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February 25 20072007-02-25January 04 2004 - Mass Living ENlightenment initiation in Coimbatore2004-01-04A photograph taken at night of a crowd gathered around a smiling man in an orange turban and orange sleeveless robe, with a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair. He is reaching out to a bearded older man in pink shirt and tinted glasses, and a red fruit is visible in the foreground. Several men in white shirts and dark-rimmed glasses stand behind them, and a small poster hangs on a pillar in the background. The turbaned man is an appearance-based probable Swamiji candidate, identified by the orange turban, orange robe and long hair, and he is physically present in the scene.2010-02-17November 22 20052005-11-22Photograph of a temple or ashram hall with a colourful deity murti backdrop. A man in an orange turban, orange dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha mala and gold bangles, stands at center accepting a folded white paper from an elderly bald man in white shirt and trousers. To the right, a priest in orange robes with white sacred ash on his arms holds a tray of offerings. Two people in the left foreground, one in a teal shirt with hands folded in namaste, are partly visible. The orange-robed figure is a priest or devotee; his identity is not established by appearance.2011-12-10December 20 20062006-12-20December 13 20092009-12-13A man in a checked maroon-and-white shirt and dark trousers, with a belt and glasses, hands folded papers to a bare-chested figure in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl wearing a multicolour flower garland of yellow, orange and red blossoms with green leaves and an orange head wrap. Behind them, men in white dhotis and a man in a red silk shawl stand holding a silver tray and a folded document, while a person in an orange shawl watches at right and seated audience members sit on the floor at left. A pale hall with orange hangings is visible.2006-12-20A photograph of an indoor event under a tented ceiling with a decorative banner behind. On the right, a man in a saffron-orange silk robe with a gold-bordered shawl and an orange head wrap, with a white tilak on his forehead, clasps hands with a woman in an orange sleeveless top with a garland of pink and white flowers. A smiling older man in white ceremonial clothes with a gold-bordered shawl stands behind them holding a red fruit, and a woman in white with a yellow shawl and other men in shirts stand nearby. The saffron-robed figure wears distinctive orange head wrap and ornate gold-bordered clothing, but appearance alone is not sufficient for a firm identification, so the presence of a person candidate is uncertain.2009-12-06January 04 2004 - Mass Living ENlightenment initiation in Coimbatore2004-01-04Night photograph of an outdoor ceremony. A seated man in orange robes and a matching orange head cloth, with a dark rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark, sits at centre-left while a woman in orange and pink, wearing beaded necklaces, bends forward with hands raised toward him. Behind them, a man in a dark orange-and-white robe stands facing right and holds a white book with a red tasselled cloth. A man in a cream-coloured embroidered kurta stands at the far left. A white fringed canopy is held overhead by a man in a light blue shirt, and several men in orange robes and turbans stand in the background near a fence.2006-12-22September 15 20092009-09-15