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A crowded nighttime temple-precinct photograph of a religious procession. In the centre, a bald elderly sannyasi with a white-painted forehead, wearing a red and white flower garland, a multi-strand rudraksha mala, a heavy gold necklace and a gold waistband, stands with hands folded. Beside him, a younger man with long dark hair and a full beard wears an orange-saffron shawl and a rudraksha mala with a red tilak. To the left, a young man with a white-painted forehead wears a brown robe, a garland and gold necklaces. Around them, many men and women in white and pastel shirts crowd forward, with ornate stone pillars and a metal grille behind.

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December 23 2009

A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, white forehead markings, a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, orange beaded necklaces and multiple gold-bead rudraksha-style malas, wearing an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders, extends his hand forward. a person is the central figure in this photograph. Beside him a man in glasses and a striped blue shirt looks on, and a man in white leans in with hands pressed together. Several more people stand behind in a crowd, and an ornate golden shrine arch and a hanging orange-and-white decorated banner appear in the background.

April 10 2013

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A crowd of men at night in a dim setting. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a white vertical tilak on his forehead wears an orange saffron garment and a necklace of large yellow-green beads, and gestures with his raised right hand. Around him, men wear white shirts and orange shawls, and one wears an orange-and-white garment with a visible lanyard. Several others stand close behind, some with white or orange clothing. The central man has distinctive long hair and saffron-coloured robes with a bead necklace, matching the Swamiji (probable) appearance cues.

Night photo of a dense crowd in a temple corridor with carved stone pillars and iron grille gates behind them. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, a beard and an orange saffron robe wears a rudraksha mala and a white garland of flowers. Two priests stand beside him: a man on the left in a brown-orange cloth with a heavy gold-and-bead necklace, marigold and red flower garland, and a bald elder on the right with white sacred ash on his forehead, a red flower garland, rudraksha beads and gold ornaments. Many onlookers in white and pastel clothing crowd behind.

April 10 2013

A crowded photograph inside a temple-like hall with a multicoloured cloth hanging at top left. In the centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair, a white tilak and a red bindi wears a gold ceremonial necklace over bare shoulders and gold bangles, leaning forward toward an older bald man in orange at right who wears glasses, a red mark on his forehead and gold bracelets. A bald man in an orange garment with a gold chain stands behind them, and other devotees press in, one wearing a white shirt at left and a woman with a red bindi in the background. A bronze vessel is raised at upper left.

December 29 2010

A photo inside a dim temple interior at night. At the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and white-and-red sacred markings on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, smiling. He wears an orange saffron garment, a long strand of yellow beaded malas and a large ornate gold pendant necklace. Around him, several men in orange and white robes, some with white forehead markings, stand close, one holding an orange cloth and others with hands folded. At lower right, the edge of a flower offering and a dark metal temple doorway are visible. The person in the centre is an appearance-based a person, identified by long hair, saffron robes, rudraksha-style beads and ceremonial gold necklace, shown in a devotional visit to a temple.