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A crowded devotee welcome at an event hall. Central figure is a smiling woman seated in an orange saffron garment, wearing a large white and pink-magenta flower garland with yellow accents, being touched and honoured by a boy in a white shirt and khaki trousers who reaches toward her hands. Behind her, a woman in a white and yellow sari bends forward. Men in white shirts and dark-framed glasses press forward on the left, some with rudraksha malas, and a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala smiles at right. A uniformed officer stands in the background. Behind them, a large red-orange banner shows a smiling figure in orange with a long beaded necklace and a red turban-like head covering, with a sign panel below.

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September 23 20062006-09-23September 23 20062006-09-23September 23 20062006-09-23September 23 20062006-09-23A crowded gathering of devotees in white dhotis and saris surrounds a central figure seated on the floor in front of a large printed portrait of a man in an orange turban against a purple backdrop. The seated person wears an orange robe and a long white and pink flower garland, and smiles. Several people kneel and sit around him, some with flower-decorated hair. A man in an orange shawl and a cameraman with a video camera stand to the right, and small colourful balloons hang at the upper right.2006-09-23September 23 20062006-09-23A photograph at an indoor event of a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes wearing a large garland of white, pink and yellow flowers, with a red mark on the forehead. An older man in a white shirt bends forward to bow or touch the feet of the seated figure. Behind them a woman in white with a flower-decked braid smiles, and in the foreground people in white and a man in glasses are seen partially, some laughing. A pink and orange backdrop hangs behind. The seated figure matches Swamiji's presentation (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, garland), so the candidate is marked probable. Several people are visible, some partially.2006-09-23A photograph of a crowded indoor event under a ceiling decorated with pink, yellow and green paper streamers and tinsel. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron turban, an orange-saffron shawl and a white flower garland, with hands raised as if blessing. Around him, men in white shirts and dhotis press close, some reaching toward him, one wearing a maroon shirt at right and another in a lavender shirt at left. A woman in white at lower right holds her hands in anjali mudra, and devotees in the foreground raise their hands in greeting. A pillar stands at left beside a yellow banner with partly visible Tamil lettering. Roughly twenty people are visible in the scene.2004-10-03A photograph of a seated person in an orange robe with long dark hair, hands pressed together in namaste, wearing a white and pink flower garland with yellow blooms. Around them, people in white clothes bow and reach toward the seated figure; a woman in a white and yellow sari with a rudraksha-style mala stands behind, and two boys in white watch from the upper right. A large red-toned poster or portrait hangs in the background with white draped cloth.2006-09-23September 23 20062006-09-23August 02 20082008-08-02Outdoor crowd scene at a rural gathering on green mats. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a pink floral garland, sits on a white-covered seat and reaches out to rest his hand on the head of a kneeling man in a white shirt. Around him, devotees and onlookers in white shirts, pink and purple saris and checked shirts lean in, including a smiling girl in a pink dress with a gold necklace and a woman in a lavender sari with flower garland. Rose petals are scattered on the green mat and a bamboo pole stands behind.2006-11-13