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A photograph of a turquoise notice board mounted on a white wall with English and Kannada rules: silence please, no mobile allowed, no photo and video camera allowed, do not enter the cave, do not pluck the leaves. To the right, a figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and walks past the board, appearing blurred in motion. Beside him is an orange-curtained grille window and a partly visible white-clad person at the edge. a person in an orange garment with long hair, walking past the notice.

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A photograph of a man in a saffron-orange sleeveless wrap standing indoors beside a metal handrail, with long dark hair swept back and a white forehead mark. Behind him is a blue wall sign with rules in English and Kannada, and a wooden lattice gate with orange curtains. The man appears to be a probable Swamiji (probable) figure, with long swept-back hair and saffron clothing as cues, shown as an in-person candidate.2010-01-02 +2 copiesA photograph taken indoors in a white-walled room with white and blue plastic chairs and a metal railing in the foreground. A man in a sleeveless orange-saffron garment with long dark swept-back hair and a tilak on his forehead stands in profile, speaking with his hands open in front of him. Behind him a blue sign lists rules in English and Kannada, and two women stand to the right: one in a green-and-white sari with a lanyard and badge, the other in a white sari with a beaded necklace. A plant is visible at the upper right.2009-12-18A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange robe stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra at a metal railing, eyes lowered, with a white tilak on his forehead and long dark hair swept back. Behind him stand a man in white ritual clothes with hands folded and a woman in a grey-blue sari. A wall sign with blue background lists rules in English and Kannada, and white and blue plastic chairs are stacked along the wall beside a blue curtained window and an orange lattice grille. The orange-robed man is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a tilak, with his role as a devotee praying at the railing.2009-12-17December 15 20092009-12-15A man in profile stands with palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest height. He wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and has long dark wavy hair swept back, with a red-and-white tilak on his forehead. Behind him a blue sign with Kannada and English text reads Silence please, No mobile allowed, No photo and video camera allowed, Do not enter the cave, and Do not pluck the leaves. A wooden lattice gate with arched cutouts stands to the right, and a partially visible person in a white shirt is at the edge of the frame.2009-12-16February 25th 20072007-02-25A man with long, swept-back black hair stands in profile on a covered walkway, wearing a sleeveless saffron-orange garment wrapped over one shoulder. He has white sacred ash and a red dot on his forehead and holds one hand at his waist. Behind him is a blue signboard with Kannada text and blue curtains hang in a window to the left, with a metal lattice grille on the right. Appearance cues (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, forehead markings) suggest a person, but identity is uncertain; he is shown as a standing devotee-style figure in an ashram setting.2009-12-15December 01 20092009-12-01 +1 copiesNovember 08 20112011-11-08A man in saffron-orange robes stands with palms pressed together at a steel railing inside a warmly painted orange-red room. He has long dark swept-back hair, a tilak mark on his forehead, and wears layered rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and gold-toned armbands. Behind him are a wooden cabinet with red and beige panels, a grille window, and hanging paper-and-leaf decorations. A teal sign with Kannada text is on the left wall. Appearance-based label: a person, in person, presenting in a Nithya Kriya setting.2011-11-06March 13 20132013-03-13A photograph outdoors beside a white-walled building with red-and-white painted base stripes. Several men in saffron-orange robes stand on a concrete step near a tree. The man at the front left has a shaved head and gestures with his hands. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands further back at left, and a figure with long dark hair in an orange robe with maroon border stands at the right edge, turned toward the wall. A blue sign reads SILENCE PLEASE, NO MOBILES ALLOWED, NO VIDEO CAMERA, DO NOT ENTER THE CAVE, DO NOT PLUCK THE FLOWERS. No one in the group is clearly identifiable as a person by appearance.2009-10-15