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Outdoor photo at a roadside street with trees and a building behind. A smiling man with long dark hair, a red-brown wrap, and a long rudraksha mala stands beside an open black vehicle door. A young shaved-headed monk in saffron wrap with a rudraksha mala stands nearby, and another shaved-headed figure in orange is at the left edge. A woman in a white sari with a gold border carries a brass kalasha decorated with green leaves, yellow flowers and white jasmine garlands, and a woman in a dark blouse with a flower garland stands at right. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts play long wind instruments (nadaswaram), and a bearded man wears glasses. The scene looks like a welcome with purnakumbha.

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June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23A street outside a multi-storey building, with a dark van and a red car behind. A woman in a white sari with a green pattern, a jasmine flower in her hair and bangles, holds a silver plate with a kalasha-like vessel, flowers and lamps toward several saffron-robed monastics wearing rudraksha malas and bangles. Other saffron-robed people stand nearby, some with shaved heads. The woman appears to be performing a pada puja welcome. Deity murti not visible. The scene shows about four to five people.2014-06-26June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesMay 19 20132013-05-19November 05 20132013-11-05June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesOutdoor photo beside a dark grey SUV with a dotted pattern, a figure with long swept-back hair, a red headband and vibhuti on the forehead, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a white and red flower garland and rudraksha-style mala, palms joined in greeting. Beside him a woman in rust-red sari with hands folded, and a young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with bare shoulders, carrying a brass kalasha with mango leaves and a plate of flowers as a pada puja welcome. A cameraman with a tripod films at right, with onlookers and palm trees behind. Swamiji (probable): the figure with long hair, headband and rudraksha mala is the.2014-08-17 +1 copiesA procession of devotees in saffron and white ritual dress walks along a paved path outside a building. At centre, a man in a rust-red robe wears a long multi-strand garland of white and red flowers, a gold pendant on a beaded necklace, and a dark rudraksha-style mala; the bare-chested figure has distinctive long swept-back hair and gold armbands. Flanking him, a man in orange with a white turban holds a ceremonial staff, and a figure in orange with a flower-decorated pot at chest height walks beside him. Other devotees in white dhotis with gold borders, orange shawls and white vibhuti marks follow, one drummer partly visible, and a white car is parked behind. Hanging green leaf strings decorate the entrance above.2016-04-10