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A crowd gathers around a black SUV on a street in front of a yellow building. A central man with long dark hair wears a dark red-maroon garment and a thick red and white flower garland with green-and-gold accents, smiling as he steps out with hands extended toward devotees. Around him, several shaven-headed young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas reach out to touch him. A man in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl stands at right, and a woman with a white flower in her hair and a white forehead band stands at lower left. Palm trees and houses are visible behind.

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June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA crowd surrounds a figure in a building entrance with a green-and-white painted wall and a floral garland decoration at the right. A tall person in a long orange-red garment and a garland of yellow and white flowers stands at the centre, smiling. In front of them a bald man with a bare upper body and an orange shawl, wearing a golden-yellow waist cloth, holds their arm. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing an orange shawl, press in from both sides, and a dark car with its door open stands at left. Several people in the background raise their hands. This appears to be a padapuja-style welcome at a home visit, though the central figure's identity is not established from appearance.2014-07-03July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01June 23 20132013-06-23 +1 copiesOutdoor photo on a tree-lined village road beside a black SUV. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap and a long rudraksha mala with bangles raises both palms toward the crowd and smiles. A person with a shaved head and bangles stands behind him. Around them crowd men in white dhotis and shirts, some holding up mobile phones to record. A palm tree and a dark vehicle roof frame the scene. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with long dark hair, orange-saffron cloth and a long rudraksha mala, greeting devotees from the vehicle's side.2014-07-01Outdoor street scene at a house visit: a black SUV with its rear door open and a yellow-painted house with a gate behind it. A bare-chested man in a rust-red wrap with long rudraksha malas steps out of the vehicle, his long dark hair swept back, with a close-cropped devotee in a white wrap and beaded malas beside him and a man in orange and white at right. Crowding around are saffron-robed attendants and a photographer with a large camera lens in the foreground, along with a gold-and-red garland held in the lower right. A yellow-green vehicle and blue-and-pink buildings appear behind. The bare-chested figure in rust wrap and long hair has distinctive adornments and clothing; a person stepping out during the Vijaya Yatra house visit.2014-06-24A crowd surrounds a black van on a village street, with a yellow building and banana leaves behind. A man with long dark hair and a bare upper body, wearing a dark red wrap and a thick red beaded garland with gold-coloured pendants, stands at the open van door. A man in a white dhoti and shirt leans in to place a garland on him. Several shaven-headed men in orange and white clothing crowd close, and a woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the lower left holding a yellow fruit. Pink and blue houses and a purple-and-gold umbrella are visible at the edges.2014-06-24 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a crowd gathered around a black SUV on a dirt road lined with palm trees. A central figure in a saffron-and-red dhoti and shawl, with a long rudraksha mala and gold bangles, smiles while stepping beside the open car door. The figure has long dark hair and a tilak on the forehead, and appears to be an appearance-based a person in a prominent position. Around him, men in white shirts and dhotis press forward, and a shaved-headed devotee in saffron with a rudraksha mala leans toward the car, while others raise mobile phones to photograph the scene.2014-07-01A dense crowd of devotees presses under a corrugated tin roof beside banana fronds and palm leaves. At the centre, a figure in an orange-red turban and saffron robe wears a long white and red flower garland and stands among saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis, some with orange shawls, reach forward, hands raised in greeting. Bald young monks in ochre cloth stand at the left edge.2014-07-01A crowd presses around a dark car at the entrance of a building with a tin-roofed overhang and red brick pillars. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a yellow and red flower garland and a saffron wrap, smiles and reaches toward the open car window. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-and-saffron cloth with a rudraksha-style necklace leans in. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis wearing red shawls and marigold garlands reach forward, while other devotees watch from behind and a few women in pink and green sarees stand nearby. Festoons of green leaves and red-and-white flowers decorate the doorway at right.2014-07-03