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A photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes seated on stone temple steps, wearing a thick garland of white flowers, green leaves and red blooms with a gold necklace. He smiles while a man in white dhoti and shawl with a tilak reaches toward him, offering a hand gesture. Around them, other saffron-robed men and white-clad devotees sit or stand, and a woman in orange sari sits with hands folded. A photographer stands in the background near a pink temple wall. Petals are scattered on the steps. The man in the centre shows distinctive long swept-back hair, saffron robes and ornate gold necklace, consistent with a person candidate in person being honoured during a temple event.

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December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A photograph of a crowd on temple steps. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark swept-back hair sits cross-legged, wearing an orange saffron cloth, a gold ceremonial necklace, and a long garland of white jasmine, green leaves and red flowers. He gestures with one raised hand and holds a small yellow cloth bundle. Behind him a man in an orange robe with a gold necklace stands, and around them seated and standing devotees wear white dhotis and orange-and-gold shawls, some with white tilak on their foreheads. Pink temple walls and carved stone pillars frame the scene, and a visible sign of a palm tree stands at the right edge. The seated central figure shows distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and a gold necklace, so this is a person in person, with other devotees around him.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A photograph of an outdoor temple-precinct scene. A long-haired man seated on stone steps wears an orange saffron garment, a white vibhuti mark on his forehead, and a thick garland of green leaves, white flowers and red blooms with a gold ornament at his chest. He gestures with one hand while a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl bends forward to offer him something from a yellow packet. Behind them, standing figures in orange robes and white clothes watch, one man holding a camera, and a pink temple structure with tiered architecture rises in the background under palm trees. The seated man has distinctive long hair, saffron robes and ornate gold necklace cues, so he is described as a probable Swamiji in the in-person presence of the event.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29Low-angle photograph of a crowd gathered on stone steps outside a temple. A central figure with long dark hair sits barefoot in a saffron-orange robe and wears a white and red flower garland over a gold necklace, raising one hand in greeting while smiling. Around him, men in saffron and white dhotis with gold-bordered cloths, some wearing gold necklaces and white vibhuti forehead marks, clasp hands in namaste or raise arms. A woman in white with an orange shawl sits at right. Onlookers and a cameraman stand behind the steps, with a pink temple wall and carved stone pillars in the background.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A photograph of a long-haired man seated on a stone step at an outdoor temple, dressed in saffron-orange robes with a white-and-gold garland of white and yellow flowers and green leaves, a red floral strand, and gold necklaces; he has white tilak marks on his forehead and is extending his hand toward a woman in a white sari with a gold border who bends toward him. Around him, saffron-clad men with shaved heads and white-marked foreheads stand and sit, one holding a camera, and white-clad devotees sit on the steps, with a pink temple wall behind them. Presented as a dressed-in-saffron figure with long hair and distinctive ornaments, in the page's context as a person; the scene suggests a devotional or blessing interaction.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29