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Outdoor street photo in bright daylight of a crowd moving through a busy Tamil Nadu town. At centre a smiling man with long dark hair, a red kumkum mark on his forehead, wearing a rust-red robe and a long rudraksha mala, extends his right arm toward the crowd. Around him men in white shirts and dhotis, shaved-headed sannyasis in orange with ash marks, and women in saris press close. Behind them are colourful shopfronts with signboards, a banana plant and a tuk-tuk.

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July 04 20142014-07-04A photograph of a street procession in a crowded Indian town. At centre a smiling man with long dark hair, a red bindi and a dark rudraksha mala is draped in a reddish-orange shawl with a golden border, arm outstretched toward the crowd. Around him men in white shirts and dhotis, some with vibhuti marks, and several bald devotees in saffron-orange robes press close. Shopfronts, a red awning and banana leaves frame the street behind, with a saffron cloth visible at the upper right. Probable Swamiji shown in the procession with long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and saffron shawl.2014-07-04 +1 copiesOutdoor street photo in a crowded Tamil Nadu town. A long-haired man in a rust-red sleeveless wrap and a long rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead, smiles broadly and extends his arm toward the crowd. Around him, many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with vibhuti and tilak, press close; a bald devotee in glasses stands in the lower left, and a man in an orange cloth is behind on the right. Behind them are a yellow auto-rickshaw, a shop front with a banana plant and a small signboard. The crowd is dense and mostly male, appearing to accompany a procession or yatra.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesOutdoor street scene during a procession in what appears to be Tamil Nadu, with banana plants and palm fronds behind the crowd. A central figure in a rust-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala and a red bindi smiles and extends one hand toward the crowd. Around them, saffron-robed sannyasis with shaved heads and white forehead markings walk alongside people in white clothing. A man in a white shirt reaches toward the figure, and a woman in a white sari with pink border raises her palms in greeting. Red flower petals are scattered near the bottom of the frame.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA dense street crowd during a house visit procession in Tamil Nadu. At the centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears a rust-red wrap, a rudraksha mala and a beaded necklace, smiling and reaching out to people on both sides. He appears to be a probable Swamiji, identified by long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a distinctive wrap, and is in person. Around him, shaved-headed sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas press close, and men in white shirts and dhotis stand among the crowd. Orange flags and striped bunting hang from a balcony above, where people look down, and palm fronds decorate the street under a tiled roof.2014-06-24 +2 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copies