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Outdoor procession at a Brahmotsava celebration on a sunny day with bare trees and a metal-frame stage canopy behind. Several people in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas walk beside an ornate red and gold parasol with fringed tassels, held aloft by an attendant. A tall golden staff with a finial and a trishul-style standard appear in the procession. A bearded man in orange robes and dark-rimmed glasses holds the golden staff. Nearby, people in plain white clothes with dark malas stand watching, and a woman in a green sari stands at the left edge. Some participants wear flower garlands and a young child in white stands in the foreground.

A photograph from a procession at a street in Rajapalayam. A long-haired man in a flowing saffron-orange robe with rudraksha malas stands at right, palms pressed together in greeting and smiling toward a bespectacled older man in orange dhoti and bare chest with a tilak and rudraksha mala. Beside them a shirtless young man in a white dhoti with a red shawl stands among onlookers. Red and multicoloured fringed umbrellas, one with a painted white-and-blue bird motif, overhead. Several men in white shirts and a man in a white cap are visible in the crowd.

A photo from a community meal hall with a long steel table where seated men in white shirts and dhotis eat from metal plates. A man in a white shirt holds a steel bowl and serves food. Beside him stands a long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with an orange turban and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, handing food to a seated diner. Several other men in white and orange stand in the background, and a dim hall with pillars and a distant table of items is visible. Appearance cues are present but not conclusive, so the identity of the robed figure is uncertain.

Outdoor darshan at an evening gathering with a large crowd of white-clad devotees behind barricades. In the foreground, a figure in an orange saffron robe and a bright orange turban with long, swept-back dark hair sits on a yellow-cushioned seat, smiling, and holds a rudraksha mala with the hands of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, who has folded hands and glasses. Beside them stand another man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl and a man in white with a yellow shawl and red tilak. An elderly man in white with a white beard waits on the left, and a woman with a braid in a yellow-bordered white sari is at the lower left. A white air cooler and a white van stand in the background, with orange flags and palm trees beyond. The orange-robed figure has long hair, an orange turban and rudraksha-style beads, consistent with the a person cues, so this is an appearance-based probable identification.

A photograph of a seated man in a saffron-orange turban and saffron robe, wearing a multicolour marigold and rose garland with green and blue accents, sitting on an ornate gilded throne draped with red zebra-striped fabric. A kneeling woman in white with a red-brown hairstyle, glasses and a rudraksha mala holds a small brass dish and offers it to him while he extends his hand toward it. Behind them a large crowd of devotees in white and saffron stands under banana leaves and a saffron banner with a floral motif, at night. Swamiji (probable): the seated man wears a turban, saffron robes, a garland and ceremonial gold necklace on a throne, which matches the page's Swamiji reference.

A photograph of a ceremony under a corrugated metal roof. A long-haired person in saffron-orange robes and a red-and-white flower garland sits on an ornate golden throne (peetha) decorated with white and multicoloured flower garlands and a canopy. Lion-shaped armrests flank the seat. In front, a man in white clothes with a grey head and a beaded necklace stands with his back to the camera. Behind them, devotees in white ritual dress and lanyards sit on the floor, and orange triangular banners hang along the wall. A woman in a pink-and-white sari stands at the left edge. The seated figure has long dark hair and swept-back hair consistent with a saffron-clad guru, with distinctive orange robes and a flower garland, so the identification is probable.

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Photograph of a group walking barefoot through a stone temple doorway, with a crowd behind them. The central figure wears a plain saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, long dark hair, a white forehead mark with a red dot, and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace. Flanking him are men in orange and maroon-bordered garments with gold necklaces, one holding a folded pink cloth. On the right, a shaved-headed man in white ritual clothes with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks speaks. Behind them a bespectacled man in orange wears a gold necklace. The stone wall, wooden door and crowd suggest a temple entrance.

A dirt path lined with palm trees and thatched huts. In the centre, a figure with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron shawl over the shoulder, a long gold-toned necklace and beaded mala, and is receiving a garland of white flowers with red accents held up by a man in a white shirt and glasses on the right. Behind them, another figure in orange and a person in white stand near a tray of yellow flowers. On the left edge, a figure in orange holds a long wooden staff. The swami-style figure has distinctive long hair, saffron shawl and ornate necklaces, consistent with the page's reference to a Brahmotsava flag-hoisting procession.

A seated figure in a rust-red robe with a long saffron-orange beaded mala and a gold hair ornament sits on a gilded wooden seat under a yellow fringed canopy, holding a yellow cloth. Before him, a man in white with a red shawl kneels and performs padapuja, washing or offering at the seated figure's feet, while a woman in white with a beaded necklace kneels nearby. Behind them, several women in white and red shawls sit or stand in a white-tiled hall, some wearing red and rudraksha-style beads, watching the ritual. This appears to be a padapuja during a satsang setting, with people sitting on the floor.

A procession walks along a dirt path shaded by a mango tree. In the centre, a man in orange ochre robes wears a long multicolour flower garland, a rudraksha mala and a red forehead mark, and walks barefoot. Beside him, a bald man in orange garments and rudraksha beads walks, and a bald man in white dhoti with a white upper cloth carries a brass kalasha-like vessel on a tray. Behind them, several monks in orange and white robes follow, some with rudraksha malas. An older man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks at the right edge. Brick rubble and green foliage surround the path, with a fence and bushes behind.

Outdoor photo of a wedding-style ceremony with three people in front of a red velvet drape and blurred greenery. On the left, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a white and red flower garland, gesturing with his hand as he speaks. In the centre, a man in a white shirt wears a white and red garland and a dark rudraksha mala, with yellow turmeric paste on his cheek. On the right, a woman in an orange-yellow sari with gold border wears a flower headpiece, white and red garlands and turmeric on her cheek.