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A black SUV with a gold-coloured placard on its grille drives through a open metal gate on a dirt track. Four people in saffron-orange robes stand beside the gate, some bare-chested, one with long dark hair. A white car and a parked motorcycle sit to the left, with dry scrubland and trees in the background.

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February 04 20172017-02-04February 04 20172017-02-04 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20172017-02-02 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11Outdoor arrival scene on a dusty red-earth ground beside a greenhouse frame with plastic sheeting and flowering shrubs. A silver SUV with a yellow and red placard on its grille and a red cloth or flower decoration on its bonnet pulls up to a green metal gate. About a dozen men stand in a row on the left, mostly in white shirts, checked shirts and white dhotis, with one woman in a white sari standing among them. Trees and a low hill sit in the hazy background, and a few more people and parked cars are visible near the gate.2017-02-03A photograph of an outdoor dirt yard with a line of about a dozen men in white shirts, lungis and dhotis standing at the roadside beside a dark grey SUV with a yellow and red placard on its grille that reads TN 25 AE 4005 area plate. A white-robed man in the centre wears a saffron-bordered dhoti and sacred thread. Behind them are a metal-framed shed with white tarpaulin, flowering shrubs, a leafy tree, a metal gate and a small brown hill under a pale sky. The vehicle is arriving at the Thiruvannamalai adheenam grounds, where local men wait to welcome it.2017-02-03A photograph of an open-air courtyard at an ashram with brick paving and a corrugated roof. In the centre a man with long swept-back dark hair, a white forehead band, a rudraksha mala, a ceremonial gold and white beaded necklace, bangles and an orange saffron dhoti stands with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes lowered. Beside him a young boy with a shaved head and white headband, wearing an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, walks past. Behind them an ornate gold-framed shrine holds a deity murti decorated with orange drapery, and stone sculptures stand to the right. A dark SUV is parked outside a white gate, with palm trees behind.2013-03-16June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA photograph of an outdoor arrival on reddish-brown dirt ground beside a black SUV with its rear door open. A bearded man in a dark red-brown robe with a rudraksha mala stands by the open door, smiling, with one hand extended. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends low at his feet, while another man in white dhoti and shirt stands nearby with palms pressed together in namaskar. At right, a shirtless man in a white dhoti also joins palms. In the background an attendant in orange holds a small orange umbrella, and white and yellow buses are parked behind a green fence. a person: the standing robed man in dark red-brown with a long beard and mala is the appearance-based candidate, shown being honoured at the vehicle.2017-02-02 +1 copiesFebruary 03 20172017-02-03A dark blue Ford SUV with its driver-side door open stops under a covered walkway with red pillars. Two people sit in the front seats, one in white shirt at the wheel and one in a saffron-orange garment with rudraksha-style beads. Lines of young girls in orange saris and boys in maroon-red robes stand on both sides, several with hands raised in greeting and one playing a small instrument. A kolam rangoli design is drawn on the paved ground in the foreground, and a brick wall and trees stand behind.2013-05-19Outdoor street scene in daylight beside a row of tiled-roof houses and a large shade tree. A black Ford SUV with a Tamil Nadu registration plate is parked at the right, facing the viewer. On the left, two sadhus stand together: one in a saffron-orange wrap with a rudraksha mala and matted hair, and another in a reddish-brown cloth with long dark hair. Around them about a dozen men and boys in casual shirts and shorts watch the vehicle.2018-05-12