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Outdoor photograph beside a murky brown pond with green hedges, a low wall and coconut palms under an overcast sky. A man at left, shaved-headed and smeared with blue and pink colour powder, wears a white dhoti and a white kurta with an orange shawl over one shoulder and a bead necklace. Beside him a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron drape over bare shoulders, a long gold-toned bead necklace and a gold armlet, and smiles as he looks toward his companion. Appearance-based cues on the second figure (long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, ceremonial gold necklace) are distinctive; he is a probable Swamiji candidate.

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October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor photograph beside a calm brown pond with palm trees and a low hedge behind. On the left, a man in a white kurta and dhoti with a red-orange shawl and a beaded necklace has his face and head smeared with pink, blue and green colour powder. On the right, a long-haired man in an orange saffron wrap with a large gold-toned bead garland faces him and smiles, one hand on his hip. A flower garland edge is visible at the lower left. The scene is consistent with a festival-day colour celebration. Swamiji (probable): the right-hand figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and a gold bead garland, so he is the candidate, and he is physically present.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor photograph beside a muddy pond with palm trees and green hedges behind a low stone wall. A figure in a saffron-orange dhoti-style wrap, with long dark swept-back hair, a rudraksha-style bead necklace, a gold armlet and gold ornament, stands on the bank facing right with hands folded at the chest. Beside him on the left, a bald man in white ritual clothes and a red shawl, with a red-and-blue smear on his forehead and face, stands with one hand on his hip. A small circular grassy island rests in the water at right. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, bead necklace and gold adornments on the standing figure.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor photograph beside a still brown pond lined with coconut palms and a hedge, with a stone-edged circular island at right. A man with long dark swept-back hair, bare-chested under a saffron-orange shawl and wearing a gold armlet and a garland of gold-toned beads, stands at the water's edge with hands folded. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold ornaments match the page. Beside him at left stand two men in white ritual dhotis and pale pink-tinged shirts, one holding a gold-framed object wrapped in a flower garland, the other with a red shawl and coloured powder on his face. Dry earth and grass in the foreground.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A photograph of one person standing barefoot on a muddy bank beside a large brown pond with a stone-edged grassy island, palm trees and a hedge behind. The person wears a flowing saffron-orange garment draped over one shoulder, a long rudraksha-style bead necklace with gold ornaments, a gold armlet on the upper arm, and has long dark hair and a smiling expression while looking upward.2010-10-17A smiling person with long dark hair and a red bindi stands outdoors beside a brownish pond, hands joined at the chest. They wear a saffron-orange wrap, a gold beaded necklace of rudraksha-style beads and a gold armlet shaped like a serpent on the upper arm. Behind them are a stone-edged pond bank, green shrubs, a tall fence and several coconut palms under an overcast sky. a person: long swept hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold ornaments on the person standing at the pond.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17