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Outdoor street scene under a striped canopy in red, green, orange and blue, beside a green building with arched windows. A dense crowd of many dozens of men, women and children presses around a black car at left. In the centre, a woman in a dark red sari with a long red and white garland and a gold-bead necklace receives a tray of offerings from a young girl in white with flowers in her hair. Around them, several saffron-robed sannyasis with shaved heads, rudraksha malas and vibhuti on their foreheads stand with hands folded. A uniformed police officer stands near the car.

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June 24 20142014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24A photograph of a dense crowd of villagers gathered outdoors beneath a red and gold patterned canopy at a house visit during a Tamil Nadu tour. Several saffron-robed monastics with shaved heads stand at the centre, one with his hands raised in greeting while older women in saris press forward with folded hands. Nearby, a man in a white shirt and a bespectacled man in white clothes lean in among the crowd, and a dark car is parked at the left edge. Green-painted walls, a tree and a thatched hut frame the background.2014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesA crowd of men and women surrounds a white car with a purple and red logo on its windshield, pressing forward with hands outstretched. In the centre, a bald man in an orange-saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala stands beside a younger man wearing a heavy red and white flower garland and an orange robe, with a steel plate of flowers and leaves in front of them. A man in a white shirt wears an orange-brown beaded mala. A photographer holds a video camera at right. Several women wear saris, gold necklaces and bangles; one holds a leafy bundle of flowers. Devotees throw petals and offer leaves, and a bald priest in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks.2014-07-01Outdoors under a corrugated metal canopy decorated with colourful cloth bunting and green banana leaves, a crowd presses around a central figure. The central figure wears a deep red-orange turban, an orange-red robe and a white and red flower garland, with a rudraksha mala visible. Around them, saffron-robed attendants with shaved heads hold and guide them, while men in white shirts and dhotis and boys in casual clothes press close. Coconuts hang at the right edge. The scene suggests a darshan or procession moment in a village setting.2014-07-01Outdoor photo of a crowd greeting a welcome procession on a red-carpeted path beneath palm trees, with a yellow building behind. In the centre, a man in a red-and-orange turban, orange robe and a long white flower garland walks barefoot on the red carpet, while a bald man in a dark-orange sash and rudraksha mala raises his right hand in blessing. Devotees in white and red saris and shirts press palms together on both sides; a woman in an orange sari holds a brass pot with flowers. Petals are scattered on the carpet.2014-07-02July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a dense crowd around a central figure at an outdoor devotional welcome. A young person in a red-and-maroon garment wears a long red and white flower garland and is being showered with petals and receiving pada puja-style attention from devotees. Foreground, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron garment with a long rudraksha mala holds a brass plate of flowers and a kalasha-style offering with leaves. Around them, women in saffron and red saris and men in white shirts press forward, some holding camera equipment and a small offering tray. A dark car with partial lettering stands behind the crowd.2014-07-01A crowd surrounds a figure in a building entrance with a green-and-white painted wall and a floral garland decoration at the right. A tall person in a long orange-red garment and a garland of yellow and white flowers stands at the centre, smiling. In front of them a bald man with a bare upper body and an orange shawl, wearing a golden-yellow waist cloth, holds their arm. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing an orange shawl, press in from both sides, and a dark car with its door open stands at left. Several people in the background raise their hands. This appears to be a padapuja-style welcome at a home visit, though the central figure's identity is not established from appearance.2014-07-03