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A photograph of a temple entrance crowded with people. In the centre, a bearded, smiling man in a red shawl and a large pink-and-red floral garland is being guided through the doorway, holding a small pink object. Beside him, a bald, saffron-robed man wearing a rudraksha-style necklace and a garland of white jasmine and red flowers, with a shaved head and a tilak, is also smiling. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a man in a yellow shirt flank them, with devotees and a video camera on the right. The stone walls and metal railings suggest a temple setting.

A crowd moves through a temple doorway with metal barricades on the right. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in orange robes wears a gold headband, a white and red-flowered garland, and a red tilak with white ash markings; he is smiling. Beside him, a younger man in orange robes wears a flower garland and a gold headband. On the left, a bearded man with long hair wears a red shawl and a red flower garland, holding a pink flower and a folded paper. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand among the crowd, and a raised hand holding a phone camera appears at the right edge.

A crowd moves out of a stone temple entrance with a blue-painted cornice and carved stone pillars. In the centre, a bearded man in a red robe and a red shawl holds a pink cloth or flowers, with a garland at his neck. Behind him, a figure in an orange-saffron garment with a white headband walks beside a man in white. On the left, a uniformed guard in a light-blue shirt with epaulettes stands near a rope railing, and a man in a cream shirt is in the foreground. Metal barricades and wooden poles frame the path. The sequence shows people walking through a temple precinct.

Evening photograph inside a temple corridor with dark stone pillars and a gated walkway. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe and a long garland of white flowers, with a white tilak on the forehead and a rudraksha-style mala, stands with hands together, flanked by men in white dhotis and shirts and a lamp-holding attendant. Two uniformed police officers in khaki stand nearby, and a raised platform with a white-draped figure is behind the crowd. a person is the central figure in orange robes and garland, shown with a crowd-control escort during the temple visit.

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May 24 2012

A crowded outdoor temple courtyard with a silver dome-shaped structure and stone pillars behind. Four saffron-clad men in the centre stand close together: the one at centre-left has a shaved head, white-and-red tilak, a bead mala and a gold pendant, and is garlanded with white and red flowers; the centre-right man has long dark hair with a flower band, a white necklace and an orange robe, and is garlanded; the man at right has a grey beard, a red-and-saffron robe and a pink-and-white garland, holding a green-and-red object. Uniformed police in khaki stand at the edges, and devotees in white and bare-chested men fill the background. A video camera is visible at lower right. No clear identification of any individual is made.

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Photograph of a procession inside a temple hall with a colourful painted ceiling. Several robed sadhus walk together; the foreground pair wear orange-saffron garments, one with a white-painted forehead and a white-and-red flower garland, another with a rudraksha mala and a white garland. A bearded man in a red robe and pink-and-white garlands holds a folded cloth and walks at the right. A man in a dark shirt films with a phone. Uniformed police in khaki stand nearby, and onlookers in white dhotis and shirts crowd the background.

May 24 2012

A photo at a temple-like doorway decorated with red and orange marigold garlands and yellow flower strings. A man in orange robes with a fresh green garland around his neck stands in the doorway smiling and gesturing with one hand. Beside him, an older man in orange with a rudraksha-style necklace and an orange shawl stands at the threshold. In front, several men in white shirts and white dhotis face the doorway, one holding a small glass. On the right, a shaved-headed man in orange with a gold-beaded necklace looks down. On the left, a cameraman in a red shirt films with a professional video camera on a stand. Several other people are partially visible, roughly six to twenty in total.

May 24 2012