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A bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard stands barefoot on freshly turned earth beside a pink building, arms outstretched and eyes closed, as flower petals fall around him. He wears a rust-brown dhoti-style cloth and a long multicolour flower garland of yellow, red, white and purple blooms, with a rudraksha mala visible. A kolam-style rangoli of coloured powder lies at his feet. Behind him, a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands at right, and several people in orange look down from a balcony at the top. Foreground at left shows an orange cloth edge and a camera. This appears to be a bhumi puja ground-breaking ceremony. The man in brown matches the appearance cues of Swamiji (probable), with long hair and a rudraksha mala with flower garland, so the subject is marked as in_person.

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November 23 20162016-11-23Outdoor bhumi puja at a construction site beside a pink-washed building. A man in a rust-brown robe with a long flower garland of red, yellow, white and purple blossoms stands barefoot on freshly dug earth, eyes closed, holding a small object and a rudraksha mala at his chest. Beside him a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and ceremonial white shawl with a gold chain stands watching. A colourful kolam with red and green patterns is drawn on the ground, and a few people look over the upper balcony rail. A camera is visible at the left edge.2016-11-23A bhumi puja ground-breaking ritual outside a pink-washed building with a rectangular window. A bearded man in a rust-brown sannyasi robe, wearing a long multicolour flower garland and a rudraksha-type mala, stands barefoot on a dug earth pit decorated with a white chalk kolam and a coloured flower rangoli. He holds a small offering plate with petals. Beside him a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and an orange-yellow shawl, with a sacred thread and wrist bands, holds a plate of pink petals. Marigold garlands lie on the ground. Partly visible photo credit overlay in the corner. a person candidate appearance is uncertain because only the garland, robe and mala are visible.2016-11-23A photograph of a bhumi puja ground ceremony beside a pink-washed building with rectangular windows. A man with long dark hair and a beard stands barefoot on a floral rangoli design, wearing a reddish-brown robe and a long multicolour garland of marigolds and flowers, with a rudraksha mala at his neck. He reaches one hand toward a shallow pit of freshly dug earth and scatters flower petals. A second man on the right, bare-chested with a white dhoti and rudraksha beads, holds a metal plate of flower petals. Flower garlands lie on the ground at the pit's edge.2016-11-23A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-brown sannyasi robe and a multi-coloured flower garland with a rudraksha mala, stands barefoot on freshly dug earth beside a pink wall and sprinkles grains from a wooden vessel onto a floral rangoli at a bhumi puja groundbreaking. A cameraman in an orange cloth films him from the left, and a man in white dhoti and gold necklace stands at the right edge. Several people watch from a balcony above the wall.2016-11-23A bhumi puja ground-breaking ceremony at an outdoor site beside a salmon-pink wall with framed windows. A bare-footed man with long dark hair, a beard and a forehead mark stands on a chalk kolam with a multicolour floral design, wearing a rust-brown robe, a rudraksha mala and a long garland of marigolds in orange, yellow, red and white. He holds small offerings in his cupped hands while looking down at a freshly dug pit in the earth. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at right holding a brass plate. Flower petals and a yellow marigold offering lie on the soil.2016-11-23A bearded man in a rust-brown saffron-toned robe stands barefoot on bare earth at the base of a salmon-pink wall, lighting a small flame or incense stick held in his right hand. He wears a long multicolour flower garland of yellow, red, white and purple blooms, and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Beside him a bare-chested man with a sacred thread and a white dhoti with an orange border stands by. Spread on the ground is a coloured floor design of flower-like kolam with white lines. Several people watch from a balcony above. This appears to be a bhumi puja, a ground-blessing ritual, with the flame lit over a decorated patch of soil.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23A bhumi puja ceremony beside a pink-washed building with a window. A man with long dark hair and beard, wearing a rust-orange wrap and a long multicoloured flower garland, stands barefoot on freshly dug earth decorated with white rangoli lines and a coloured floral kolam. He gestures over the excavated pit while a second man, bare-chested with a white dhoti and rudraksha-style beaded necklace, holds a silver plate of petals. A yellow marigold garland lies on the ground.2016-11-23A bearded man with long dark hair, wearing a rust-brown ochre robe, rudraksha mala and a multicoloured flower garland, stands barefoot on a rangoli-decorated patch of earth beside an excavated pit during a bhumi puja. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small bell in the other, eyes closed. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand to the right, and several people in white and orange watch from a balcony above the pink wall. The swami is described as a probable Swamiji by appearance cues: long swept-back hair, ochre robe, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland.2016-11-23November 23 20162016-11-23A man in a rust-brown sannyasi robe with a multicoloured marigold garland and a rudraksha mala stands barefoot on a patch of bare earth beside a pink-painted wall with a barred window, holding flowers as he performs a bhumi puja. Before him, a shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a yellow-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala offers a plate of flowers from a bowl. White lime lines and a coloured rangoli with red, yellow and green patterns mark the ground, and a small dug pit lies at the centre. A man in a white shirt stands partly visible at the upper right. a person is the man in the rust-brown robe with the garland and rudraksha mala, performing the bhumi puja.2016-11-23