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A dense crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts packed around a central figure walking beneath a multicoloured ceremonial parasol with red, yellow and green embroidered panels and tassels. The central figure wears a saffron-orange turban, an orange garment and a white flower garland, with palms pressed together in greeting. Many devotees on all sides reach toward him, some with hands raised or folded. Another man in a white shirt and a rudraksha-style necklace stands nearby. Several elderly men wear glasses. Bystanders in the back wear colourful shirts. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), identified by the saffron turban, orange robe, garland and the crowd attending him as a central figure.

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Photographer's camera and raised hand at right edge.2003-11-09A large outdoor crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis presses together on a dusty street in South India. A decorated umbrella with red, green and yellow panels and tassels rises above the throng on the left. In the centre, a man in a white shirt smiles and reaches out with his hand toward the people around him. A woman in an orange headwrap stands in the crowd near the centre-left. A bamboo and thatch structure with a yellow cloth banner stands behind them, and a camera operator is visible at the top. Several people wear rosette badges on their shirts.2004-10-03A dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis fills a night-time street outside a temple courtyard with white railings and string lights overhead. At the centre, a man in an orange-saffron turban and orange shawl, with long hair and a beaded mala necklace, stands with palms pressed together in greeting while others reach toward him. 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