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July 29 2011

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A photograph of a path through green forest on a hillside, with stone-paved steps. At the centre a long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with a gold-edged hem, wearing a dark wooden rudraksha mala and a red bindi, walks smiling along the path. Beside and behind them, devotees in orange and saffron shawls and white dhotis and kurtas, a woman in a yellow sari, another in teal, and a man in a white shirt follow. A monk in orange carries a small basket. A loudspeaker is visible among the trees.2008-08-03Outdoor procession photograph. In the foreground, a smiling man wears an orange saffron turban and orange robe with a red bindi on his forehead and long dark hair falling over his shoulder. He holds a tall gold ceremonial staff topped with an ornate golden bird-shaped finial. Behind him stand several onlookers, including a man in white with sunglasses and a bald man in a white shirt with a lanyard. White flags and a building with a red-and-white wall appear in the background under bright daylight. The appearance of the central figure with turban, saffron clothing, long hair and ceremonial staff is a person match, though identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2007-09-09A procession outdoors near a whitewashed wall with a notice board. A central man in orange robes, an orange turban and a red bindi stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling, wearing a long white and red flower garland and gold ornaments. Around him, several men in orange robes and gold chains walk closely; one on the left, with a full beard and gold-tipped staff, holds a tall golden staff topped with an ornament. A bearded man in glasses and a white shirt stands behind. In the foreground a man in orange with a gold chain walks past, and a shaven-headed young man in orange clothing with a white tilak looks forward. A woman in a white sari with a red bindi stands in the background.2008-07-17July 27 20082008-07-27July 10 20082008-07-10Outdoor procession under a purple canopy with red tassels on a wooden pole. A smiling man with long dark hair and an orange turban with a red tilak mark stands in the centre, wearing an orange shawl and a heavy gold bead necklace with a pendant. Behind him, a man in orange holds a rudraksha mala, and men in white kurtas carry poles and an orange-and-red decorative fan-shaped umbrella. A red and blue banner with white script and triangular flags of many colours hang above, with green trees behind.2005-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30A smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe stands at the centre of a procession, hands pressed together in namaste. He wears a white and red flower garland and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, orange and multicoloured tasselled parasols are raised, and a gold-painted pole stands at right. Men in orange and white clothes, one wearing a gold chain, surround him, and a smiling woman with a white and red forehead mark is at the right edge. The mood is festive and devotional.2008-07-17December 18 20092009-12-18July 29 20082008-07-29Outdoor photograph on a stone wall with green moss. A man in orange-trimmed white kurta with orange shawl and rudraksha mala stands at left, holding a small green object. Beside him, a figure in a tall orange turban, orange robes with yellow sash, rudraksha malas, ornate gold armband-style bracelets and a gold ornament at the turban holds a bead-like object and gestures toward him. Behind them, people in orange shawls and a woman with a red bindi and a woman with blonde hair in a red cap watch closely. a person: the turbaned figure wears orange ornate clothing, a turban and multiple rudraksha malas, but the appearance cues are not conclusive enough for certainty.2011-07-29