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A person in an orange saffron turban and orange robe, wearing a white and multicolored flower garland, stands with head bowed in a plain whitewashed room. Beside them, a sannyasi in orange robes holds a metal tray of pink and white flower petals. A small girl in a yellow dress with white trim stands at left with hands pressed together in prayer, and a cameraman in white dhoti and orange shawl films the scene at right. The room has a doorway, a window with a grille and a fluorescent tube light.

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July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 27 20082008-07-27July 28 20082008-07-28Photograph inside a bare, half-finished room with white plastered walls, exposed brick, a corrugated metal roof and a fluorescent tube. A smiling figure in an orange saffron turban and orange robe, with a white and red flower garland and a rudraksha mala, stands at centre with long dark hair and bangles, gesturing with hands. Several people are visible: a man at left with palms pressed together in greeting, a young boy in white shirt at centre-right, a cameraman in white dhoti and orange shawl filming at right, and partially visible heads in the foreground. Appearance-based candidate for Swamiji (probable), given orange turban, saffron robe, rudraksha mala and long hair. A doorway and a small table with items sit in the background.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28Photograph inside a plain white-walled room with a barred window and an arched doorway. A central figure in saffron-orange cloth and an orange turban wears a white-and-green flower garland with a rudraksha mala, and holds out one hand toward the wall. Beside him an attendant in orange holds a brass plate with a pot and a bell, and another holds a tray of pink flowers. A man in white dhoti and red shawl photographs with a camera, and another in white holds a brass lamp with a flame while a videographer films. Several onlookers in white and orange stand behind. a person: the central figure has long hair, an orange turban, saffron clothing and a rudraksha mala, consistent with the page's account of the Pattanam inauguration.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28Dim interior of a white-walled room with a small barred window and a fluorescent tube light on the upper left. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with a long garland of white flowers around his neck, stands centre near the back wall. Two men in orange saffron robes stand to the left, one holding a small silver bell or vessel and another holding a tray of flower petals. Several onlookers in front include an older woman in a blue sari with gold patterning, a man in a white shirt, a child in yellow, and a man in a dark shirt at the right edge. The mood is ritual reception in a small hall or shrine room.2008-07-28