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A photograph taken through the open door of a silver car. A smiling man sits in the front passenger seat wearing a saffron-orange garment and a pale beige shawl, with a large garland of red and orange flowers and green leaves draped around his neck and a white flower garland. A person in a light blue shirt on the left holds and touches his bare foot, and a hand in saffron clothing rests on the window frame at the top. Blurred heads of onlookers appear in the foreground. The man has long dark hair swept back, and a rudraksha-style mala is not clearly visible. The setting appears to be a roadside stop on the return journey.

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A man in a car's front passenger seat, seen from behind through an open door, wears a thick garland of green leaves and red flowers around his neck and holds a red flower in his hand. He wears a beige shirt over orange cloth. Blurred people's heads and hands are in the foreground, one holding a small paper item. The dashboard, vents and an orange floor mat are visible inside the grey car, with a round red-and-white sticker on the door.2009-02-15February 15 20092009-02-15A photograph of a silver minivan at a roadside with its driver's door open. A man seated in the driver's seat wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and body, with a ceremonial gold-bead necklace visible at his neck, and rests one hand on the steering wheel while leaning toward the open door. A second man standing outside on the left, also in orange robes with a gold-bead necklace, holds a brass tray of white flower garlands and rests his hand on the open door edge. Flower arrangements in yellow, purple and white and green shrubs appear in the background along with a large boulder.2008-12-28 +1 copiesOutdoors 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.2011-07-15A photograph of a man in a rust-brown sannyasi cloth wrapped over a yellow-gold waistcloth, stepping out of a dark SUV beside an open door. He wears a long garland of white jasmine with red flowers and a gold-bead necklace, with rudraksha beads visible at his chest. He smiles and looks down. Beside him a woman in an orange sari bends forward, and at the right edge a person in orange holds a tall wooden staff. Behind the vehicle a palm tree and a light building appear. a person is described by his brown robe, long swept hair, garland and gold necklace, and he appears to be arriving from a trip.2013-04-30February 15 20092009-02-15A saffron-robed figure with a pink flower garland sits in the open front passenger door of a silver car, smiling and raising a hand in greeting. Crowds of men in white shirts and dhotis press around the car, some with palms pressed together, and a woman in a pink sari stands at left. A devotee in the foreground holds a bouquet of white flowers and green leaves. Yellow barricades and a crowded street appear behind.2009-02-15A person in an orange-saffron garment sits in the driver's seat of a silver SUV, leaning out of the open door. Thick garlands of pink flowers, white blossoms, yellow flowers and green leaves are draped around them, and a red-and-orange garland is held up. Several men crowd around the open door: one in a white shirt on the left, others in dark shirts on the right, one holding up the garland with gold bangles on his wrist. Behind them is a busy roadside with auto-rickshaws, a blue van and a car, palm trees and a low white wall. The person's figure is not confidently identifiable as a specific individual from appearance alone.2009-02-15Outdoor photograph at a dirt-road entrance beside a silver SUV with its front passenger door open. A man in orange robes with a brown-and-red border holds a tray of white and pink flower garlands and reaches toward the door. A person in long dark hair, an orange robe with gold trim, a multi-strand beaded mala, a large ornate gold-toned pendant and a white forehead marking steps out of the vehicle, smiling. Yellow flowering shrubs and garlands decorate the car's rear, with a rocky hillside behind.2008-12-28A photograph taken through a car windscreen of a smiling person seated in the rear passenger seat of a silver-grey car on a dry open field. The person wears a red head covering, an orange-saffron cloth draped over the body, a multi-coloured flower garland, and a gold-toned bead necklace. A man in a white shirt is at the steering wheel, and several people in white shirts and orange clothing stand outside the open rear door. A small sticker on the windscreen shows a portrait and the word FORREG. The person's appearance is not sufficient to establish identity, so the role is described as a passenger.2007-08-17A photo taken outdoors beside a silver SUV at an ashram gate. A central figure in orange saffron robes wears a long multicoloured flower garland of red, yellow, purple and white blooms and raises one hand in greeting while smiling. To the right, a younger man in orange with a gold necklace stands with hands folded, and another man in white dhoti and shawl stands behind him with palms pressed together. On the left, a woman in white with hair in a ponytail and folded hands faces the central figure at close range. Other devotees in white and orange stand behind the vehicle and along the edges of the frame. Tents and a brick wall appear in the background.2011-07-15January 16 20182018-01-16