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Outdoor festival procession under a clear blue sky with palm trees at left. A man with grey hair in a white shirt and green-and-gold shawl waves his right hand and smiles, gripping a thick rope. Beside him stands a smiling man with long dark swept hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a long garland of white flowers with red, blue and green ribbons. Probable Swamiji is the man in the saffron robe with long hair and a garland, standing in a crowd of white-clad devotees and saffron-robed attendants holding a rope in a festival procession. Several other men in white and saffron clothing and dark-trousered attendants stand around, and a wooden structure is visible in the background.

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Outdoor photo of a tug-of-war or rope-pulling moment at an open ground beside a palm tree under a clear blue sky. In the foreground a man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange wrap, with a white and multicoloured floral garland around his neck, grips a thick rope with both hands. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a green-and-white shawl stands behind him, one arm raised in a wave. Other men in white and saffron clothing, one wearing a dark shirt at the left edge holding the rope, and a crowd of onlookers line the background.2006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25Outdoors under a pale blue sky with a palm tree at left, a long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl and orange garment stands at the centre, wearing a long white flower garland with red, blue and green accents. He holds a thick rope and a dark handled tool while several men in white and dark shirts crowd around, one at left reaching forward and one at right extending a hand toward the rope. The rope is a thick braided coir strand. Some men in white dhotis and orange shawls stand in the background.2006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25Outdoor photograph of a crowd on a sandy, palm-lined site under a clear blue sky. At centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an saffron-orange robe and a long wreath of white flowers with pink, green and purple ribbons, plus a rudraksha mala around his neck; he is. Around him devotees in white shirts and dhotis, and men in black polo shirts, press forward. A bald man in a green-and-white patterned shawl holds his palms together in greeting at left, and a man with a red tilak on his forehead smiles at right. Palm trees fill the background.2006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25A barefoot man in an orange saffron wrap stands on sandy ground holding a thick rope, a wooden stick in his other hand. He wears a long white and multicolour jasmine garland with rudraksha beads and a red bindi, with long dark hair swept back. Behind him a crowd of onlookers, many in white shirts and dhotis, watches under a clear sky with palm trees and a metal frame structure. A bystander's arm holds the rope at the left edge.2006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25December 25 20062006-12-25