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Outdoor street photo at a temple entrance in Tamil Nadu. A man in an orange-saffron turban and orange garment smiles broadly while wearing layered garlands of red and white flowers, leaning toward a silver car from the right side. A crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses around the car, several with hands folded or raised in greeting. Behind them a temple gopuram, stone pillars, and a sign reading Sri Thirukkamisvara Devasthanam are visible, along with a banner showing a saffron-robed figure. A white flag with a blue emblem hangs on a pole. One person's hand reaches from the lower left. The man in the saffron turban is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues (saffron turban, orange clothing, garlands), though identity is uncertain.

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January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12A crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses around the entrance of a temple with weathered stone pillars. Men on either side include one with a white sacred ash line and red dot on the forehead and another in a white shirt with an orange shawl. Above them a red banner reads a Tamil temple name, and two large posters show a saffron-clad figure with mala beads. Blue-green temple pillars frame the doorway behind the crowd.2007-01-12Outdoor photograph on a roadside beside a silver SUV. A smiling young man in an orange-saffron garment and white tilak wears a large garland of red, pink, yellow and purple flowers with green leaves and a row of yellow beads. A bearded man with glasses in orange robes holds a bouquet of flowers. Two men in white shirts bend forward; one touches the garlanded man's shoulder while another lowers his head near the front. A man in a white shirt stands at the right edge. Behind them a yellow bus with blue lettering and a white car are visible. The garlanded man is shown smiling and receiving the welcome.2009-08-08Outdoor street scene beside a silver SUV. A man in saffron-orange robes stands at the centre with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind him, a saffron-robed attendant and several men in white shirts and white dhotis gather on a dirt road. Scaffolding and a tall banner, partly in Tamil, stand behind the group, and a green leaf and a pot appear at the lower right. The orange-robed man appears to be a person, shown by his distinctive saffron robes and greeting gesture while being welcomed by devotees.2009-08-11Outdoor street scene in front of a silver van. A smiling man in an orange turban and orange robes, wearing a white and red flower garland, stands with palms pressed together in anjali greeting. A crowd of onlookers gathers behind him, including a woman in a white sari, and a white-shirted man stands at left edge. Behind them rises a temple gopuram with a deity murti and a sculpted figure atop a weathered building, with a white flag visible.2007-01-12Outdoor procession in a crowded street. A man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits in a red-and-gold ceremonial carriage pulled by a white horse, under a large red umbrella with gold trim. He wears white flower garlands and a rudraksha-style mala and smiles. Around the carriage, dense crowds of men, many bare-chested with sacred threads and gold chains, walk alongside, some holding yellow poles. Behind them stand a temple gopuram with painted deities and saffron flags. Banana leaves and colourful tassels decorate the carriage. Blue signboards and a white-and-green banner are visible, and a police officer in uniform stands at lower centre. Probable Swamiji (probable) is seated in the chariot, identified by saffron robes, orange turban, mala and garlands, with a crowd of devotees processing.2008-07-28Street scene in a town with a man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala, wearing a heavy white and red flower garland, standing at the centre of a crowd. Behind him a yellow-shawled man in white stands close, and a woman in a pink and white sari holds a plate of flower petals while others bend forward. A silver minivan sits parked on the left under a string of marigold and pink-ribbon decorations overhead. Uniformed police officers stand among onlookers along a roadside lined with shops and shutters.2009-07-14Outdoor street scene in a town with a crowd of onlookers beside a silver car. A smiling man in an orange saffron turban and orange shawl wears long garlands of white flowers and magenta blossoms, and gestures with one hand toward the crowd. Behind him, a white flag hangs from a building, a sculpted deity figure of Nandi and a white statue of Shiva sit on a rooftop, and utility poles and trees rise against a bright sky. A man in grey shirt stands at right.2007-01-12August 02 20082008-08-02October 03 2004 - Addressing the Sengunthar Community gathering of South India2004-10-03January 12 20072007-01-12