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Outdoor photo at an open-air event under a red and blue striped canopy with palm trees behind. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red forehead mark wears a bright saffron-orange wrap over a red garment, walking forward with hands at his sides. Behind him a line of about a dozen people stands at attention: men in white dhotis and white shirts, women in pink and orange saris and a white sari with hands folded. A blue banner on the left shows a figure beside the printed words Enlightenment. Shoes are piled on the ground at right beside an orange wheeled machine. Strong sunlight, dusty sand ground.

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Outdoor procession on a dirt road beside a white bus with large devotional portraits on its side and a palm tree overhead. A tall man in orange robes with a sash walks barefoot at the centre, with a bare-headed man in orange robes beside him under a red, yellow and blue ceremonial umbrella with tasselled edges. Behind them, people in white dhotis and white garments follow, and a woman in a yellow sari with hands pressed together walks at left. A small child in brown stands at left among onlookers. Colourful festival decorations and a figure in orange are visible in the background.2009-01-02Outdoor photo on a bare dirt ground at what appears to be a temple or ashram site. A man with long dark hair and an orange saffron wrap draped over his shoulders and body stands barefoot in the foreground, looking down with eyes closed. Behind him a row of people in white dhotis and white shirts stand watching, including a woman in a white sari with a yellow border and a black handbag, a woman in a yellow sari, and a man in a black shirt and belt. A stone pillared pavilion and small shrines are visible at right, with mounds of earth and rubble nearby. Swamiji (probable) is described by the page as present; the orange wrap and long swept-back hair are the qualifying cues for the central figure.2006-12-24April 02 20122012-04-02November 10 20112011-11-10November 10 20112011-11-10A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on his forehead stands barefoot in an orange saffron robe with a gold bead necklace, palms pressed together in anjali. A crowd of men and boys in white dhotis and shirts, some with tilak marks, stands beneath large banyan trees. A boy in a red patterned sweater joins his hands in front. Clay pots with offerings sit at the bottom edge. Swamiji (probable) is identified by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe and gold bead necklace, standing as the central figure leading the ritual.2005-12-31A photograph of an outdoor ceremonial area with a red carpet and bamboo-fenced walkway. In the foreground on the left, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a red forehead mark wears a saffron-orange dhoti-style garment, a gold-coloured bangle, a gold and white beaded garland, and holds a white stick, smiling toward the right. Behind the rope barrier, several people in orange, yellow, purple and white clothing stand and watch. Two white-draped structures stand nearby, and floodlights and trees surround the open ground.2011-12-08A man in saffron-orange draped robes with gold border stands outdoors, smiling and looking to the side, wearing a long rudraksha mala across his chest and a small red bindi on his forehead. Behind him, a crowd of devotees stands in a sunlit courtyard beneath leafy branches; a woman in a white sari with gold border stands with hands folded, and women in orange and green saris are nearby. A stone wall and trees appear in the background. Whether the central man is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, though long swept-back hair, saffron robes and rudraksha malas are present.2012-04-02April 01 20122012-04-01A man with long dark hair stands outdoors on a dirt path in front of palm trees, wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and a red undergarment, with a red bindi on his forehead and sandals on his feet. To the left, a large framed poster shows a smiling face in pink and red, and a row of pink flowering shrubs lines a low white wall behind him.2009-03-01Outdoor photo beneath a thatched palm-leaf roof beside a white-painted wall hung with printed Tamil-script panels and photographs. A tall figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a flowing saffron-orange robe and orange sandals, walking past. Beside them, an older man in plain white dhoti and shirt with a cord around his neck gestures toward the panels. A younger man in orange clothing walks at the right edge. Bare concrete ground and a wooden pole with a rope tie frame the scene. a person (long hair and saffron robe), but appearance cues are only moderately distinctive.2008-05-19A photograph of a flag-hoisting procession at a temple courtyard. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak, a saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace of ornamented beads stands centre, holding a red parasol shaft and looking upward. Around him, men in white dhotis and saffron robes hold gold-topped staffs and yellow-orange ceremonial fans embroidered with blue and gold emblems. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl holds one of the fans. A red wooden flagpole lies in the foreground. Several onlookers, some photographing, stand behind under red-tasselled parasols beneath a white temple wall with a green-tiled roof.2008-12-23