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December 30 2009

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Inside a covered open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and metal truss, a man in an orange robe with long dark swept-back hair places his hand on the forehead of a devotee with grey hair. Around them, saffron-robed monks, men in white shirts and a man in a yellow-orange shawl look on, and a wooden offering box with rudraksha beads sits in the foreground. Behind the group, an orange-walled doorway opens onto greenery and more people.

A photograph of a crowd outdoors beside a stone wall and a thatched palm-leaf shelter. At centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a white vertical tilak on his forehead wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment and a heavy gold bead necklace; he gestures with both hands while speaking and smiles. Behind and to the right, a bald man in rimless glasses wears saffron-orange robes with a red tilak, and a man in white stands at the right edge. Other saffron-robed devotees and a woman in a red sari with dark eyes stand in the background. Per the page, this is Swamiji (probable), identified by long hair, a gold bead necklace and saffron clothing, and is shown in person.

December 28 2008

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December 07 2007

A photograph of a doorway in a white-walled building. A figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe, with long dark hair swept back and a tilak mark on the forehead, steps through the doorway with a hand on the robe. Beside them a woman in a white sari with a gold border stands at the left, and at right a man in a white shirt with a gold chain reaches to the door frame. Green leaves hang from above the doorway, and a partly visible figure in orange stands inside.

July 21 2010

A photograph of a doorway at a concrete building where a group of saffron-robed sannyasis and onlookers stand. In the centre, a figure with long dark swept-back hair and an orange sleeveless robe with a draped orange shawl gestures with one hand while speaking to a bearded sadhu in orange with a rudraksha mala. On the left, a bald older man in peach-coloured robes stands beside a man in a red shirt and blue lungi. On the right, another saffron-robed monk with long hair and a man in white stand nearby. The photo. a person cues are not clearly established for any single figure, so the subject identity is uncertain.

A photograph of a procession at a whitewashed ashram building. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and multiple rudraksha malas, walks up a stair while raising one hand in a blessing gesture. Behind him, a group of saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees carry a golden trident (trishul) on a staff and a black bag, moving through a courtyard toward a temple entrance with a red-and-white striped canopy. A blue sign with Kannada text is mounted on the wall. Green palms and trees stand behind the roofline. Probable Swamiji (long swept-back hair, orange robe, rudraksha malas) is walking in the foreground, while others in the procession appear to be devotees and sannyasis.

January 17 2008

Photograph taken under a corrugated metal roof beside a whitewashed building with barred windows. A young man in a plain orange saffron robe with a folded orange-and-white checked shawl stands on a raised platform at the back, looking toward the crowd. In the foreground a man with short dark hair, wearing a white dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala, looks off to the side. Another man with a shaved head, orange robe and beads stands at the left edge. Several people in white and colourful saris sit or stand in the background, and a cardboard carton with a green bag sits at the right. Palm trees are visible outside.

A photograph inside a thatched-roof shed with a fluorescent tube light, showing a grey stone statue of a standing deity with a crown-like headdress, necklaces and a raised trident-like staff, placed before a banner. Several people in saffron-orange robes stand with their backs to the camera, facing the statue; one woman in an orange sari-style garment stands at the centre, and a person in green is at the left edge. A banner behind the statue reads about special alankar decoration of the Divine Mother every day, with names of goddesses such as Kali and Saraswati. Five to six people are visible, all in orange or other clothing, engaged in worship.

A photograph taken inside a covered, thatch-roofed shelter with a fluorescent tube light and a white painted wall. A large grey stone statue of a standing deity, holding a staff, dominates the centre, with a banner behind it reading in part about daily worship of the Divine Mother. Several people in orange and saffron robes stand in a close group facing the statue. A man on the right with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala. Beside him a bearded man in orange wears spectacles, a gold ceremonial necklace and a red tilak. Other people in saffron, peach and red clothing stand with their backs to the camera, and a bald man in orange stands at the left edge. Marigold garlands hang at the right edge.