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Outdoor photo of a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe with a large garland of white jasmine and red roses around his neck, smiling as he walks forward. Two men in white dhotis and shirts flank him; the man on the right wears dark sunglasses and a black beaded necklace and gestures with his hand. Behind them a crowd stands under a blue sky and a row of orange-red triangular pennants with dark emblems strung between wooden poles. A wooden pole wrapped in rope stands at right. Visible people number roughly six to twenty, with a dense crowd behind the foreground figures.

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July 27 20082008-07-27Outdoor crowd scene at an event. A figure in orange saffron robes with a red bindi and long swept-back dark hair stands at centre, wearing a heavy garland of white jasmine and orange marigold flowers with large gold-coloured medallions and a gold pendant. Swamiji (probable) is visible through the saffron robes, long hair and ornate garland. To his left, a younger man in plain orange robes with long hair stands beside a man in white shirt bending forward with a white plate of offerings. On the right, a smiling man in glasses and a white shirt looks toward him. Behind them a crowd of devotees, some in white dhotis and shirts, fills the frame under green leaves and a tent canopy edged in red and yellow.2009-08-17December 30 20062006-12-30Outdoor procession scene. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a thin white vibhuti mark on his forehead wears an orange saffron shawl over bare shoulders, draped with a thick garland of white jasmine, red roses, yellow marigolds and purple flowers, with gold bead ornaments hanging from it. He walks beneath a red ceremonial umbrella with tasselled fringe held by an attendant in white. Around him are other men in white and orange robes, one with a rudraksha mala, and a bald older man in white with a yellow shawl. Behind them are spectators and a white wall. a person candidate by appearance: probable, shown in a procession.2009-12-23February 05 20092009-02-05Outdoor ritual scene with a concrete pillar wrapped in orange and yellow cord at the left, and a long wooden pole held by a man in white dhoti and shawl. In the centre a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and an orange saffron robe wears a multi-strand garland of white flowers, blue and turquoise beads, large gold beads, rudraksha beads and green parrot ornaments, and holds a bunch of red flowers toward the pole. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, saffron robe and ornate gold and rudraksha adornments. Around him devotees stand in white ritual dhotis and orange saffron robes, one saffron-clad man at right with hands joined and a gold necklace. Green trees and sky are behind, with a crowd of onlookers in white and orange.2012-07-03December 25 20082008-12-25December 23 20092009-12-23A smiling man with long dark hair and white tripundra marks on his forehead, a red bindi, wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a long necklace of gold bead-and-bell ornaments alternating with multicoloured beads. Beside him, a bearded man in saffron robes, wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, stands near a small red-petalled offering basket at the left edge. Other men in white shirts and dhotis, and a bare-chested man, stand behind them in an outdoor festival setting with striped canopy tents and a blue pole. The men in the foreground are close to the camera; several other people stand in the background.2009-11-25A smiling man with long dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead and a red dot at the brow, wears a large garland of white jasmine and red roses over a bare upper body with a yellow cloth. Behind him, a man in a white kurta with an orange-and-white lanyard presses his palms together, and another man in white smiles with a red mark on his forehead. At the left and right edges, men in saffron-orange robes with ornate gold necklaces stand near the frame, one holding a folded white towel. Green plants and a stone carving appear in the background. a person is visible, identified by long swept hair, rose garland and ceremonial gold necklaces among the devotees.2010-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 28 20062006-12-28December 23 20092009-12-23