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Outdoor photograph beneath tall palm fronds and green foliage. A person with long dark hair and a red bindi, wearing a bare-shouldered saffron-orange draped garment and a dark rudraksha mala, stands while holding a golden-yellow rope that suspends a bundled orange cloth wrapped with marigold garlands. Another person's bare arm reaches up to steady the bundle, and a brass tray is visible at the right edge. A carved stone figure appears at the lower left.

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October 07 20112011-10-07A man with long swept-back dark hair stands outdoors among palm trees, wearing an orange saffron wrap with gold-bordered edges and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck. A small red tilak marks his forehead. He holds an orange rope with one hand and looks downward. A bald man in saffron clothing sits in the lower right corner, looking toward him. Yellow flower garlands hang at the left edge, and a carved stone base is visible at the bottom left. The appearance-based cues of long hair, saffron wrap and rudraksha mala match the Swamiji candidate, so this is labelled Swamiji (probable) as the person in orange holding the rope.2011-10-07October 07 20112011-10-07October 07 20112011-10-07A man with long dark wavy hair and a small red bindi stands outdoors against blurred palm fronds, wearing a saffron-orange shawl with a gold-edged border over one shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck. He grips a thick orange rope with both hands and gazes off to the side.2011-10-07October 07 20112011-10-07Outdoor photograph beneath tall palm trees. A man with long dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a draped saffron-orange robe with a gold-bordered edge stands on a raised stone platform, holding a long orange cord that hangs down. A bald man in orange robes sits at the lower right, and another man in orange clothing sits nearby to the right, both connected to the work with the cord. Marigold-like yellow flowers rest on the stone base at the bottom, beside a carved stone foot.2011-10-07October 07 20112011-10-07October 07 20112011-10-07A man with long, swept-back dark hair and an orange saffron garment with gold border stands outdoors, gripping two thick yellow ropes that run up beside a carved wooden ratha or chariot. He wears rudraksha beaded bracelets on his wrists and upper arm and a rudraksha mala necklace. The chariot is decorated with yellow marigold garlands and topped with a thatched straw bundle, and a carved figure of a seated deity is visible at its base. Palm fronds blur in the background. a person appears to be pulling the ratha rope during a temple procession.2011-12-22December 11 20112011-12-11 +1 copiesA man with long, swept-back dark hair stands outdoors among palm trees, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with gold-trimmed borders and a long rudraksha mala around his neck. He holds an orange rope taut with both hands, looking upward beside a carved wooden structure decorated with yellow flower garlands and dry palm fronds. A vertical tilak marks his forehead. Appearance-based identification is probable for Swamiji, with cues of long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, performing a ritual rope-pulling task beside a decorated ratha or chariot.2011-10-07