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December 08 20112011-12-08Outdoors at a temple courtyard, a long-haired figure in orange robes with a gold-edged dhoti bends forward and rests a hand on a dark stone pillar or altar block. Gold bangles and a rudraksha mala are visible. Beside them stands a man in orange with a mala, a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl, and men in white dhotis. A cameraman in white films the scene, and a pink temple gopuram and shrine walls rise behind. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), with long swept-back hair, orange robes, gold bangles and rudraksha mala, performing a respectful gesture at the stone.2011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08August 02 20082008-08-02A photograph of a temple courtyard with pink walls, a red-tiled roof and palm trees. In the centre, a person with long dark hair in an orange saffron garment bends forward at a stone stand, pressing their face and hands against the stone and lowering their head toward a carved stone figure at its base. To the left, a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with an orange cloth stands beside a man with a shaved head in a white dhoti, and an older man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at the edge. A cameraman in white with a video camera on his shoulder films nearby. Bamboo scaffolding and a metal drum stand in the background, and several white-clad people walk across the stone paving.2011-09-09A photograph at a stone temple precinct where a woman in orange sari with gold necklace and armlet bends low, pressing her forehead to a carved granite block. Beside her a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands with palms joined in namaskar, and a man in orange holds a silver tray with a small vessel. Behind them a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts and orange-clad devotees stand against a weathered stone wall with scaffolding and a tiled roof at right.2012-08-17August 02 20082008-08-02Night-time temple ritual under a thatched bamboo canopy. A figure in orange saffron robes and a long orange-yellow beaded mala bends forward with hands together over a grey stone structure wrapped in white and pink flower garlands. Nearby, a man in orange dhoti and shawl stands barefoot beside a mat with brass vessels, a conch shell, a lamp and plates of offerings on a white cloth. Behind them, seated devotees in white and orange sit in rows, and a cameraman in an orange shawl films the scene.2008-08-02Night photograph inside a temple courtyard lit with strings of lamps along the roofline. In the foreground a figure in an orange-saffron robe with long dark hair bows forward, pressing the forehead and hand against a carved stone pedestal or altar edge. To the left, two young men in white dhotis and shirts wear orange shawls, one with a rudraksha-style mala, and an older man in a white shirt stands behind them. Stone pillars, a metal-clad column and carved stone architecture frame the scene, with a few onlookers in the background.2006-12-04December 29 20102010-12-29Photograph at night inside a temple courtyard lit with strings of coloured lights and a yellow illuminated arch. In the foreground a figure with long dark dreadlocked hair, wearing a rust-red wrap and a white flower garland, bows forward with hands joined and forehead pressed to a dark grey stone platform, possibly a shrine or yagna base with glowing embers at its base. Behind him a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands among onlookers; a man in white dhoti holds a camera, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands at right. Several people in green shirts and white clothes watch from the crowd, and a stone pillar with carved figures stands at left.2017-02-06January 17 20082008-01-17