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Outdoor ashram scene with palm trees and a small pink-roofed building. On a raised concrete platform, a seated person in orange-saffron robes holds a tall gold trident staff and sits on a leopard-print cushioned chair with a white cloth, a small brass figure and a red rug before him. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl bends forward in obeisance, hands pressed together, before the seated figure. Behind them, standing men in white shirts and dhotis watch, and a crowd of onlookers, many children, gathers below the platform. Black speakers and a potted palm sit on the stage, with a pile of white stones nearby.

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February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor ritual scene at a concrete platform with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and long dark hair, holding a tall golden trident (trishul) upright, seen from behind. A devotee in white clothes kneels prostrate on the ground before a carved red-and-gold wooden chair. A line of onlookers in white, green, purple and orange saris and white shirts stands behind a rope. A man in a white shirt holds a camera to his face, and a man in white at right raises a hand to his mouth. A plate of offerings and a plant sit beside the platform, with piles of stone and a small pink building behind. A visible white SUV and palm trees stand in the background.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14A seated figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair sits on a leopard-print cushioned seat draped in white cloth, holding a tall golden trident-staff upright and smiling. Two of his attendants stand behind him in white dhotis and orange shawls. In front, a devotee in a white shirt and white dhoti prostrates on the concrete floor at his feet, touching his forehead to the ground before a small golden pedestal. Onlookers in white and checked shirts watch from the left, a black speaker stands nearby, and a tiled-roof building with stacked stone sits in the background. A small brass dish and water bottle rest on a red-and-blue rug. This matches the page's firewalk and darshan context, with the seated figure a probable Swamiji by his long hair, orange robe and trident.2007-02-14Outdoor courtyard scene at an ashram. A young man with a shaved head in a maroon robe kneels barefoot with palms pressed together before a seated figure on a white-draped throne, who wears an orange saffron shawl and has long dark swept-back hair; a golden trident stands beside the throne and a small brass puja offering sits in front. Behind them, a standing man in white and a woman in a white sari with orange shawl watch, and a row of people in white dhotis and saris and orange shawls stands along the left. A pink building, stacked white stone and sand lie in the background. Supporting cues: long swept-back hair, orange ornate shawl, golden trident. The seated figure is a person.2007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14February 14 20072007-02-14Outdoor photo on an open concrete terrace beside a half-built brick wall with rubble, palm trees and a dusty construction yard behind. A long-haired figure with bare upper body, wearing an orange saffron wrap, sits on a white cushioned sofa-like seat, with a golden trident mounted on the wall behind. Beside them a man in white dhoti and orange shawl kneels on a rug, holding papers, and a second man in white with an orange shawl sits behind a black speaker, while a standing man in white with an orange shawl holds a tall twisted golden staff. A small potted palm and a golden peetha-style ornament sit near the seated figure. Traditional Hindu ceremonial setting.2007-02-14A photograph of an outdoor ritual at an ashram courtyard. A seated figure in orange saffron robes, bare-chested with long dark hair, raises a golden trident (trishul) in one hand while a devotee in white clothes kneels before a small brass lamp stand on a red and blue rug. The seated figure sits on a white chair draped with a leopard-print cloth. Around them, a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, a woman in a sari, and children stand watching, with one man in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads. Piles of rock and a pink building are in the background, with palm trees overhead. The scene suggests a darshan or ritual blessing.2007-02-14A seated man in an orange robe with long dark hair sits on a white-draped cushioned seat beside a tall golden trident, smiling as a man in white kneels before him and touches a brass lamp on the floor. Standing onlookers in white and orange clothing, including a man with a shaved head, watch in an open-air courtyard with stone rubble, a potted palm, a speaker and a large pale statue of a bull at the right edge. The seated figure matches the page's a person cues: long swept hair, saffron robe and a ceremonial trident, with the page noting his presence at this event.2007-02-14