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Photograph of a covered temple colonnade with a crowd of devotees in white clothes and red-orange satsang-style neck cords. At the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, with a large white and multicoloured flower garland and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Around him, a bearded man in white and several older men in white and a woman in a white sari with a red cord walk alongside. A bald man in a cream shirt stands in the foreground facing the group, and a woman in white with a red cord is in the lower right. Shop stalls and a blue dome are visible in the background. Tone and presentation are consistent with a procession or walkway at an ashram gathering.

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2003 - Sacred collection UncategorizedDecember 19 20032003-12-19December 19 20032003-12-19Photograph of a temple doorway with a cream stucco frame and red ceiling accents. A smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, wearing a long white flower garland with blue, red and green cord bands, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, stands at the entrance with one hand raised. Behind him, an older man in white with glasses and a red forehead mark looks on, and a man in white with glasses and a moustache stands beside him. In the foreground, a bearded man in white with glasses and an orange lanyard reaches toward the saffron-robed figure. A man in a checked shirt stands at the left edge. Five people are visible.2003-12-19A photograph of an evening crowd gathered at a temple entrance decorated with banana plants and red-and-white striped poles. At centre, a smiling man wears an orange turban, orange shawl and a long rudraksha mala, with a bare upper chest visible. Around him stand devotees in white kurta-style clothing, one woman in a red sari at the back, and others in light shirts and salwar. The man's orange and rudraksha cues are distinctive, though the setting is an ordinary group greeting, so identity remains uncertain. A small purple logo appears at the upper left.2003-04-11September 18 20122012-09-18Crowded photo at a temple entrance gate with a stone carved wall on the right. A man in the centre wears a saffron/orange robe, a long gold-coloured necklace of beads and a bright orange shawl, smiling and raising his palms in greeting; he has long dark swept-back hair and a small white mark on his forehead. Around him many devotees crowd forward: men in white dhotis and white shirts, a bald man with a saffron robe and white forehead band, and women in orange and yellow saris and yellow shawls. A man in white with glasses and a white-and-red forehead mark stands in the lower right foreground, and a man in a white shirt with glasses is at the lower left. The people are walking through the gate in a procession-like crowd.2010-01-08A procession walks through a temple complex with tall gopurams rising behind. At the front left, a man with long dark swept-back hair, an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold necklace with a pendant walks with his hand raised. Beside and behind him, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace carries a folded pink cloth. Several men in white kurtas wear yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, and forehead tilaks are visible. Older devotees and women in white and yellow stand in the background among stone pillars and temple structures.2010-01-08Outdoor temple scene at Tiruvannamalai with a long, multicoloured floral arch of marigolds and roses hung on a stone pillared pavilion and a tiered ochre-painted gopuram wall behind. A man with long dark swept-back hair and a white forehead mark wears a saffron/orange robe, a garland of red, yellow, purple and white flowers, and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace, and walks forward smiling through the crowd. Beside and behind him, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace walks, a shaved-headed man in white with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a man in white with an orange shawl and a mala walks at right among devotees in white and yellow. Palm trees rise beyond the buildings.2010-01-08A photograph of a crowd walking through a colonnaded temple corridor with a blue-domed structure visible behind. At centre, a figure in a rust-orange head wrap and saffron-red robe wears a long rudraksha mala and a white and multicoloured flower garland, smiling as people in white dhotis and saris with red sacred threads surround them. A woman in a white sari in the foreground has a red thread around her neck and a bindi, and a man in white with a red thread stands on the left. Wrapped in a fine-grain film look, the scene shows devotees in white in the foreground.Photograph of a temple walkway with a gopuram tower and metal-roofed shelter in the background, where a crowd of devotees stands. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair and white forehead markings, wearing an orange robe and a long gold bead necklace, smiles and gestures with an open hand. Beside him a man in an orange robe with a gold necklace holds a pink cloth. On the left, a bespectacled man with curly grey hair and a red bindi wears an orange garment and a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in white and orange clothing stand behind them. Swamiji (probable) is the smiling man with long hair, orange robe and gold necklace.2010-01-08Outdoor photograph of a procession walking across a stone-paved courtyard in front of a large Dravidian temple gopuram with white tiers and a golden flagstaff. A central barefoot man wears saffron-orange robes, a rudraksha-style garland of yellow and orange flowers, and a vertical white-and-red tilak; he is smiling and gesturing with his hands. Beside him, a shaved-headed priest in saffron robes carries a large floral garland of purple, yellow and white flowers. Around them, devotees in saffron and orange robes and men in white dhotis with yellow shoulder cloths walk alongside, and a uniformed police officer stands nearby. Stone pillared pavilions and palm trees frame the scene.2010-01-08