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A dense outdoor crowd during a street procession, with many people holding up orange flags bearing a blue and white emblem. In the foreground a smiling young person wears an orange turban, orange robe and dark rudraksha-style beads while holding an orange flag. Beside them a woman in an orange shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer, and nearby men in white shirts and trousers look upward. A person in orange clothing with a bald head and glasses is among the crowd, and a street shop with a hotel sign is visible behind. Several bearers hold orange flags aloft, with saffron-clad devotees gathered tightly along the roadside.

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A dense outdoor procession crowd on a street lined with stalls and colourful festoons. A young man with long dark hair wears an orange turban, orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads, smiling broadly while holding an orange flag on a pole; a shaven-headed monk in orange robes stands beside him. Many men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with folded hands in namaste, press around orange flags held aloft. An elderly woman wrapped in an orange shawl stands at left. Behind them, a camera is raised and orange saffron flags with a blue emblem fly above the crowd.2009-01-12Outdoor procession crowd on a sunny road with many devotees. In the foreground, a man in an orange-red turban, orange robe and a long black rudraksha mala stands with his eyes lowered, and is the central figure. Beside him, a bearded man in a pale orange turban and white clothes presses his palms together, and an elderly man in orange robes with glasses holds his hands in namaste while a flame burns in a small lamp. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis, and others in orange and yellow sashes, move through the crowd. Orange flags and colourful banners fill the background. Probable Swamiji is the man in the orange-red turban with long hair and rudraksha mala, shown in a procession setting; the identity is based on appearance cues only.2009-01-12February 05 20092009-02-05December 20 20102010-12-20Outdoor procession with a central figure in an orange robe and orange turban, wearing a long dark rudraksha mala, walking with eyes lowered. Around him, devotees in orange and white clothing hold orange flags with the word DHYANAPEETAM printed on them, raising them and smiling. A man in orange on the right wears a gold necklace and a long beard, and another man on the left wears orange with gold garlands. A crowd of people in white and orange surrounds the walkers.2009-01-12Photograph of a dense street procession crowd of devotees in white shirts and orange saffron shawls, many holding tall orange flags on poles. At centre, a man with long swept-back hair, a white tilak on his forehead, an orange shawl and a white flower garland stands in the crowd. In front of him, a bare-chested man in a cream dhoti and gold-bordered cloth is turned away, with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, held by supporting arms. A large orange umbrella-like cloth is in the lower right foreground, and a banner with Tamil text is above the crowd. Police officers in blue caps stand at the left edge.2009-02-05December 25 20072007-12-25January 12 20092009-01-12February 05 20092009-02-05A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes stands at the centre of a dense crowd, wearing a white floral garland with red flower accents and a white vertical tilak with a red dot on his forehead. He smiles and faces forward. Around him, men and women in white shirts and orange shawls, some with rudraksha malas, press close. A man in a white shirt on the right wears a white garland. Behind them, a large orange flag bears a purple emblem. A wooden staff is held at the left edge. Several people in the front foreground have red tilak marks.2009-02-05February 05 20092009-02-05A photograph of a crowd gathered outdoors near a dusty open field, with orange and saffron flags and decorated umbrellas overhead. In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair in a white-and-green floral garland extends her hands toward an orange-saffron cloth held up by people in the crowd. Several men and young women in white shirts and kurtas press close, some with vibhuti or tilak marks, and a cameraman with a video camera films from the middle. Behind them stand a wooden or bamboo barrier and parked vehicles beyond a row of multi-storey buildings.2007-12-25