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A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair stands outdoors in a crowd, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a heavy ceremonial necklace of gold beads with dark bands. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and a red kumkum dot between his brows. Behind him, a man in white holds a tall wooden staff, and a man in a yellow shawl and white shirt stands among onlookers under a thatched roof with palm trees in the background.

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December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor photo at a festival procession. A long-haired man with a red bindi and white tilak stands centre frame, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and a heavy gold necklace of beads with dark accents and a gold pendant. His hands are clasped at waist level and he looks to the side. Behind him a tall gold-and-wood staff or pole is held by someone at left in orange. A younger man at right wears a yellow shawl over white clothes with a red tilak, and a woman in glasses stands at far right. Thatched huts and palm fronds frame the background. The appearance is consistent with a person candidate given long swept hair, saffron shawl and ornate gold necklace, though the identification is uncertain.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23A long-haired man in saffron-orange draped cloth stands in an outdoor procession, bare-shouldered, wearing a heavy gold necklace of large round beads with dark bands. He has a white tilak and a red bindi on his forehead and holds a long wooden staff topped with a gold finial. Around him, saffron-robed attendants hold staffs and white-clad devotees with glasses and forehead markings look on, and a man in the background films with a video camera. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a gold bead necklace, shown in the role of a procession participant at a Brahmotsava event.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesOutdoor procession photo under bright sunlight with trees behind. In the foreground, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron wrap, a heavy gold bead necklace, white vertical and horizontal tilak marks on his forehead and a red dot at the centre. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a long pole topped by a round orange and red canopy with floral painted panels, and another man in a white shirt wears a rudraksha-style mala. Gold-coloured ornate staff tops are visible in the upper background.2008-12-23Outdoor photograph of a long-haired man in a saffron-orange sannyasi wrap, with a thick ornate gold necklace of large gold beads and a rudraksha mala, a white sandalwood and red forehead mark, speaking and looking upward. Beside him a man in white kurta holds a tall gold twisted staff, and a bald man in orange wears gold beaded garland on the right. Trees and a pale rock are behind them in daylight. Appearance-based a person identification: the long swept hair, saffron clothing, gold necklace and rudraksha cues are distinctive, and the page indicates he is present.2008-12-23Photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl draped over one shoulder, wearing a heavy gold necklace of round beads alternating with dark banded beads, ending in a gold pendant. He has a red kumkum dot and white tilak markings on his forehead and stands outdoors near a golden ceremonial staff with a red-and-gold finial, under a thatched roof and palm fronds. Behind him to the right, a smiling man wears a white kurta and a yellow shawl. Several other people in orange robes stand in the background.2008-12-23Outdoor photo at a 2008 Brahmotsava procession, with a rock and palm trees behind the crowd. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back black hair, a white tilak on his forehead, and an orange saffron garment with a heavy gold bead necklace stands looking to the side, beside a tall golden staff. Behind him, a bald man in orange and several people in white and blue saris and white shirts stand among the crowd. On the left, a man in white clothing with a red tilak and a rudraksha mala stands with eyes lowered. Appearance-based label: a person, the long-haired figure in orange with gold beads and a tilak, shown in person.2008-12-23 +1 copies