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A street-level photo of a green-walled house entrance with a decorative lattice screen. A saffron banner with Tamil text and a portrait of a bearded figure in an orange turban and garland hangs at left. Beside the wooden gate, a blue sign shows a framed portrait of a bearded man in a white turban, framed with a garland of yellow and red flowers. Several men stand at the doorway: one in an orange dhoti holding a raised hand, another in white shirt and white dhoti, and men in white shirts with a visible ID lanyard. Women in saffron and pink saris and a girl in a pink shawl stand nearby, and a bicycle is parked in front. The date stamp 15.10.2006 appears in the corner.

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October 15 20062006-10-15October 15 20062006-10-15October 15 20062006-10-15Outdoor street scene in front of a white building with a tiled roof and green trees behind it. A line of about a dozen men and youths stands on a dirt road holding large framed posters on wooden stands. The posters show a smiling figure with long dark hair wearing an orange-saffron head covering and orange clothing, and other posters show a figure in white with a white head covering. Men wear white dhotis and white or pale shirts; a man at the front holds a poster while wearing a white dhoti. A small child in a light shirt stands at the right edge. A white flag with a blue emblem is visible near the building entrance, and an orange flag appears at the right side.2006-10-16A photograph of a group of about fifteen people standing on a paved street outside a pale green house with white ornate security grilles and a doorway hung with paper decorations. Several people in the front press their palms together in anjali namaskar, including a woman in a yellow salwar and a girl in a pink skirt. Others wear saffron-toned and red sarees, and boys wear shirts and t-shirts. A bald man in white stands among them. The scene appears to show residents greeting an arriving procession or visitor. A date stamp reads 22-10-2006 in the lower right.2006-10-22Street photo outside a plain green-walled house with lattice grilles and a wooden door, marked with a banner reading 'Dhyana Peetham Pondicherry' in Tamil. Marigold garlands hang over the door and a framed portrait of a bearded man in white is displayed beside it. A woman in a white sari stands in front in the foreground with hands clasped, while a woman in a blue sari and another in a red sari holding a small child stand near the doorway, and several children watch. A white van with a large oval portrait of a long-haired man in a headcloth on its rear window is parked at left, with a motorcycle beside it.2006-10-15A photograph of a courtyard gathering at an ashram-style building with a balcony, decorated with a green banana-leaf garland. In the foreground, a barefoot man in white dhoti and shirt, with grey hair, holds a lit lamp or arati plate toward a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style mala. Nearby, a man in an orange shawl with a mala stands beside a man in white holding a mala. Behind them, a large crowd of women in saris, mostly in green, orange and red, and men in white clothes press together, some with palms pressed in namaste. An older man on the right raises his hands in greeting. A tiled walkway with pink and cream tiles leads through the scene, and a small sign hangs on the building wall. A timestamp reads 25 10 2006.2006-10-25A village procession gathers in a sandy lane in front of a small blue-and-cream temple gateway topped with a pink-roofed shrine containing a deity murti flanked by bulls. Men in white dhotis and shirts play drums and a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style horn), while women in colourful saris—pink, blue, orange, and yellow—stand along the left, some holding white flags on poles. A bare-chested man stands at right near a bicycle, and trees and a utility pole frame the scene. The event is a ratha yatra-style procession of temple deities.2006-10-16October 20 20062006-10-20October 22 20062006-10-22July 02 20142014-07-02 +1 copiesOctober 16 20062006-10-16