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Outdoor photograph on a dirt path through a grove of slender young trees with dry grass and a rocky hillside behind. A man in a white kurta and a white turban with red stripes stands in profile, head bowed, with a rudraksha mala hanging on his chest and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder. A small dark-haired head is visible at the bottom edge of the frame. The setting resembles the Tiruvannamalai area of Tamil Nadu, as the page describes Sannyasis learning Kattumurthy and Udal there. Whether this man is the a person is not established by his appearance alone, so he is described by role only.

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A photograph of a man seen from behind, walking along a dry dirt path on a hillside in a rural landscape. He wears a white kurta over white dhoti with red borders and carries a black shoulder bag across his body. Palm trees, scrubby shrubs and a low hill fill the background under a hazy sky.2007-05-09A man sits cross-legged on a flat rock amid green trees, barefoot, wearing a saffron-orange turban with a small red tilak mark on his forehead, a saffron-orange wrap draped over his shoulder and body, and a long rudraksha mala with large beads hanging to his waist. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders and he rests one arm on his raised knee, gazing off to the side with a calm, closed-eye expression.2006-10-10January 01 20042004-01-01A photograph of a group walking single file along a dry, scrubby dirt path through low trees and bushes. Most walkers are seen from behind, wearing white ritual clothes, several with orange shawls draped over one shoulder. Some wear orange or saffron wraps and one person has long dark hair. A man in front wears a white garment with an orange shawl and a wrist band. The ground is reddish earth with scattered stones under bright daylight, with a utility pole on the right horizon.2008-01-032008 - Nithyananda University - Udal and Kattumurthy Courses2007-05-09December 29 20082008-12-292003 - Exclusive Portraits Collection2003-01-01 +2 copiesA group of devotees walks along a dirt path through dry scrubland and trees, apparently on a circumambulation of a hill. In the foreground, a man in a saffron orange robe and sandals leads, with another man in orange dhoti and shirt beside him. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl walks, followed by people in white clothes with yellow shawls and orange sashes. Rocks line the path and a videographer stands in the background near the trees. a person presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2009-08-05August 05 20092009-08-05July 19 20102010-07-19Outdoors on a sandy path beneath a large spreading banyan tree with thick aerial roots and branches overhead. A man in the centre walks barefoot with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a white turban, a white shawl and dhoti with gold borders, a long white-and-garland of white jasmine and red flowers, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. Behind him, a bearded man in an orange sannyasi robe walks, and in the background several people in white and orange clothing follow along the path. The figure in the centre has long hair and distinctive ceremonial adornments, consistent with a person leading a procession, though the identification rests on appearance alone.2005-01-01July 23 20102010-07-23