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Outdoor street scene at a house visit in Tamil Nadu. A central figure with long swept-back hair and a green leaf garland stands beside a black SUV whose windshield shows a white sticker reading SWAMI/ASHRAM style text. Several saffron-robed sannyasis with shaved heads and rudraksha malas surround him, one gesturing toward the car door. A woman in a maroon sari holds a brass plate of white jasmine flowers, and another woman in teal holds a tray of white flowers. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand behind, and a red-clothed figure kneels at the lower left. Brick wall and pink building in background.

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June 27 20142014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27A street scene during a house visit in Tamil Nadu. A bare-chested, shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with red tilak and rudraksha mala stands centre, receiving a green leaf garland from a man in a red-maroon robe. A woman in a teal blouse and blue sari holds a basket of white flowers and reaches toward him. On the right, a shaved-headed monk in saffron-orange robes and a red-brown shawl with rudraksha beads stands near others in white and red-maroon. On the left, a young saffron-robed monk with rudraksha mala stands at the edge. Behind them a dark vehicle with a red-and-white sign is parked before a brick wall and a pink building.2014-06-27Outdoors at a residential street in Tamil Nadu, a bare-chested elderly priest in white dhoti with a red sacred thread and a red bead necklace raises a long white flower garland over the head of a man wearing a green leaf garland and a saffron-coloured cloth. Beside them a young man in an orange-saffron dhoti and wrist bands stands with rudraksha beads, and a woman in a blue-and-green sari with a long braid watches. Behind them a dark car bears a white sign reading Nithyanandam, a half-built brick wall and pink houses are visible, and more men in white shirts and saffron clothing stand nearby.2014-06-27June 27 20142014-06-27June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA crowd gathers around a black SUV on a street in front of a yellow building. A central man with long dark hair wears a dark red-maroon garment and a thick red and white flower garland with green-and-gold accents, smiling as he steps out with hands extended toward devotees. Around him, several shaven-headed young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas reach out to touch him. A man in white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl stands at right, and a woman with a white flower in her hair and a white forehead band stands at lower left. Palm trees and houses are visible behind.2014-06-24July 01 20142014-07-01June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA street scene in a town, with a black car at left bearing a red-and-white sign reading "...ANDAM". A young man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands at centre, wearing a thick white jasmine garland and a rudraksha mala, smiling as devotees reach toward him. Around him, shaven-headed monks in saffron robes and men in white shirts and white dhotis press forward, with an elderly woman in white with grey braided hair and an orange flower bending to touch his feet. A striped yellow-and-red temple wall with a sculpted figure on a bull stands at right, and a mix of people line the street behind.2014-07-04 +1 copiesOutdoor street scene beside a half-built brick house with exposed scaffolding, and a pink building behind. A black SUV with a white printed sign on its windscreen is surrounded by several monastic men in orange and maroon robes. A younger man in orange at left wears rudraksha beads and holds the car door. A bald older man in the foreground wears a red rudraksha mala over bare shoulders and a bunch of green leaves in his hand. A man in a maroon robe carries a flowering white garland. Figures on the right are partly cropped, and a man in a white shirt stands near the car door.2014-06-27