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July 13 20092009-07-13Photograph inside a temple hall crowded with devotees in saffron and orange robes. In the foreground, a man at left wears an orange shawl, a gold necklace, and a vermilion forehead mark, gesturing with folded hands and holding a ritual staff. Several young men with curly hair stand with bare backs in orange cloth, one with a rudraksha mala. Behind a yellow metal grille, a large deity murti with ornate red and gold decoration is visible. Women in saris and older devotees stand nearby, some with hands joined in prayer.2009-07-13A dense crowd of devotees fills a temple corridor behind iron grilles and teal-painted pillars. At centre, a woman with long dark hair wears a white garment and a fresh garland of red and white flowers, walking beside a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha beads. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti stands at right, and many men wear white shirts and dhotis, some with yellow shawls. Several people wear orange-saffron shawls.2012-07-23December 02 20092009-12-02April 05 20122012-04-05A dense crowd fills a covered temple hall with green-painted pillars and iron grilles. At centre, a man with long dark hair, a sandalwood forehead mark and a white shawl over a garland of white and red flowers stands beside a shaved-headed monk in saffron robes wearing a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in saffron and white dhotis and scarves surround them, and a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti carries a metal pot near the centre. Most people are in white shirts and dhotis, and a few foreign visitors appear among the crowd. Visible posters and signs hang on the grilles behind.2012-07-23A dense crowd fills a dim temple interior with bright light glowing from an opening at left. Many people press together, most in white shirts and dhotis or saris, with a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap near the centre. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari and a man in a light shirt stand at the edge of a yellow-topped counter. At right, a bare-chested sadhu with long matted hair, ash-smeared body and rudraksha malas stands beside a yellow stone table, and another man in an orange cloth with a rudraksha mala stands nearby. Metal grille gates, garlands and a yellow flower garland hang along the right side.2012-01-07A photograph inside a covered temple shrine with a corrugated roof and orange drapes. A deity murti stands in a gold-framed niche, decorated with garlands, flanked by red-and-white columns. A figure in long saffron/orange robes with long hair walks toward the shrine, holding a wooden tray, while another person in orange stands beside a small table. Devotees in white and blue shirts, a checked shirt and saris with folded hands stand at a metal railing watching the ritual. Ornate lamps and brass stands sit before the shrine.2009-12-18Interior of a stone temple corridor with carved pillars and painted colonnades. A figure in a long-haired orange-red robe with a gold-beaded necklace stands at center with palms pressed together in greeting, facing a group of devotees and a uniformed officer. Behind them, several people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis cluster near a carved stone elephant-headed deity sculpture at right. A bare-backed priest in a white cloth stands in the foreground near the sculpture and a metal railing. Swamiji (probable): the central figure in red-orange with long swept-back hair, a gold-beaded necklace and folded hands matches the page's Swamiji claim on cues of long hair, orange clothing and ceremonial gold beads, so this is an in_person candidate.2009-07-13December 21 20092009-12-21October 12 20122012-10-12August 09 20072007-08-09