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Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram-style compound. A smiling man on the right wears an orange saffron garment, a long gold ceremonial necklace of beads, and a white-and-red forehead mark; his hair is long and swept back. He extends a hand over a small silver bowl while a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a tray of bananas, apples and fruit beside him. Behind them, another man in orange holds a red-and-gold umbrella-style canopy. Around them, devotees in white, yellow and orange stand watching; a young woman in yellow with palms pressed together stands at right. A blue building with the sign 'a person Vidyalaya' is in the background, along with a water tank. The orange-clad figure with long hair and gold beads matches the page's appearance cues for a person, so this is a candidate rather than a confirmed identity.

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December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23A photograph of an outdoor ritual procession under a bright sky. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, a heavy gold necklace and a white tilak on his forehead, and reaches toward a silver bowl held by a man in white on the left. Behind him, another man in an orange robe with a gold necklace and a mala stands near a red ceremonial umbrella, while people in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with folded hands, surround them. A blue building with the sign "a person KIRTANALAYA" is visible in the background. a person is the smiling central figure in the orange robe with long hair, gold necklace and tilak, presented in a ceremonial role.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor ceremonial procession under a red parasol with fringed tassels and a second orange-and-gold parasol beside it. A long-haired man in an orange sannyasi robe with a gold-beaded garland, bare-shouldered with a wrap, faces a woman in white and gold-bordered sari with an orange shawl who offers a plate of sweets and a small cup. Another woman in white holds a fruit tray with bananas, apples and coconut, and an orange-robed man with a garland stands behind. Around them a crowd of men and women in white ritual clothes with rudraksha malas, some with hands folded. A blue building with a sign reading Nithyananda Kirtanalaya stands behind them under trees.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23