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Outdoor photo at a 2008 Brahmotsava procession, with a rock and palm trees behind the crowd. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back black hair, a white tilak on his forehead, and an orange saffron garment with a heavy gold bead necklace stands looking to the side, beside a tall golden staff. Behind him, a bald man in orange and several people in white and blue saris and white shirts stand among the crowd. On the left, a man in white clothing with a red tilak and a rudraksha mala stands with eyes lowered. Appearance-based label: a person, the long-haired figure in orange with gold beads and a tilak, shown in person.

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December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesA smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair stands outdoors in a crowd, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a heavy ceremonial necklace of gold beads with dark bands. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and a red kumkum dot between his brows. Behind him, a man in white holds a tall wooden staff, and a man in a yellow shawl and white shirt stands among onlookers under a thatched roof with palm trees in the background.2008-12-23Outdoor procession at a Brahmotsava celebration. The central figure has long, swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on the forehead, bare upper shoulder under a saffron-orange shawl, and a heavy ornate gold necklace with large beads. Behind him, devotees in orange and white robes hold tall gold-tipped staffs and a large orange and blue ceremonial fan-shaped parasol decorated with gold scrollwork and a white bird emblem. A man on the left wears white with a beaded mala and holds a gold staff, while others in orange shawls and eyeglasses stand near a man speaking into a microphone in the background.2008-12-23 +1 copiesA long-haired man in saffron-orange draped cloth stands in an outdoor procession, bare-shouldered, wearing a heavy gold necklace of large round beads with dark bands. He has a white tilak and a red bindi on his forehead and holds a long wooden staff topped with a gold finial. Around him, saffron-robed attendants hold staffs and white-clad devotees with glasses and forehead markings look on, and a man in the background films with a video camera. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a gold bead necklace, shown in the role of a procession participant at a Brahmotsava event.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23A photograph of a long-haired man in a bright orange saffron shawl draped over his shoulders, wearing a heavy gold necklace of large beaded ornaments with black bands and a tilak mark on his forehead. He is turned to the side and holds an orange cloth in his hands. Behind him, men in white shirts and a man wearing a black rudraksha-style mala stand among green trees in an outdoor crowd. Other people are partly visible in white and light clothing.2008-12-23Outdoor photo at a festival procession. A long-haired man with a red bindi and white tilak stands centre frame, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and a heavy gold necklace of beads with dark accents and a gold pendant. His hands are clasped at waist level and he looks to the side. Behind him a tall gold-and-wood staff or pole is held by someone at left in orange. A younger man at right wears a yellow shawl over white clothes with a red tilak, and a woman in glasses stands at far right. Thatched huts and palm fronds frame the background. The appearance is consistent with a person candidate given long swept hair, saffron shawl and ornate gold necklace, though the identification is uncertain.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 31 20082008-12-31