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Outdoor photo at a green, hilly site with dense trees and palms behind. A central figure in an orange saffron wrap, with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, stands smiling with hands gesturing, appearing to speak. Swamiji (probable) is a candidate based on the long hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, though the appearance is only partly clear. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts and orange shawls stand and watch; a man in a checked shirt bends forward toward the central figure, and another man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at right holding a phone to photograph the scene. Some attendees wear orange shawls, and one bald man in an orange wrap stands at left. The setting suggests a bhoomi puja site, though no ritual objects are clearly visible.

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Outdoor photo on a grassy clearing in front of a wooded hill with rocky outcrops and palm trees. A central figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a long rudraksha mala, stands smiling and reaching down toward a kneeling person in a white shirt. Around them stand several men: a shaved-headed man in an orange wrap with a white forehead mark at left, a man in white shirt and dhoti beside him, an older white-haired man in white shirt and dhoti at center right, and a man in white kurta and an orange wrap at far right. A kneeling person in a striped shirt is partly visible at the bottom. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure in the orange wrap with long hair and rudraksha mala, and the text overlay identifies the event as Bhoomi Puja of Kailaasa land in Tiruvannamalai.2008-04-01April 01 20082008-04-01April 01 20082008-04-01April 01 20082008-04-01April 01 20082008-04-01Outdoor photo on a hillside at dusk beside a rocky, tree-covered hill. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange garment with a rudraksha mala stands centre-right, smiling, with a second saffron-robed sannyasi with shaved head to their left. Around them are men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a checked shirt seen from behind, and a woman in a white sari with gold border at the left edge. Tall grass and palms frame the scene. Their identity is not established from appearance, so the figure is described by role.2008-04-01April 01 20082008-04-01Outdoor photograph on a hillside with green scrub, palm fronds and a rocky hill behind a cloudy sky. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange robe and rudraksha mala, standing among about eight people in white dhotis and shirts; a shaved-headed man in orange cloth stands to the left and another in orange with a white robe and orange shawl stands at right. A man in a checked shirt faces the group from the foreground, and a person to the left holds a container. The setting suggests a land-blessing site, though no ritual act is clearly visible.2008-04-01Outdoor ritual gathering at a hillside under an overcast sky, with a forested hill rising behind the group. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl over an orange garment and a rudraksha mala, and stands with hands joined in front of the body. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts and saffron shawls stand or bow with hands folded, a few in white lungis, and one man in the foreground crouches on the ground. Palm trees stand at left and tall grass at right. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, identified by the long hair, orange clothing and mala, in an appearance-based label only.2008-04-01April 01 20082008-04-01April 01 20082008-04-01Outdoor photograph at a hillside site with a rocky, tree-covered hill rising behind a group of people in front of a cloudy sky. In the centre, a figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, with hands together at the chest, while a shaven-headed man in an orange robe stands beside him. Around them, men in white dhotis and shirts stand and one bends forward in front of the group. On the right, a person in a blue plaid shirt faces away from the camera. Swamiji (probable) is the saffron-robed figure with long hair and rudraksha mala, identified by appearance cues only.2008-04-01