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Night outdoor photograph in dense green foliage with pink flowers. In the foreground a man with long swept-back hair wears an orange sleeveless wrap and a dark bead rudraksha mala, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a man in a white shirt and white trousers holds aloft a lit oil lamp, its flame glowing, resting on a red cylindrical base. To the right a man with a shaved head wears white clothes and an orange shawl with a bead necklace. Dark and blurred figures appear at the lower edge. Swamiji (probable): the man in the orange wrap with the rudraksha mala and long hair matches the page's Swamiji reference by clothing and hair, and he is physically present.

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Night-time outdoor photograph beside dense green shrubs and agave-like plants. A man in an orange sleeveless robe with a rudraksha mala and long swept-back dark hair walks centre-frame, looking down. Behind him a man in a white shirt and white trousers, with a red vermilion mark and a beaded necklace, holds a lit lantern high on a long pole. Further right a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shirt wears an orange shawl and a mala. A man in a yellow top and a partly visible head at the left edge complete the group. a person: the centre figure in orange robes, rudraksha mala and swept-back hair, walking in procession with attendants.2010-08-09Night photograph outdoors near a large dark tree at an ashram-style site, with a sandy ground marked by pale designs. A figure in orange-saffron silk drape and matching lower cloth, wearing a multi-strand pink and white bead necklace with a gold ornament, holds a small silver vessel in one hand and a silver bowl-shaped object in the other while walking. Beside and behind them, men in white kurtas and dhotis, one with an orange shawl, carry small items and look down. Their clothing and actions suggest a ritual procession, though no deity or specific rite is clearly visible.2006-12-22October 20 20162016-10-20Night photo of a procession on a reddish dirt path through dark trees. A central figure in a long orange-saffron shawl walks barefoot toward the camera. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and orange shawl holds a lit lamp, and another man in white dhoti and orange shawl carries a red-cushioned tray or palanquin topped with a golden kalasha-like finial. A third figure in white walks at the rear. Lush foliage frames the scene.2006-12-10December 20 20062006-12-20Night photograph of a ritual procession near a large dark tree trunk. In the foreground a figure in an orange saffron garment with a brown-and-maroon border stands with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing a beaded necklace and a ring; their back is turned to the camera. To the left, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth holds a lit oil lamp with a flame. Behind him, a man in white with an orange shawl draped over his shoulders walks alongside another man in white. Ground is bare earth with a faint white powder design.2006-12-22Outdoor photo at dusk under large trees. A bald, older man in orange robes leans forward, holding a lit oil lamp or flame in a brass vessel, with a white-robed man in a yellow shawl beside him with hands folded in prayer. Another man in orange robes with long hair and a beaded mala stands behind and to the right, and a partially visible man in orange at the left edge has hands pressed together. A stone wall, pillars and greenery form the background.2009-10-15December 20 20062006-12-20November 16 20152015-11-16July 07 20092009-07-07December 16 20102010-12-16A night-time photograph of a bare-chested man with long dark hair wearing an orange and maroon shawl over an orange-and-maroon dhoti and a gold necklace, leaning forward to take an offering from a tray held by a person in white at the right edge. Behind him stands a man in a grey hooded top with a green-and-red knit cap, and at left a man in a white kurta with a red tilak and a purple cap-like headpiece. The background is dark. Appearance-based cues on the central figure (long hair, saffron shawl, gold necklace) are consistent with a person, shown in person, receiving an offering.2006-12-22