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Outdoor photograph at a temple-style pillared entrance with turquoise columns. A figure in an orange and rust-toned shawl and dhoti, seen from behind with a bare head and small gold earring, raises a long garland of yellow and red marigolds with green leaves overhead. A man in a white shirt and white trousers, with a moustache, holds the other end of the garland. A white van with a roof rack is parked behind them, and another man in white stands at the left edge.

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January 22 20102010-01-22Outdoor photo of a devotee in saffron-orange robes having a large garland of white, yellow, red and purple flowers with green leaves placed over his head by a white-clad elder with glasses. A second white-clad man in the foreground also holds the garland, and a man with hands joined in namaste stands behind under a patterned canopy. To the right, a man in orange robes wearing a rudraksha mala and gold necklace stands beside a silver car. A video camera is visible at left. The setting is an open ground beside a tent with blue-and-white patterned drapes.2009-12-23December 20 20152015-12-20Outdoor photograph of a welcome ceremony on a street beside a white wall and a parked silver van. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds up a large garland of red roses and yellow marigolds above the head of a person in a saffron-orange robe, who stands with hands clasped and head bowed. On the right, a woman in a white sari with orange border holds a brass pot decorated with flowers and leaves, and a small plate of red flowers. A man in a pale cream shirt stands in the left foreground, and another smiling man is partly visible behind. A palm tree and multi-storey building are in the background.2010-01-10Outdoor photo at dusk of a welcome at a car door. A smiling man in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, steps out of a silver car. A man in white ritual clothes on the left holds the open door. On the right, a bald man in white garments drapes a garland of white flowers with red roses and a yellow bloom, while a woman in a white sari stands beside him. A red carpet runs across the dirt ground, with a tall black speaker and palm trees behind. Whether the saffron-robed man is a person is unclear from appearance alone, so he is described by role only.2010-01-22Photograph of a crowd during a garland-receiving moment. In the right foreground a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron turban, orange robe and a gold necklace with a red-and-white flower garland around his neck; he is being handed large multicolored flower garlands of yellow, red, white, purple and orange marigolds and roses by a man in white. Around him devotees in white shirts and dhotis, one with a saffron shawl, a man with a rudraksha mala, and women in saris stand close, with a camera operator visible at upper left. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept hair, saffron turban, orange robe and gold ornaments in the garland scene.2007-01-12August 11 20092009-08-11A photo taken outdoors beside a silver SUV at an ashram gate. A central figure in orange saffron robes wears a long multicoloured flower garland of red, yellow, purple and white blooms and raises one hand in greeting while smiling. To the right, a younger man in orange with a gold necklace stands with hands folded, and another man in white dhoti and shawl stands behind him with palms pressed together. On the left, a woman in white with hair in a ponytail and folded hands faces the central figure at close range. Other devotees in white and orange stand behind the vehicle and along the edges of the frame. Tents and a brick wall appear in the background.2011-07-15September 11 20122012-09-11July 03 20142014-07-03September 11 20122012-09-11July 15 20112011-07-15