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A photo of a relief camp veranda in Pondicherry. A young man with short dark hair, dressed in an orange-saffron robe, sits cross-legged on a pinkish concrete ledge and looks off to the side. Behind him are stacked cardboard cartons and white plastic relief bundles, a black bag and folded white cloth. A white-walled building with barred windows and a corrugated roof frames the scene, with a green shrub in the foreground.

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A photo of a relief camp interior with a corrugated metal roof and white-washed walls. A man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a raised concrete ledge with hands folded in his lap, looking to the side. Behind him, a second man in an orange t-shirt stands near a doorway. Bags, boxes and bundled belongings are stacked along the left, and a green mat lies on the floor inside the room.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 03 20122012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04A photo of a shaved-headed?-no: a man with long dark hair wrapped in a striped white and orange head cloth sits cross-legged on a concrete ledge under a corrugated roof, wearing a saffron-orange robe draped over his shoulder. Nearby, a man in a white dhoti with a red-and-white checked shawl and a long rudraksha-style bead necklace stands beside a man in khaki uniform and another in a light shirt and dark trousers. Behind them, painted red, yellow and green pillars with white bird motifs support a striped canopy, with laundry, bags and shoes scattered on the floor and a steel vessel on the ledge. The seated man's appearance matches the page's Swamiji description on several visible cues, the saffron robe, long hair and head cloth, so this is a probable Swamiji (probable) seated in meditation-like repose.2012-01-01A photograph of a barefoot man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-and-peach checked turban and a saffron-orange draped robe with a gold-edged border, seated cross-legged on a raised pink-grey platform under a corrugated roof. He has a red tilak on his forehead and a black thread necklace, and gazes off to the side with one hand resting near his ankle. Behind him stand men in white shirts and khaki uniforms, a man in white kurta carrying a bag, and a colourful decorated pillar.2012-01-04 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a long-haired man in a loose saffron-orange robe seated on the edge of a white marble ledge, with a white vibhuti line and red kumkum dot on his forehead and orange flip-flops on the paved ground beside him. Behind him, several people in orange shawls and white or grey clothing stand near a brick building and a potted palm.2008-06-29January 06 20122012-01-06July 01 20082008-07-01June 05 20112011-06-05