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Outdoors at a muddy construction site on a cloudy day, a sannyasi in orange robes stands on concrete steps beside a white-painted wall, holding a yellow fruit and a clipboard with papers. Facing him on the left, a person in orange with a red undergarment holds up green leaves. Behind them, a line of men and women in white dhotis and kurtas, some wearing orange shawls and rudraksha malas, stands with hands folded or waiting on the wet ground. Bare trees and a small white building appear in the background. The scene suggests a dedication or inauguration ceremony at a residential block.

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November 28 20082008-11-28Outdoor photograph of a ritual exchange in front of a whitewashed building with a wooden-framed window and an open doorway. A long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes, with a bare upper body and a draped orange cloth, leans forward holding a small silver dish with offerings over an orange cloth tray. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red border and an orange shawl receives it, while another man in white clothes stands at right, half-turned toward the group. Two men in white robes with yellow shawls stand in the shadowed doorway behind them. Wooden planks, a stack of firewood and debris lie on the ground at left, with a ladder leaning against the wall. Appearance-based candidate: a person, identifiable by long hair and saffron-orange robes with a bare upper body.2009-12-15December 15 20092009-12-15June 22 20082008-06-22October 09 20082008-10-09December 15 20092009-12-15Outdoor photo at a construction site with bare earth, scattered rubble and young trees behind. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at the right and centre. The figure on the right, with long dark swept-back hair and a dark pendant necklace, holds an open book and looks down toward a line of people. The figure in the centre-left faces away from the camera, wearing a saffron cloth over a red undergarment, and offers a flower garland or cloth toward the visitors. A line of men and women in white dhotis, white shirts and saffron shawls stands with hands folded at the left. Marigold and flower garlands hang on a pillar at the upper right, and a white wall edge rises on the far right.2008-11-28Outdoor photograph of a Guru Poornima procession at an ashram on bare reddish earth beside a tiled-roof building and white walls. A woman in a white sari with an orange border carries a flower-decorated tray or vessel. Several people in saffron and orange robes walk behind, some holding golden staffs topped with a trident. A figure in a long saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and long dark hair stands at center, while a man in white kurta and dhoti faces him and bends toward him. Other devotees in white clothes and orange shawls follow. A white car is parked in the background under green trees.2007-07-29November 28 20082008-11-28Outdoors on a dirt path beside a concrete building with a brown door and a palm tree behind it, five men stand in a loose group. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long dark hair wears an orange cloth wrapped at the waist and draped over the shoulder, and points ahead with his right arm. Two men on the left wear white kurtas and white dhotis with a red border, one holding a folded paper. A bespectacled older man in white with an orange shawl stands behind them, and a man in white with an orange shawl holding a small object stands to the right.2006-09-19An outdoor site with dirt ground, scattered trees and a white building wall decorated with a strand of flowers. A man in saffron robes with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a smile holds a blue folder with a printed deity image and reaches toward a figure on the left whose bare upper back and red-and-saffron wrap are visible. Behind them, several people in white clothes and saffron shawls stand in a line, including a man with a rudraksha-style necklace and a person holding an orange flag. a person: the saffron-robed man with long swept hair and a crown-less ceremonial presentation matches the page's a person reference, a candidate in person.2008-11-28December 09 20092009-12-09