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December 23 2008

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Outdoor procession scene with several men in saffron-orange robes wearing gold bead necklaces. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears a gold headband with a red stone, a red bindi, an orange garment, and a large white jasmine garland with red flower accents. Behind him, golden ceremonial staffs topped with ornate finials and a tasselled canopy rise above the crowd. A bald man with white tilak marks on his forehead stands at left, and a bespectacled man in orange at right wears a gold bead mala and a gold bracelet. Palm trees and greenery appear in the background.2008-12-24Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered under a striped tent canopy decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands. In the centre, a smiling young man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe, a white and yellow flower garland and a dark rudraksha-style mala, with a red bindi on his forehead. Beside him, a shaved-headed young man in an orange robe and heavy gold beaded necklace looks downward. Behind them, devotees in orange and white clothes press close, including a man in an orange cap and a man in an orange shawl with a marigold garland. A blurred figure in the left foreground and an orange-robed person at the lower right frame the shot.2008-06-09December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor photo of a long-haired man in an orange shawl and a thick gold bead necklace, with a gold armlet on his upper arm, smiling and walking in profile past palm fronds and an orange-roofed building. To his left, a man in a white shirt with a lanyard and a second man with pink-stained face and hair stand nearby.2010-10-17Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered at a temple-style courtyard. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a bare upper body, a saffron-orange wrap and a thick gold bead necklace kneels among others. Men in saffron-orange robes stand behind him, one with clasped hands in a namaste gesture and a gold necklace, and men in white dhotis sit nearby. Behind them, a large crowd of onlookers in white and light clothing fills the space beside a pink walled building. The distinctive hair, wrap and gold beads are cues that suit a candidate for a person, though the appearance is not certain.2010-12-29December 30 20082008-12-30December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor photo at a temple-style ground beneath palm trees and a thatched shelter. A man in orange robes with long swept-back hair and white markings on his arms holds a silver vessel decorated with yellow flowers and white garlands, while a smiling young man in orange with a white flower garland and gold headband presses his palms together in greeting. Other orange-robed devotees and people in white dhotis and a woman in orange and white stand nearby. Decorated ceremonial umbrellas with blue and red emblems hang overhead. Whether the robed man with long hair is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2008-12-24 +1 copiesJuly 17 20082008-07-17December 29 20102010-12-29Evening outdoor gathering under a tent with string lights. A smiling man in an orange turban, orange robe and a long rudraksha mala stands at centre, smiling and turned toward an older person in orange-saffron drapery on the right. Around them are men in white shirts and pink or orange shawls, one holding a small video camera overhead, and a woman in pink with a head covering at the back. A thatched canopy is above. a person is a visible candidate in orange turban and rudraksha mala, but appearance cues are not decisive, so the identity remains uncertain.2006-12-22A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi stands at the centre, wearing a saffron-orange shawl wrapped over his shoulders and a heavy gold bead necklace with a small gold ornament at the chest. Around him, men in white shirts and orange shawls, some wearing glasses and a rudraksha-style mala, crowd closely and smile. The central figure matches Swamiji (probable) by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and ornate gold necklace, and is shown in person.2008-08-02