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A photograph of a covered veranda at a village relief camp in Kuttiyankuppam. A man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits on the right, bare-chested and with a swept-back hair bun and orange shawl, smiling toward the camera; his cues resemble the a person description, though the face is not used for identification. Seated villagers in plastic chairs, mostly men in shirts and dhotis, watch him. A monk in orange stands at left with a rudraksha mala, a woman in orange stands by a doorway, and a man in white dhoti stands near a blue tarp. A decorated banner hangs at the right edge.

Indoor scene in a plain room with cream walls and a wooden door. On the left, a seated person with a braided headband and orange robe rests an arm on a knee, facing a group. A bald man in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands behind on the left. On the right, a bald man in an orange dhoti and shawl holds a gold ornate urn-shaped vessel and a small object, while a man in white shirt and dark trousers with a tilak mark studies the object in his hand. Several men in white shirts, one in a green lungi with a sacred thread, and a woman in a blue sari stand around. A medical-looking device with tubing sits on a table at right. A framed poster is on the wall behind.

October 15 2008

Indoor photo in a plain institutional hall with pale blue walls, a wall clock, ceiling beams and fluorescent lights. A man in a saffron-orange robe and matching orange turban stands on the left, gesturing as he speaks, with a long orange shawl draped over his shoulder. Around him a group listens: a bearded man in white with a dark cap, a man in white dhoti and shirt with glasses and a ring, an older man in white with a moustache, a man in a maroon checked shirt with glasses, and a woman in a salmon-pink patterned sari seen from behind. Men in white shirts stand at the edges of the frame.

December 13 2009

Several saffron-robed sadhus walk across a marble-floored hall in a temple or mutt interior, a white wall clock and barred windows behind them. On the far left, a bald man in orange robes holds a folded paper and gestures while speaking to a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a lanyard. At centre, a bearded sannyasi in orange robes and sandals walks beside another in orange. On the right, a woman in an orange sari and headwrap and an older bald man in orange with a rudraksha mala and lanyard walk together, and a turbaned bearded man in orange stands at the far right edge. A man in white dhoti stands at the left edge.

Indoor photo in a plain cream-walled room with a wooden door on the left and a small framed picture on the wall. Several men in white shirts and grey trousers stand in a loose group, one holding a small object. A bare-shouldered figure in orange-saffron dhoti with a beaded mala and a gold chain stands at left. A seated figure with shaved head, orange cloth and white beaded necklace sits in a cane chair at lower left. A person seen from behind, with an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a flower-decorated hairstyle, sits in the foreground. A woman in a yellow sari stands near the back. A television, table with orange cloth and bottles sit at right.

A procession moves through a whitewashed hall toward an open doorway framed by palm fronds. At the centre, a man in a plain orange sleeveless robe walks forward, one hand on a tall orange-wrapped metal urn decorated with strings of beads. Beside him, a man in an orange dhoti and shawl walks on the left. Behind them, people in white dhotis and orange or red shawls follow, a woman carries a brass plate with a green leafy offering, and an older man in white with a rudraksha mala and gold chain walks in front of a line of onlookers. A wall clock hangs above the doorway.

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Indoor photo in a plain room with blue-grey walls, a ceiling fan, a tube light and red floor tiles. A woman with long dark hair sits on a white plastic chair in an orange robe, facing a group of men standing around her. Several men wear white and cream dhotis with shirts in yellow, orange-checked and white; one wears a cream shirt with a brown towel over his shoulder. Framed pictures hang on the walls behind them, and a wooden stand stands at the right edge. The men appear to be listening to her attentively with hands folded or clasped.

A courtyard scene at a Dhyanapeetam-style hall, with a black wall plaque listing names beside a bell and a white wall with red stripes. Several men in saffron/orange robes stand in a line; one on the left presses palms together in greeting, another with palms joined faces the group, and a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands among them. A bald older man in orange robes at centre stands with hands folded, and a man with long dark hair and a beard, in orange, holds his hands together near the right. A bald elder in orange robes stands at far right with hands clasped. Potted plants and a small brass figurine stand on a side table at left.