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August 09 20102010-08-09A photograph inside a dimly lit stone temple corridor with tall carved pillars. In the centre, a bare-chested, white-dhoti-clad elder with a white-streaked beard, glasses and a white tripundra stands beside a robed companion in orange. On the right, a younger man in a hooded orange robe with a red bindi and a gold-bead garland walks with hands joined in greeting. Several orange-robed attendants with garlands follow, and men in white shirts and white dhotis walk among them on the stone floor. Behind them, devotees and passersby fill the corridor.2009-01-14Photograph taken at night inside a temple corridor with stone pillars and fluorescent lights. A central figure in saffron-orange robes wears a long multicolour flower garland with yellow marigolds and a gold-chain necklace, with a white tilak on the forehead. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts and others in orange shawls and saffron robes walk closely together, with a crowd visible behind. One man in white shirt and dhoti on the left wears a badge and an orange shawl. Scattered devotees and staff fill the background.2008-08-02A barefoot procession moves through a dim temple corridor at night. A central man wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold trim, a long gold-beaded necklace, gold armbands, and a red tilak on his forehead; he appears to be the focus of the group. Around him, men in saffron robes wear rudraksha malas, and a man in a white kurta carries a tall ceremonial staff topped with an ornament. Others in white dhotis and light shirts walk alongside, some with rudraksha beads and tilak marks, while a man in a teal shirt with a mala follows at right. The stone floor and pillars suggest a temple interior.2012-04-11August 02 20082008-08-02A photograph inside a decorated hall with a low corrugated roof hung with green leaf garlands and a flower-decorated shrine ahead. In the centre, a man in an orange robe with a saffron head wrap and rudraksha mala walks barefoot over woven mats, flanked by saffron-robed sadhus wearing large gold-toned ceremonial necklaces. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk beside them and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers holds a small red item. Several people with folded hands stand at the left near wall cabinets. a person is the person in the orange robe with the saffron head wrap and rudraksha mala at the centre; the appearance cues are a saffron head covering, orange robe and rudraksha beads.2008-12-30April 15 20082008-04-15July 24 20122012-07-24Inside a stone temple corridor with worn grey pillars and a patterned white tiled floor, two saffron-robed sannyasis walk forward. The left one wears an orange and yellow wrap, a red-and-white forehead band, a rudraksha mala and a gold-toned neck chain. The right one, shaved-headed, wears a saffron wrap with a maroon border and a long rudraksha mala. Behind them a third orange-clad figure follows, and several men in white dhotis and a checked shirt stand at the sides, some with hands folded. A dim shrine with a deity murti is visible in the background. Whether the left figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance.2012-05-21May 07 20122012-05-07April 11 20122012-04-11Photograph inside a dim temple corridor with dark stone pillars and painted panels of deities on the wall at right. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a bare upper body and a broad smile stands with palms pressed together in greeting, centre frame. Beside him a bespectacled man in orange robes folds his hands, and another orange-clad man holds a small folded paper or offering packet. Men in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing necklaces, and a woman in a white sari with a maroon border stand around, with other devotees behind them.2008-07-29