vehicle.

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Photograph of a scene outside a vehicle at an outdoor event. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace with gold ornaments and a white flower garland with red trim, smiles broadly as he steps near a silver van. Two shaved-headed men in orange and white stand close, one kneeling in white and one in orange, and a man on the right in orange holds a long wooden staff. Behind them is a large banner showing a robed figure in orange and a temple illustration, with a banana plant and trees in the background. Probable Swamiji (probable) is shown standing at the vehicle door, the central figure in orange with turban, garland and gold necklace.2007-01-30Outdoor photo of a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, wearing long white-and-red jasmine garlands, a gold chain and a rudraksha mala, arriving beside a silver car. Several shaven-headed monks in orange and devotees in white stand around, one reaching to the car door. Behind them a large green banner shows a robed, bearded elder in orange with a rudraksha necklace above a temple illustration. Trees and banana plants frame the scene.2007-01-30Outdoor photo of a roadside arrival. In the centre, a smiling person with long dark hair wears an orange turban, orange robes, a white and red flower garland and a gold-beaded necklace with rudraksha-style beads, standing beside a silver SUV. In the foreground, a bald figure in orange robes faces him with his back to the camera. On the right, a man in white with an orange shawl holds a long wooden staff and a tray of yellow flowers. A large orange-toned banner with temple imagery and a stylised figure stands behind them. Probable Swamiji in the centre, identified by the orange turban, long hair, garland and rudraksha-style beads, greeted with the staff and flowers.2007-01-30December 31 20092009-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of a welcome at a public road outside a temple-style setting in Bidadi. A bald man in a full orange robe stands beside an open white car door, looking toward an orange-turbaned man on the left who holds a long garland of pale flowers up toward him. The turbaned man wears orange robes and holds a wooden staff; a red and yellow ceremonial umbrella is raised above the group. Behind them, a bearded man in orange robes wearing a garland stands, and several white-shirted onlookers and a person with a camera watch from the crowd along a fence with red and yellow bunting. Yellow flower offerings lie on a tray near the car.2008-12-30A photograph of an outdoor arrival scene beside a white vehicle. A bald man in orange saffron robes stands at left, wearing a long white and red garland of flowers, and turns toward a second man in an orange turban and orange robes who is also garlanded with white and red flowers. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands behind at left, and a decorated orange, red and yellow canopy with hanging tassels runs across the upper right. Men in white dhotis and shirts with lanyards line the procession behind, and a man in an orange shirt and a man with dark hair stand in the foreground at right. The wearer of the turban has distinctive long swept-back hair beneath a crown-like orange headwrap; no further identification is made.2007-01-01Outdoor photo at an event ground beside a silver sedan. A man in an orange turban and orange robes, seen from behind at left, reaches toward a man in an orange head-wrap and orange robes who leans toward the open car window, wearing a long white flower garland and rudraksha beads. Behind them, men in white kurta clothing and a uniformed guard stand near yellow and orange floral decorations and parked vans and cars. Another orange-clad figure stands at the right edge. The orange-robed man in the centre has a crown-like turban and wears a white garland, with a rudraksha mala visible.2008-12-31Outdoor photo of a crowd greeting arrivals at a roadside event. In the foreground, a saffron-robed figure with a long orange head wrap and a bare upper body holds up a white and red flower garland, and a second saffron-robed figure wearing a saffron head wrap and a white and red garland is stepping toward a white car. Behind them, orange-robed sannyasis, men in white kurtas, and a man in a dark blue suit stand near the open car door. Onlookers with raised phones, police officers in khaki uniforms with caps, and a yellow tent with flags fill the background. Sun-lit dirt ground and vehicles surround the group.2008-12-30A photograph outdoors near a silver minivan with its side door open. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and shawl wears rudraksha beads and white horizontal markings on his arms and chest, holding a long wooden staff. Beside him a monk in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at the open door, one hand on the vehicle, while another person in orange reaches in from the far side. A brass vessel with green leaves sits near the seat. Palm trees and a stone sculpture are behind them.2013-02-02A photograph of a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe stepping out of a silver SUV onto dusty ground, with palm trees and a flag-lined background behind. Two attendants in orange robes stand beside him: one at left wears an orange turban and holds a bead necklace, and one at right in an orange kurta with a maroon shawl holds a silver vessel with a green leaf offering. A person in white at far right holds hands in namaste. The seated man's features are not distinctive enough to identify him, so his identity is unsure; he is shown as an exiting passenger in orange ritual dress.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30