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A photo, rotated sideways, of a grey elephant with decorated skin standing on a paved road outside a white building. A mahout in a blue shirt and green lungi stands beside it, and a man in white with a white garland of flowers, with pink and white blossoms, stands at the top left. Beside the elephant is a large red and black banner showing a woman's face with red and gold markings and printed script. Several people in white clothes stand further back near the bottom.

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July 11 20092009-07-11An elephant walks across a paved courtyard toward the viewer, with a mahout in a dark wrap and bare feet guiding it with a stick on the left. Along the right, a line of devotees in white dhotis and white saris stands with hands folded, some holding bundled offerings. Behind them, banana plants and leafy garlands decorate a white building under a large portrait of a smiling woman in an orange garment, with a banner above. Several men in white clothing stand in the background near white buildings and a blue-roofed canopy.2009-07-11July 11 20092009-07-11Outdoors at a stone temple entrance, an elephant reaches its trunk toward a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a heavy garland of green leaves, red and white flowers and yellow marigolds, plus a gold necklace and a red tilak. An Indian mahout in khaki stands at the left holding a stick, and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red belt is nearby. A man in white shirt and dhoti and several saffron-robed devotees stand in a crowd of onlookers near carved pillars and a gopuram-style temple wall. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, wearing the saffron robe, long hair and garland, honoured by an elephant at a temple visit.2010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Photo 11734212 +1 copiesJuly 11 20092009-07-11A photograph at a temple street outside the Arunachaleshwara complex in Tiruvannamalai. A large elephant's trunk extends across the foreground, its tip touching the hands of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them stand uniformed police officers in khaki and a khaki-shirted official, along with several men in casual and white clothes. On the right, a figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and heavy garland of flowers, bowing and smiling toward the elephant. Temple gopuram towers and a colourful dome rise in the background, with carved stone pillars on the right.2010-01-08Outdoors in a courtyard, a large elephant with a tusk-free trunk extended reaches toward a long-haired young man in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha beads, who stands at right and holds the trunk. A man in a rust-red shirt and orange dhoti stands at left beside the elephant, a woman in white clothes stands in front of a stone pillar, and a young man in white dhoti and shirt and a young woman in white stand in the background. Palm fronds lie on the ground, with a concrete wall and palm trees behind. The orange-clad figure has distinctive long hair and saffron robes, matching the page's reference to Swamiji, so this is a probable identification; the figure is physically present.2006-11-10A photograph of a large grey elephant standing on a bed of cut sugarcane stalks in an outdoor compound. A small cloth or decorative band is tied around its head, and its trunk is extended to the left. Behind it, an older bald man in a bare-chested pose wears a white dhoti and stands near a white metal gate, with banana plants, palm trees and a tiled-roof building in the background. Strings of small lights are visible overhead.2006-11-10A large grey elephant stands indoors in a temple hall with ornate green-painted carved pillars behind it. Its trunk curls toward a man in a white dhoti and shirt who holds a stick, and a second man in white dhoti and shirt stands beside the elephant with a hand on its side. Metal chains and bells hang from the elephant's neck, and a small white plastic chair and wooden stool sit on the floor. Visitors, including a woman in a sari and a child, watch from behind a barrier. A patterned red-and-cream carpet covers the floor. No figure in the scene is identified as a person.2012-06-05August 02 20082008-08-02