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Outdoor street scene during a procession in front of shop shutters strung with small triangular bunting. In the foreground, a woman in orange shawl and white garland with blue, pink and green beads walks with head bowed and glasses on. Beside her, a long-haired man in white clothes and orange shawl, wearing a multicoloured garland, looks down. Behind them, a shaved, bare-chested man in a blue-green dhoti, a smiling woman in white with a rudraksha-style mala, and several men in white shirts and dhotis walk through the crowd. A white flag is visible at left. Timestamp reads 31.08.2006 12:10 with a copyright line at the bottom.

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Outdoor photograph of a roadside crowd in Tamil Nadu. A bearded man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange shawl over white clothes and a white garland with blue and pink ribbons, stands beside a smiling woman in orange, bespectacled and similarly garlanded. Around them men in white shirts and mundus, one bare-chested man holding leaves, and a man with a red tilak. A stone wall, a small tiled building and a timestamp 31.08.2006 12:07 appear behind them.A street procession in daylight with a crowd of devotees walking along a road. In the foreground a smiling woman in glasses wears an orange saffron garment and a white and blue garland, with a red bindi. Around her, many people in white and cream dresses and sarees with black beaded malas walk together, some with red and gold borders. Men in white shirts walk in the background among trees, buildings and a line of orange and yellow bunting, with saffron flags on poles. A timestamp in the corner reads 31.08.2006 12:10.2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesA candid outdoor photograph dated 31.08.2006 at 12:07 in the lower right corner. A bearded man with long swept-back hair wears a white garment with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, and is smiling with his head bowed toward a bare-chested man in a yellow lungi on the left. Beside them a woman in an orange sari with glasses gestures with open hands, and older men in white clothes and white towels smile around them. A man in a red shirt raises an arm at the back. Probable Swamiji (probable) is the bearded man with long swept-back hair, orange shawl and rudraksha mala; the scene shows devotees greeting him at an outdoor event.Outdoor photograph in a sunlit, slightly blurred setting with trees behind. Beside him a man in a white shirt holds a wooden stick or staff raised near another person's head, and a rudraksha-style mala hangs from his neck. Other people in white clothes stand behind, and a partially visible person with dark hair is at the far right in orange. A timestamp reads 31.08.2006 12:13.Outdoor photograph of a crowded street procession in Tamil Nadu, India, dated 31.08.2006 at 12:09 in the bottom-right corner. Many men and women walk closely together, several carrying white flags with a blue emblem on poles. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a red tilak on his forehead holds a bundle of white and pink flowers and leaves. Beside him, a man in a light blue shirt walks next to a bearded man in an orange saffron garment with a flower garland. A white-haired man in a white shirt and a man in a white tank top with a sacred thread walk nearby. A blue-and-white bus and multi-storey buildings line the road under trees.2006 - Kailasa India Sangha ActivitiesOutdoor photograph on a dusty roadside in Tamil Nadu, dated 31.08.2006 12:06 in the bottom corner. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron/orange shawl over white clothes, palms pressed together in namaste while extending his hands toward a bare-chested devotee holding a garland of white flowers, pink blooms and green leaves. Swamiji (probable): the bearded man with long hair and saffron shawl is a candidate for the Nithyananda Paramashivam, identified by appearance cues only. An older priest in the left foreground with a shaved head and sacred marks on his body assists the devotee, and a man with a rudraksha mala and white towel stands behind. Another man in white shirt pours water or milk over the devotee's head from a white vessel. Several onlookers gather, and a van and bicycle are visible in the background.2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities