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Photo of a crowded indoor room with white walls and a round wall clock. In the centre, a long-haired man with a white vibhuti band and red bindi, wearing a red and green flower garland, gold necklace, and bare-chested orange cloth with rudraksha beads, walks forward smiling. Around him, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes with rudraksha mala and tilak, a shaved-headed man in orange with white forehead markings, and men in white shirts and a woman in a green sari with folded hands look on. Several devotees stand behind, and a gold-framed arch is visible at right.

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Inside an ashram corridor, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, white vibhuti on his forehead and a red kumkum dot, wears an orange saffron cloth over a red undershirt and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace with a central gold pendant. He stands with eyes closed as a crowd of men in white shirts and orange sashes presses around him. To the right, a woman in a white sari with a dark border holds a folded peach towel. A blue sign with Tamil text is mounted on a wooden door frame, and a white ceiling with recessed lights overhead. Appearance-based cues are consistent with a person, shown in person, with the attendants around him.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06A photograph taken inside a small room during a Tamil Nadu house visit. A long-haired figure in a rust-red cloth and a dark red beaded necklace stands at the centre, smiling, with a white forehead mark and a red bindi, wearing a garland draped over the shoulder. Crowded around are men in white shirts and a shaved-headed man in saffron, a woman and a child on the left, and an orange-robed figure visible through an open doorway. a person cues are limited to the long hair and rudraksha-style beads; identity is uncertain.2014-06-27October 07 20122012-10-07October 13 20122012-10-13August 06 20092009-08-06May 01 20152015-05-01A procession moves through a whitewashed hall toward an open doorway framed by palm fronds. At the centre, a man in a plain orange sleeveless robe walks forward, one hand on a tall orange-wrapped metal urn decorated with strings of beads. Beside him, a man in an orange dhoti and shawl walks on the left. Behind them, people in white dhotis and orange or red shawls follow, a woman carries a brass plate with a green leafy offering, and an older man in white with a rudraksha mala and gold chain walks in front of a line of onlookers. A wall clock hangs above the doorway.2008-08-07January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesApril 11 20122012-04-11 +1 copiesA photograph inside a house room with white walls, a wall clock, and a patterned red-and-maroon carpet on the floor. A woman in a maroon sari with a yellow border sits on a low platform draped in orange cloth, wearing a long garland of yellow and red flowers and a beaded necklace, her hands folded in front of her. To her right, a man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace stands with his hands joined in a respectful gesture. On the left, a woman in white dress and a shawl stands beside two men in saffron-orange robes; one holds a white tray overhead. Garlands hang from wooden poles nearby, and flower arrangements and a small table with a speaker sit in the background.2014-06-27October 16 20112011-10-16