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Outdoor photo in a leafy grove: a man in orange robes sits on a low stone wall under a yellow umbrella, speaking with a man in white clothes seated beside him. About a dozen devotees in orange and red saris, and one in a cream sari, sit on the dirt ground below listening attentively, while several monks in orange stand among the trees at right. A water bottle rests on the grass. Green foliage fills the background.

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Outdoor photo of a devotional gathering in a walled courtyard with a red brick wall, palm and bare trees, and a red-and-cream fringed parasol. A seated figure in long dark hair and red-orange cloth sits on a red stone ledge, with a standing man in a saffron-yellow dhoti and red-bordered shawl facing the group, wearing a rudraksha-style neck mala and bracelets. A woman in orange sari with glasses stands at right, and several seated devotees in red, orange and white saris and dhotis, with bracelets and flower garlands, sit on the ground in front. A small drum, a metal pot and a green cloth bag rest nearby. The scene appears to be a ritual or satsang activity.2016-03-07October 08 20122012-10-08October 08 20122012-10-08August 03 20082008-08-03Outdoor photo of a wooded hillside path with rough stone steps. A central figure sits on the rocks wearing long saffron-orange robes, a saffron shawl and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, with long dark hair swept back; he is seated among devotees. Around him, many people in white dhotis and saffron shawls sit or stand among trees, including a woman in a white sari and saffron shawl, and a man in a light blue shirt with a visitor badge in the foreground. Several other people in white and orange are visible behind. The central figure appears to be a person based on the long swept-back hair, saffron robes and beaded necklace, though his identity is not fully certain from appearance alone.2008-08-03Devotees sit and stand along a rocky stone path cutting through dry green trees at a hillside ashram in Tiruvannamalai. Many wear white clothing with orange shawls and scarves. On the right foreground, a smiling person with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe and a dark rudraksha mala, seated with hands folded; this appearance-based candidate is a person but is uncertain, so the identity is marked unsure. Nearby, a woman in a blue sari with an orange shawl and a woman in white with an orange scarf sit on the stone steps. Others on the left wear white and orange and some stand behind them. Several people are gathered in a forest setting.2008-08-03August 08 20092009-08-08Outdoor satsang photographed from above on a stone stairway among trees and boulders. A large seated audience in white and pastel clothing, many wearing red or orange lanyards, sits on orange and red mats and cloth on the ground. In the lower right, a single figure in orange robes sits cross-legged on a dark mat at the top of the stone steps, facing the crowd, with a small framed picture and an orange object beside him. A black portable speaker sits on the steps in the foreground. The scene is a teaching gathering on a rocky hillside in the early evening.2012-10-08October 08 20122012-10-08Outdoor teaching scene beneath trees beside a stone temple wall. A bare-chested man in orange cloth sits on a raised stone ledge under a bright orange umbrella held by a young man in white and orange; a boy in a green shirt sits beside them. Below on the grass, about a dozen women in white and orange and yellow saris sit in a semicircle listening, while another orange-clad figure stands at left near a boulder. Stone steps lead up to the ledge.2012-09-24Outdoor satsang under a large banyan tree at Adhi Kailasa, with a seated teacher in an orange-red cloth on a red velvet throne with gold trim. Behind him stands a deity murti decorated with red and orange garlands beneath a white carved arch. Dozens of devotees sit on mats in white and red-orange clothing, some in saffron shawls, a woman in a green sari at lower right, and a microphone stand to the right. Some older participants sit on chairs at the edges.2013-09-13Outdoor ritual by a stone-walled pond at dusk. A figure in orange robes sits on an orange-cushioned seat under a multicoloured parasol, speaking into a microphone. Two orange-clad attendants sit beside him, and an offering tray with brass vessels lies on a mat at the water's edge. Around them, many seated devotees in white and yellow clothing face the ritual on the stone steps, and a few in orange and pink sit among them. The water reflects the robes and the crowd. A homa and tharpanam offering appears to be in progress.2009-07-01