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A street scene in a busy Indian town beside parked white coach buses. A long-haired man in orange saffron robes and a red tilak on his forehead carries a white pumpkin on his raised right hand with a small flame burning on top, while holding a walking stick. Behind him a man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala walks alongside, and further back a younger man in white kurta and a white-clad devotee follow. On the right, a bald man in orange shawl and white clothes wears a mala and holds a phone and a brown leather bag. Shop signs read MONEY CHANGER and money exchange, and a wall and utility poles line the pavement.

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May 22 20062006-05-22Street photograph in an Indian city of a barefoot man in a long orange-saffron robe with long dark hair and a tilak on his forehead, holding a broken coconut half in one hand and reaching out with the other, on a roadside beside parked white coaches. Nearby, a man in white shirt and trousers carries a green coconut, and a woman in a white sari carries a red suitcase, walking past shuttered shops, a Honda sign and a Udipi restaurant. A breaking-coconut ritual is visible, matching the page's account of a yatra start.2006-05-22A street scene in a busy Indian city. In the foreground a smiling man with long dark hair and a white forehead mark wears a loose saffron-orange robe and holds a coconut in one hand and a long staff or rod in the other. Behind him a man in white shirt and white trousers walks beside a man in a light shirt holding a green pumpkin-like gourd. Parked white coaches line the left, shop shutters and signboards line the right, and a few more saffron-clad figures walk down the road in the distance. a person is described by the orange robe, long swept-back hair and forehead marking, consistent with the page's account of the yatra start where coconut and pumpkin were broken.2006-05-22A street photograph in an urban Indian lane beside parked white cars and a weathered grey building with small windows. A central figure with long dark hair wears a flowing saffron-orange robe, a rudraksha mala around the neck, and orange sandals, and holds a coconut in one hand. Behind him, two men in white kurtas and white dhotis wear orange shawls, one holding a metal tray of offerings and another with folded hands. To the left, a bearded man in orange robes walks past. The scene suggests a ritual procession through the street. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, distinguished by long swept-back hair, saffron robes and a rudraksha mala.2008-01-22May 22 20062006-05-22May 22 20062006-05-22A street scene in a busy Indian town. In the centre, a figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a beaded rudraksha mala, walking along the roadside past a white bus and parked vehicles. Beside them, a man in a checked grey shirt holds a small lit oil lamp or offering in his hands. Shopfronts, signboards and pedestrians line the street behind them.2005-05-25May 22 20062006-05-22Photograph from behind of a bare-backed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl walking along a street in a city market, holding a green pumpkin with a lit flame on top in his raised right hand, and a thin wooden stick in his left hand. Shop signs read Yen Shop, Wholesale and Retail, and Money Changer; a white bus stands at the right beside an open door. A person in white is partly visible at the right edge. The man has long dark curly hair; the pumpkin ritual suggests a yatra start.2006-05-22A barefoot man in a flowing saffron-orange robe walks down a busy city street, holding a pumpkin-like gourd in one hand and a long stick in the other, with a red tilak on his forehead and long dark hair past his shoulders. Behind him, men in white kurtas follow, one carrying a green coconut. A white tour bus, parked cars, a motor rickshaw and shuttered shopfronts line the road under tangled overhead wires. Posters on poles advertise a beauty and slimming centre and a hotel.2006-05-22January 22 20082008-01-22A photograph of a street scene outside, beside parked white vans including a Toyota Innova. At center, a man with long dark hair, a red bindi and white forehead markings wears an orange saffron wrap and a long rudraksha mala, and carries a coconut shell cupped in his hands with a small flame burning in it. To his left, a bearded man in an orange robe and glasses walks; to the right, a man in white with hands folded in namaste wears an orange shawl. A utility pole and tiled buildings are behind them. The visible identity cues are the long hair, rudraksha mala and saffron clothing, so the central figure is a probable Swamiji candidate.2008-06-28