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Photograph of a hall entrance with a carved wooden double door opening onto a carpeted corridor and stairs. In the centre, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a matching saffron turban and long dark hair walks forward, wearing a white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, with gold-bordered dhoti. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and dhoti, a boy in a checked shirt and dark trousers, and several other men and onlookers follow along a red carpet.

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January 04 2004 - Mass Living ENlightenment initiation in Coimbatore2004-01-04July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph of a group entering a doorway on a red carpet in an indoor hall. In front, a figure with long dark hair and a saffron-orange wrap over a shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white and red flower garland, walks with hands clasped at the chest; a saffron turban-style head covering with a gold-bordered wrap is visible. The figure is an appearance-based Swamiji (probable) candidate, with long hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and garland as cues. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks; a boy in a plaid shirt and dark trousers stands at left; men in white with pink lanyards and older men in white and light clothing follow behind. Behind them a crowd fills the entrance area, and at right a person in white is partly visible in the foreground.2004-01-04January 04 2004 - Mass Living ENlightenment initiation in Coimbatore2004-01-04A photograph of people walking together along a long, pillared temple corridor with carved stone walls and a sculpted lion-like relief at right. In the centre, a man with long swept-back hair, an ornate gold-coloured necklace and an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl walks beside a man in a pink striped shirt and dark trousers. Swamiji (probable): the central figure wears long swept-back hair, a gold ceremonial necklace and saffron clothing, and is being escorted by the group. Around them, saffron-robed attendants, a man in a white shirt holding a red and yellow flower garland, and other men in white shirts and light clothing walk along the corridor.2012-09-11December 14 20062006-12-14A photograph of people walking through a temple corridor with carved stone pillars. In the centre, a man wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a long garland of white flowers, pink blossoms and green leaves, and a heavy gold necklace; he has a red bindi and a tilak on his forehead. To his left, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border walks with bare chest. Behind and beside them, men in white shirts with rudraksha malas, one in an orange cloth, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers walk close by. The centre figure has long hair? No: the central man has short hair and the left figure has swept-back hair. Carved, ornately sculpted pillars and a painted wall frame the scene. a person candidate: the centre man wears an orange garment, a flower garland and ornate gold necklace, but his appearance cues are not distinctive enough, so the identity is uncertain.2012-09-11A young man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban with a red tilak on his forehead walks through a wooden doorway, smiling, wearing a white and pink flower garland over a brown rudraksha mala. Behind him, a man in a light blue shirt holds his palms together in greeting, and an older man with glasses and white hair stands at the right. Overhead hangs a white and marigold flower garland across the doorframe, and a glass-panelled interior is visible behind.2003-07-27June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesSeptember 11 20122012-09-11December 26 20102010-12-26A photograph of a covered hall corridor with blue pillars and fluorescent tubes. A central figure in an orange-saffron turban and saffron-orange robe, wearing a long multicoloured flower garland and rudraksha beads, walks forward with palms pressed together in namaste. Around him, men in white shirts and white trousers and a woman in a blue-and-white sari walk or stand, several with hands folded. Two men in front wear white shirts with name badges.2004-12-03