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A photograph at an outdoor roadside gathering beside a silver minivan with its side door open. A person in an orange turban, orange garment over white clothing, and long dark hair sits inside the vehicle, smiling. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand around the open door, holding flower garlands and a wrapped gift bundle in patterned cloth. A concrete block wall and a crowd of people in white stand in the background under a cloudy sky.

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Outdoor procession on a dirt and paved ground at a rural site, with a block wall and cloudy sky behind. A central figure in an orange saffron turban, orange robe and a white flower garland walks barefoot, holding a bundle of colourful wrapped flowers. Around him, men in white dhotis and white shirts with pendant necklaces walk and fold their hands in greeting. A woman in a white sari carries a brass tray of flowers and a lamp, and another woman in a pink shawl walks at the right edge. Parked SUVs and a silver pickup stand behind, and uniformed boys in khaki stand in a line at the far left.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 27 20082008-07-27A photograph of a man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban, wearing a long rudraksha mala, stepping beside an open silver vehicle door while smiling. Two men in white shirts stand beside him, one holding the door and the other reaching toward it. Behind them a crowd of people, mostly in white, gathers along a tree-lined road with a white temple gateway and a parked white van.2008-07-29 +1 copiesA smiling man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban stands beside a silver vehicle on a roadside under a pale sky. He wears a long garland of white flowers with pink, purple and green threads, a heavy gold chain and a red tilak on his forehead. Several people in white shirts and dhotis surround him, one bending forward in the foreground, and a boy in orange clothing with a red mark on his forehead stands at right. A roof rack is visible on the vehicle behind.2007-02-06October 03 2004 - Addressing the Sengunthar Community gathering of South India2004-10-03July 03 20142014-07-03July 28 20082008-07-28July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd greeting a man in orange-saffron robes at a roadside outside a blue-painted temple gateway, with palm trees and a string of pennants overhead. The central man, with a broad smile and a saffron-orange garment, holds a bundle of flower garlands and gestures toward a grey vehicle with its door open. Women in white saris with jasmine flowers in their hair reach toward him with garlands, and devotees with folded hands press close around the car. A cameraman in a green shirt stands behind the vehicle. The scene is a welcome procession with garlanding and darshan-style greeting.2009-02-15Outdoors beside a silver SUV, a smiling figure in saffron-orange robes with a long multicolour flower garland (yellow, pink, purple, white) and a rudraksha mala is being garlanded and steadied by a person in white clothing. Around them, white-clad men with bare upper bodies and gold-bordered dhotis, one holding a mala, press hands together in greeting, and a camera operator films from the right. A tent and a brick wall stand in the background, and the person with long hair and orange robes and a saffron head wrap is a probable Swamiji, based on the flower garland, saffron robes, long swept hair and rudraksha beads.2011-07-15Outdoor photo at dusk of a welcome at a car door. A smiling man in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, steps out of a silver car. A man in white ritual clothes on the left holds the open door. On the right, a bald man in white garments drapes a garland of white flowers with red roses and a yellow bloom, while a woman in a white sari stands beside him. A red carpet runs across the dirt ground, with a tall black speaker and palm trees behind. Whether the saffron-robed man is a person is unclear from appearance alone, so he is described by role only.2010-01-22