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Night-time outdoor photo of a street gathering in a village setting, with a string of lights and a tree overhead. A person in a red-orange turban and rust-orange shawl, with a rudraksha mala and gold armlet, smiles while a man in a white shirt and wristwatch drapes a long garland of red, orange, white and green flowers. A woman in a pink and white sari holds a small child nearby, and a bald man in orange and a cameraman with a flash camera stand behind. a person wearing red-orange turban, rudraksha mala and gold armlet, receiving a flower garland from a devotee.

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Night-time street photograph of a devotional visit in a village lane. A bare-chested man in a rust-orange turban with a rudraksha mala and carved wooden beads, wearing an orange-and-red wrap and a gold bangle on his upper arm, walks forward with open hands. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and another in orange cloth lift and offer long garlands of orange and white flowers with green leaves. Other devotees and children crowd the lane, with a tree, string lights and a building wall behind. A white-clothed man on the right holds a camera or flash-lit device. Several people are visible, counted in the range below.2014-07-01Night photo at an outdoor street event under strings of white lights and a tree. A man in a red-orange turban, bare-chested under a red-orange wrap, wears a long rudraksha mala and gold armlets and smiles while reaching toward a long garland of red and white flowers. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds the garland's end. Behind them, devotees crowd in, including a woman in a light sari holding a small child, and a man in saffron-brown robes stands at right near a camera operator. Photos with small inset and crowd members: roughly six to twenty people visible.2014-07-01Night street scene during a procession-style darshan in a South Indian town. A man in an orange-red turban, bare-chested in orange-red cloth with a gold waist sash, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold armlets, smiles and reaches out toward a crowd of children. Beside him a shaved-headed attendant in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. A woman in white with a brass pot offers a garland of orange and white flowers. Garlands of marigold and jasmine are held aloft by devotees in white, bright lights and hanging decorations overhead.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01Night-time photograph of a crowd gathered outdoors at a devotee's house. In the centre, a bare-chested man wearing a rust-red turban, a red-orange cloth wrap and a long necklace of large round bead pendants walks through the crowd. He is garlanded with a long flower garland in red, white and green held up by a man in a teal-green shirt on the right. Behind him, a man in white clothes and another in saffron-orange garments and rudraksha beads are visible. A man in a red-orange garment stands at the back right. Gold armlets are visible on the central figure's upper arm. Bright lights and a camera flash illuminate the scene, with a tree and a whitewashed building in the background. The central figure has a turban and bead necklace, and this is a person cue match but the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-07-01Night photograph at an outdoor evening gathering under string lights, with a draped pink, white and green tent behind the crowd. In the foreground, a smiling man in a rust-red turban and sleeveless rust-red robe, with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads, holds white flower garlands and presses his palms together. A bald man in a white-and-gold dhoti with beaded garlands stands at left in the foreground, and a woman in orange robes with glasses stands beside him. Behind them, a uniformed police officer, a man in a white-and-gold dhoti with a garland, and a crowd of women in maroon and red saris wearing gold-bead garlands and sandalwood-marked foreheads are visible. The swami cues are not distinctive enough to confirm an identity, so the central figure is described by role only.2016-05-12July 27 20082008-07-27Nighttime street scene outside a building with a banana plant and warm street lamps. A bald, grey-haired man in an orange-saffron jacket and white dhoti places a red and pink flower garland over the head of a young man in a maroon-red dhoti and gold waistband, who is bare-chested and wears gold armlets and bangles and smiles. Several women stand behind them in saffron, green and dark sari, with hands folded in namaskar; one holds a small book or device. The scene suggests a garland-welcoming during a house visit. A man in white dhoti stands at the left edge.2014-07-08A photograph of an outdoor welcome outside a house under banana trees and a string of small colourful pennant flags. A bare-shouldered man in orange robes with a swept-back hairstyle and a bright red and orange flower garland is being garlanded by a man in a white shirt and grey trousers, who wears a wristwatch and a beaded necklace. On the right a smiling woman in an orange sari with a gold necklace holds a brass kalasha with a green leaf on a plate. Onlookers, including a man in a red shirt and a young boy, stand behind. Swamiji (probable) is the orange-robed man receiving the garland, based on his saffron clothing and long swept-back hair, which is consistent with the page.2010-01-23June 27 20142014-06-27Night-time photograph of a garlanded man in a rust-orange robe standing under an arch of banana plants with hanging banana flowers, at a devotee's house during a pada puja visit. He wears a heavy red and yellow marigold garland, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial necklace of coin-like pendants, and his long hair is swept back. Behind him stand a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a bald man in orange robe. At left a woman in white holds a brass plate with a kalasha-style vessel. An older woman in a green-and-white sari stands at right, and onlookers crowd the courtyard.2014-07-01July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copies