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A dimly lit stone temple interior with carved pillars and an ornate doorway strung with a line of electric lights. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with yellow-bordered cloths, stand close together in the foreground, a few with rudraksha-style neck cords. Behind them a woman in a teal and green sari and other people in white shirts gather near a garlanded pillar. Hanging flower garlands and a bright overhead bulb light the scene. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

April 05 2012

A dim, pillared temple corridor with a painted, colourful ceiling during a procession. Several men in saffron-orange robes and white dhotis walk with garlands of white flowers; one central figure in orange holds a raised object near his face. On the left, a man in white dhoti and shawl carries a brass kalasha-like vessel. Behind them, a palanquin or silver-covered structure is carried through the crowd, with devotees in white and orange around it. Some people are bare-chested with sacred threads. The scene looks like a ritual temple procession.

April 05 2012

April 29 2018

A crowded stone temple corridor with carved granite pillars and a flat ceiling lit by fluorescent tube lights. Many men in white shirts and dhotis press together, several raising video cameras and a still camera toward the centre. In the right foreground a bald, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti wears a long garland of beads and gold-coloured ornaments and carries a metal tray with flowers and offerings. Behind him a man in white holds a folded cloth. The scene suggests a temple visit with media recording, though no clear a person candidate is distinctly identifiable by appearance.

2012-05-18 +1 copies

February 08 2012

A photograph of a crowded temple procession inside a dimly lit temple corridor with stone pillars and iron railings. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red-orange dhoti and a red-orange shawl, wearing a large gold necklace with a pendant, a rudraksha-style mala and gold armbands, walks with his hands folded in front of him. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and orange clothing, with a devotee role. Around him, shaved-headed men in white dhotis with gold borders and orange shawls walk alongside, one holding a striped cloth, while many devotees in white and orange clothes press forward, some with palms joined. A decorated shrine with garlands, banana plants and orange and yellow hangings stands in the background.

Crowded interior of a dimly lit South Indian temple during a visit. Several devotees in saffron and orange robes stand along a metal barrier, one holding a folded white cloth. In the centre, a man with a pink garland and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, a headband with beads and a vibhuti-marked forehead, presses his palms together in anjali. Nearby, a bare-chested man with a grey-streaked topknot bows toward a shrine grille; a shirtless man in the foreground touches his forehead with his hand. Lit oil lamps glow behind the golden-framed doorway, and other people raise phones to photograph the scene. Golden panels and a dark stone pillar frame the shrine area.

2012-05-16 +1 copies

April 28 2018

Photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and a painted ceiling, crowded with devotees. At centre, a man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with a gold-flower garland on his head and gold chains and rudraksha beads around his neck, stands with palms joined in añjali, gazing upward. Beside him, a bald man wears an orange shawl and a long pale bead necklace with a gold pendant. On the right, a young man in an orange robe wears a gold-bead garland. A bare-chested man at left holds a plate with offerings. Several white-clad men and women stand around them. Appearance-based a person is the central figure with the flower garland and rudraksha cues, shown in person amid devotees.

Photograph inside a dim stone temple corridor with carved pillars and a narrow doorway lit from the right. Several saffron-clad men with shaved heads and white tilak marks stand in a group, many wearing gold-coloured beaded necklaces and rudraksha malas. A man in the centre-right wears saffron robes with an orange shawl and holds his hands in namaste. Another man in a white dhoti with a saffron border stands near the doorway. A white-shirted man stands at the left edge, and a bare-chested man with a red-marked forehead stands at the far right. The figures appear to be devotees or sannyasis moving through a temple passage.