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Outdoor photo on a dusty dirt path with palm trees and clear sky. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe walks at centre, smiling with hands near his chest in greeting. Behind him an attendant in an orange robe holds a bright orange umbrella overhead. Around them, people in white clothes press palms together in namaste, while children in striped shirts, a girl in turquoise salwar, and a woman in white stand watching. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair and an orange robe, matching the page's event context.

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Outdoors on a sandy open ground with palm trees and a flat horizon behind, a group of people in white and saffron stands and walks. Center, a figure in orange robes holds a bright orange umbrella over a person wearing an orange shawl, and a person in orange robes with a red-bordered cloth stands nearby. On the right, a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a video camera to his face and films. On the left, a line of people in white clothes with orange shawls stands watching, some with long hair. A dark-haired man in an orange robe holds a small object. The scene suggests a procession or visit. a person candidate: a person in an orange robe at the center, appearance uncertain, so no identification is made.2008-01-25October 19 20062006-10-19July 29 20082008-07-29A photograph of a group walking along a dusty, unpaved dirt road under a clear blue sky, with bare trees, a utility pole and a yellow construction vehicle in the background. Six men walk together. Four on the left wear white dhotis and white kurta-style shirts with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. In the centre, a shaved-headed man wears an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace. Beside him, a man with long hair wears an orange robe. On the right, a man in an orange robe holds an orange umbrella over a companion, with a small orange object in his other hand. Sunlight casts long shadows across the ground.2008-01-25April 02 20122012-04-02A procession on a dirt path with hills and trees behind. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron garment, orange-brown rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklace, walks at the centre beneath a bright orange umbrella held by an attendant. Beside him walks another orange-robed man with a rudraksha mala. Around them are men in white dhotis and shirts, devotees in white and cream robes, a man in teal, and small children in green and yellow dresses. Stage lights stand on a pole at upper right.2011-11-10Outdoor photo on a sandy unpaved dirt road with dry scrub, a low wall and a yellow truck in the background. A man in an orange saffron robe holds a large orange umbrella over another figure, while a young woman in orange sari-style wrap stands smiling beside a bare-chested figure? No. Five people in orange and white: a man in orange holds the orange umbrella overhead, a woman in orange wrap smiles and holds a small orange bag, a bald man in orange with a rudraksha-style necklace holds a small object, and two men in white kurta-dhotis stand barefoot on the left. A person in white kneels in the foreground on the sand, holding an orange cloth, while another white-clad figure stands at the far left.2008-01-25January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor procession on a dirt path at dawn or dusk with warm low sunlight. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a purple and white flower garland and a gold pendant, walking barefoot and smiling. Two men in white kurta-style clothing hold tall red umbrellas with fringed edges, and one of them carries a golden staff topped with a trident-like finial. Behind them devotees in white and cream, including women in cream and pink saris, stand with folded hands by a green iron gate and a banana plant. Colourful rangoli floral kolam designs are drawn on the ground in the lower right. A man in orange robes at the far left holds a staff as well.2008-12-31Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered under tall trees. A central figure wears an orange turban and an orange robe draped over the shoulders, with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, smiling as he leans toward people pressed close in front of him. Around him men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a red-beaded mala, and a few uniformed boys stand watching. In the foreground a man in a blue shirt and another in a striped shirt lean in, and a woman with a red flower in her hair is partly visible. A white towel is draped over a head at the bottom edge.2005-01-012006 - Visit to Namakkal Ashram New Land and EnergizingA procession on a dirt road at a outdoor festival, with a crowd of devotees around a central man walking barefoot in an orange saffron robe and a long gold-beaded necklace with a large pendant, with long swept-back dark hair and a grey beard, wearing glasses. Behind him, several men in matching orange robes carry a golden trident-topped staff and a golden staff, while a woman in a white sari with a red garland and gold border walks with hands joined in greeting. A woman in a green sari with a red blouse and rudraksha mala stands at left beside a man in red and white. Colourful umbrellas with floral and fringed designs shade the procession. The central man has distinctive ceremonial cues, so this is a probable appearance-based label for a person walking in procession. Roughly a dozen or more people are visible.2009-01-01