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Outdoor procession scene at a gathering with a crowd of devotees. Two figures with long, dark, curly hair stand in the centre-left wearing saffron/orange robes, one with a shawl draped over the shoulder. A woman in a blue top and a boy in a blue shirt with glasses stand with palms joined in namaste. Behind them, people in white and yellow clothing gather, and an older man in white shirt and glasses stands with hands raised. A decorated umbrella in red, yellow and blue and a gold-and-red ornate staff or standard stand at the upper right near a green gate. Onlookers in white shirts line the background beside a small orange building with a window.

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Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long, curly dark hair, who holds a brass oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and raises the other hand toward a devotee's head. Surrounding devotees wear white clothing with orange shawls, several with rudraksha malas; some have hands pressed together. A decorated golden-finialed ceremonial umbrella with red, green and yellow fabric, and a golden ornamental staff, stand to the right beside a green metal gate, and a small orange-walled building with a white dove emblem is behind them.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor photo at an ashram gate of a welcoming moment. Two figures seen from behind wear saffron-orange robes, one with long curly dark hair, facing a crowd. A uniformed security guard in light blue shirt and black trousers with gold shoulder epaulettes and a staff badge stands in the centre with palms pressed together in anjali. Around them, devotees in white and saffron/orange shawls and kurtas, some with vibhuti marks, look on. A decorated golden ceremonial umbrella or ratha canopy with red and gold fringe appears at upper right, beside a green gate and an orange building. Roughly 15 people visible.2009-12-23January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor street scene during a procession with a crowd of many devotees pressing toward a raised platform on the right. A tall figure in orange robes stands on the platform holding a small brass bell and reaching down toward the crowd. Women in saris, many with hair tied back and some wearing bangles, reach out with hands extended. In the left foreground a man in white shirt and white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a long wooden staff, and a man in a white shirt holds a green and red ceremonial canopy with tassels. Several people hold small framed photographs and placards on sticks. Dusty roadside trees and a plain sky fill the background.2009-01-21Outdoor procession scene with a crowd of devotees. At centre, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a yellow shawl, wearing a white and red flower garland, smiles and claps with raised hands while facing a bald man in white in the foreground. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a ceremonial garland. To the left, a bearded sannyasi in orange robes with gold necklaces stands among devotees. Behind, a man in a white shirt with an ID lanyard, and a woman in orange and gold jewellery. Ornate canopy umbrellas with tassels and orange flags overhead, a white building behind, and a hazy sky. Many devotees fill the background.2008-01-01December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession scene with a central figure in an orange saffron robe, long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, hands pressed together in greeting as he bends toward an older bald-headed man in white with a sacred thread and grey hair. Under large red and yellow embroidered canopy umbrellas with tassels, a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, some with white caps, surrounds them. A drummer with a drum is at left and a white car is parked in a flat field behind. The central figure matches the ceremonial cues of the page subject, but identity is uncertain from appearance. Several men in orange and saffron robes stand nearby.2009-01-21December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23