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Outdoor welcome at a building entrance with a blue-and-white sign. A man in orange robes and a long multicoloured flower garland, with long dark hair, stands beside an open dark car door with his palms pressed together. Facing him, a man in orange robes and gold necklaces holds a golden kalasha-style vessel with red flowers, performing an aarti-style welcome. Behind them a standing attendant in orange and white holds a staff, and a row of women in saris and men in white dhotis and orange wraps stand along the path, some with hands folded. A red and gold ceremonial umbrella and several white-and-blue flags wave above. Palm trees and a clear sky are behind the scene.

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January 02 20092009-01-02Outdoors on a sunny day beside a parked dark car with its door open. A bald man in orange robes with a red-and-gold stole and glasses embraces a smiling man with dark hair who wears an orange top and a white and pink flower garland. A woman with long dark curly hair in an orange-red top sits in the car at left. At right, a red and gold ceremonial umbrella-style banner and a white flag with a blue emblem are raised, with tall trees and a parking area behind.2009-11-04Outdoor photo at a temple-style ground beneath palm trees and a thatched shelter. A man in orange robes with long swept-back hair and white markings on his arms holds a silver vessel decorated with yellow flowers and white garlands, while a smiling young man in orange with a white flower garland and gold headband presses his palms together in greeting. Other orange-robed devotees and people in white dhotis and a woman in orange and white stand nearby. Decorated ceremonial umbrellas with blue and red emblems hang overhead. Whether the robed man with long hair is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2008-12-24 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20092009-01-02November 09 20072007-11-09December 31 20092009-12-31August 01 20082008-08-01A procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees. In the foreground, a long-haired young man in orange robes with a white and red flower garland walks forward, smiling, holding a few yellow flowers. Beside him, another man in orange with a yellow-flower garland carries a brass plate of yellow flowers. Behind them, men in orange carry tall poles with embroidered orange and gold banners and saffron flags. Men in white dhotis and shirts, some with yellow shawls and mala necklaces, walk or stand behind them, and a small child is held up at right. A wheeled float decorated with yellow flowers and green leaves appears at right edge, with smoke rising in the background. Unsure if the long-haired figure is a candidate; appearance is ambiguous, so no identification is made.2008-12-23Outdoor photograph at a dusty site beside a grey car decorated with long garlands of yellow, orange and white flowers. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and stands at the car's side with his hands extended toward an older woman in white sari with an orange shawl, who holds a silver tray of flowers and a silver pot. A woman in an orange sari and a rudraksha mala stands at right holding a silver plate of marigolds and lit oil lamps. Behind them, a man in white, a seated older man with folded hands, and children watch beneath banana plants, a chain-link fence and a string of orange and red pennants. The scene is an arrival-style welcome with a ritual aarti.2008-12-31Outdoor photo beside a silver minivan with its side door open under a clear sky. A long-haired man in a white dhoti and shawl, wearing a red and white flower garland and rudraksha-style beads, smiles and gestures with raised hands toward a shaven-headed monk in saffron robes who holds a copper kalasha topped with a red flower and yellow marigold garland. A bearded man in orange stands at left, another orange-robed figure stands behind, and a cameraman in white holds a camera at right. Palm leaves and dry land appear in the background.2010-01-01Outdoor photo at a dirt-road festival site during a brahmotsavam procession. A man with long swept-back hair, orange robe, white flower garland and forehead tilak receives a coconut-and-flower puja offering on a brass plate from a woman in orange garments. A bald man in an orange turban and orange shawl stands at left beside a white car. Behind them a man in a dark blazer, a photographer with a camera, and devotees in white and orange crowd close. At upper right a yellow and orange decorated ratha/chariot with flower garlands, and drummers in yellow. Several people stand in the background. Kind of scene: ceremonial welcome with puja.2008-12-30December 31 20082008-12-31