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A photograph of a monastic training session indoors. A man with long dark wavy hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap over his shoulders and an orange cloth around his waist, sits smiling on a white-draped seat with a white board on an easel behind him. In front of him a round metal tray holds a pale grain or powder, and bundles of thin bamboo sticks lie on a red cloth. A young girl in white robes kneels on the floor working with the sticks, while other people in white and orange robes stand or sit in the background, one folding orange cloth. The setting includes a wooden lattice screen and a flower arrangement at the edge. a person: the seated man has long, swept-back hair and saffron clothing, a visible appearance cue matching the page's claim that he is present.

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Indoor photograph of a monastic training session in a hall with a red-tiled floor and carved wooden fittings. A man with long dark curly hair, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and orange wrap, sits cross-legged on a white-draped seat, smiling and gesturing toward a young woman in white who sits on the floor facing him. A brass tray of white material sits to the left, and bundled sticks and a small heap of red powder lie on a red cloth in the foreground. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl bends over a pile of orange cloth, with other people in orange and white clothing standing nearby. The visible people number about six.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17A photograph from a monastic training gathering shows a man with long swept-back dark hair seated on a white-draped platform, wearing an orange saffron wrap, with his bare feet resting on a reddish-brown powder spread on the floor. Facing him, a kneeling person in orange robes holds a long thin bamboo cane, while nearby another orange-robed figure stands beside a folded bundle of orange cloth. Behind them are several people in orange and white attire, and a large round metal tray sits on the white table at left. The scene is an indoor hall with a white board on a stand in the background.2006-08-17A photograph inside a hall where a man with long, swept-back dark hair wearing an orange saffron robe sits cross-legged on a white-draped seat near a small easel-style board, while bare-footed around him, several monastics in orange robes kneel and sit. A kneeling monastic in the foreground, in orange, holds up a long bamboo-like stick and sits beside a tray with small heaps of coloured powder and a flat white plate of rice-like material. Other orange-robed people sit behind, one in white near the back. Flowers, a water bottle and a patterned cushion are visible in the lower left. a person is.2006-08-17A photograph inside a hall at a monastic training setting. On the left, a seated man with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange shawl over an orange garment and rests his hand on his chest, sitting before a white-draped table holding a large steel tray of rice and a folded white cloth with gold border. In the foreground, a young woman in a white sari with gold border kneels on a mat, binding bundled sticks and handling orange cloth. Behind her, several people in white and orange garments stand near a white board and wooden poles, with orange fabric heaped on the floor. A white-clad attendant with long hair stands in the background. Flowers and a water bottle sit at the lower left.2006-08-17A photograph inside a hall during a monastic training event. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a raised wooden platform at left, hands resting on his lap, with a whiteboard easel and a steel tray of white grain beside him. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with a gold border kneels and bows, touching a pile of folded orange cloth with his hands. Behind them, several people in orange robes and white garments stand near a doorway, some holding orange cloth, and one woman in a white sari with gold border stands at centre. Orange fabric is piled on the platform, and a bottle and white cloth sit at the lower left.2006-08-17Indoor photograph of a monastic training hall with a seated young monk in saffron robes at left, bare-shouldered with a saffron shawl, holding a stalk of grain above a large round steel tray of white rice. In front, a woman in a white sari with gold border kneels and handles stalks of grain beside the tray. Behind them, a standing man in white dhoti and saffron shawl wears a rudraksha mala, and several saffron-robed monks and a woman in white stand by a pile of folded orange cloth. An easel, white cloths and a purple mat are visible. a person is not clearly identifiable here.2006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17August 17 20062006-08-17