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A person with long dark hair, dressed in a saffron-orange robe, bends over a dark cylindrical metal pipe standing upright in a bed of freshly disturbed grey ash or soil. Behind them is an open dirt yard with green patches of grass, a palm tree, and a banana plant. Thatched-roof huts with low brick platforms stand in the background, and a few people in white dhotis and white clothing move near a red-walled building at the left.

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September 19 20062006-09-19Outdoor ashram construction site with a bare, freshly dug mound of grey earth in the foreground. A figure in an orange-saffron robe with long, swept-back dark hair stands at the centre, bending over a dark cylindrical pole or post set into the ground and grasping it with both hands. Behind him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk across the compound. Left, a man in white kurta and orange shawl passes by a blue-grey cart beside a white building. A palm tree and a banana plant stand near a thatched-roof pavilion with tables and chairs. The scene shows work in progress on the ground, consistent with overseeing construction of a ratham.2006-09-19September 19 20062006-09-19September 19 20062006-09-19Outdoor ashram scene on bare, freshly disturbed earth. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and an orange shawl stands at center, one hand resting on a dark cylindrical pipe or post set into the ground, apparently overseeing work. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl walks past a large black water tank on a raised platform at left. Several other people in white ritual clothes move across the yard. Palm and banana plants, a white single-storey building, thatched pavilion and a small stall with gas cylinders stand in the background under overcast sky.2006-09-19A photograph of an outdoor ashram courtyard with bare earth and patches of grass. A woman in a long orange robe with long dark hair stands at center, bending over a dark cylindrical pipe or post set in a mound of sand. Behind her, several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, walk through the yard past a white two-storey building, a palm tree, a banana plant, and a thatched hut. A man in white with an orange shawl and a notebook stands at left beside a black water tank. Colourful gas cylinders are stacked near a small kiosk. The woman is the only visibly orange-robed figure in the foreground; the others are in white.2006-09-19September 19 20062006-09-19September 19 20062006-09-19A photograph of an outdoor construction site with bare sandy ground and a heap of grey sand. In the centre, a person with long, dark, loose hair wears an orange saffron robe draped over one shoulder and is bent forward, gripping the top of a tall dark cylindrical pipe or post set upright in the ground. Behind them, two men in white kurta and dhoti stand watching, one with an orange shawl over his shoulder. Behind them are a white building, a palm tree, stacked red gas cylinders and a red-roofed structure. The person's face is partly obscured by their hair and posture.2006-09-19September 19 20062006-09-19Outdoor photo on reddish earth at a construction site with a tree trunk and a green truck behind. A man with long, swept-back dark hair, a white forehead mark and a red bindi wears a loose saffron-orange wrap over bare shoulders and places his right hand on a grey stone object held by an older man in white clothes and a rudraksha mala. A younger man in white with an orange shawl stands behind them, and another person in orange is at the lower left edge. The central figure has distinctive long hair, a forehead mark and orange robes, consistent with the Swamiji candidate; the attribution is appearance-based.2008-04-06A construction site with bare, graded red earth and gravel in the foreground. A long-haired man in a flowing saffron-orange robe stands at centre, holding a tall wooden staff, wearing sandals, looking downward. Behind him, several workers in white and light clothing dig and work on the ground beside a large mound of sand on the right. Tall coconut palms and a hazy sky fill the background, with a distant boundary wall. The figure's appearance is uncertain, so the identity is not established.