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A photograph of a crowd gathered under a striped, red-and-green canopy decorated with leaves and a painted backdrop of trees. At centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears a saffron-red robe and a thick garland of white and red flowers, smiling as a woman in an orange sari with flower-adorned hair reaches toward him, a brass plate of flowers and offerings in her hand. Shaved-head men in saffron robes stand beside him, and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala stands at right.

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July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04July 04 20142014-07-04July 04 20142014-07-04A crowded outdoor gathering under a striped canopy with a painted backdrop of green trees and water. At the centre, a woman in an orange-saffron sari with a pink and white flower garland is smiling and being approached by a robed monk in dark saffron with long rudraksha beads. Around them, a bald monk in orange robes, men in white shirts and dark trousers, and onlookers press in with hands raised in greeting. Many more people fill the background. a person's presence is not clearly established by appearance, so no candidate is named.2014-07-04July 04 20142014-07-04July 03 20142014-07-03A photograph of a joyful crowd at an outdoor tent. In the centre, a smiling man with short dark hair wears a rust-red robe, a long beaded necklace of rudraksha-style beads, and raises one arm in greeting while others press in around him. Beside him, a bald man in a rust-red robe with gold border and a rudraksha mala stands with hands pressed together, and another robed man in rust-red and gold clothing stands to the right. A woman in a purple top with a red flower in her hair bows with folded hands at lower right, and devotees in white shirts and dhotis fill the background under a red-and-green striped canopy hung with decorative paper ornaments, beneath a painted backdrop of green hills and a lake.2014-07-04 +1 copiesA crowd surrounds a central figure in a deep red-maroon robe with a long rudraksha mala draped to the waist, hair swept back, extending both arms outward as people reach toward him. Around him are several saffron-and-maroon robed sannyasis, some with shaved heads and white tilak markings, and devotees in white shirts and dhotis. Above, green mango-leaf torana decorations hang over the scene, and an orange flag with a black emblem is visible at right. The setting is a crowded outdoor procession or darshan in a village street.2014-07-04June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02A crowded indoor hall with pale yellow walls and arched alcoves. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl, a white flower garland and rudraksha beads, with a red bindi and white markings on the arms, and reaches out to bless devotees. A probable Swamiji figure with distinctive long hair, saffron wrap and flower garland. Devotees crowd around, some bowing with hands raised, one older man with grey hair and glasses receiving a blessing on the head, and a bald man in white on the right. A rudraksha mala is visible in the lower right foreground.2012-05-25 +1 copies