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Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple courtyard with tall gopuram towers behind and a stone pavilion with pillars on the left. A procession walks barefoot across the pavement. In front, a long-haired figure in saffron-orange robes with a large gold-and-orange floral garland and a white tilak on the forehead walks with arms slightly out. Behind, men in orange and white robes, some with yellow shawls, and a woman in a white sari with a green border and a bag walk in step. A uniformed police officer is at the right edge, and a child in yellow is held on the right. Several other devotees in white dhotis and kurtas follow.

Outdoor procession on a stone-paved temple courtyard in front of a tall, white, sculpted gopuram tower with a golden flagstaff nearby. A man in the centre wears an orange-saffron robe, a long garland of yellow and orange marigolds, a red-and-white tilak on his forehead, and long hair, and walks smiling with his hands at his sides. Around him, men in orange robes wear beaded garlands, one holds a bundle of flower garlands, and others in white kurtas with yellow shawls walk alongside. A uniformed police officer stands near the front, and a pillared temple hall and palm trees appear in the background.

Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple complex with a tall white gopuram tower in the background and ornately carved stone shrine structures at left. A procession walks along a paved path. In the centre a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and a multi-strand orange-and-white garland, and his bare feet are visible. Beside him a bald man in an orange robe holds a long garland of yellow and white flowers. Around them men in white dhotis and shirts wear yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, and a man at right has a shaved head and a white-and-red tilak. A few people in orange robes are also in the group, and onlookers stand behind.

A procession walks barefoot across a stone-paved temple courtyard toward a tall, white, carved gopuram tower. At centre, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe, rudraksha-style beaded garland and gold-toned neck ornament raises his right hand in blessing, with a red-and-white turban on a companion beside him. Two men in orange robes walk alongside, one bare-chested in a white dhoti with green border and a garland, and a uniformed police officer in khaki follows. Behind them, a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts carry umbrellas and a tall pole, and a cameraman films at right. a person appears in the centre, identified by the long hair, saffron robe and beaded adornments, in a temple procession.

A procession crosses a paved temple courtyard toward two tall gopurams, the white-plastered towers of a South Indian temple. In the centre, a man with a swept-back dark hairstyle wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl and a long rudraksha-style garland with a gold-coloured pendant, walking barefoot. Around him, saffron-clad sannyasis and men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a group, some carrying bags and cloth satchels, and one holds a small bundle. Pillared stone mandapas and a lamp post frame the scene under an overcast sky.

Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple complex with a tall white gopuram tower in the background and a carved stone colonnade on the left. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange-red robe, a rudraksha-style mala and a gold necklace, walks barefoot and smiles while holding a bunch of white and yellow flowers strung as a garland. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis walk with a shaved-headed man holding a floral garland. Men in white dhotis and kurtas with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas follow, along with a woman in an orange shawl and a uniformed police officer. Devotees fill the courtyard.

Outdoor photograph of a procession walking across a stone-paved courtyard in front of a large Dravidian temple gopuram with white tiers and a golden flagstaff. A central barefoot man wears saffron-orange robes, a rudraksha-style garland of yellow and orange flowers, and a vertical white-and-red tilak; he is smiling and gesturing with his hands. Beside him, a shaved-headed priest in saffron robes carries a large floral garland of purple, yellow and white flowers. Around them, devotees in saffron and orange robes and men in white dhotis with yellow shoulder cloths walk alongside, and a uniformed police officer stands nearby. Stone pillared pavilions and palm trees frame the scene.

A procession walks through a temple complex with tall gopurams rising behind. At the front left, a man with long dark swept-back hair, an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold necklace with a pendant walks with his hand raised. Beside and behind him, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace carries a folded pink cloth. Several men in white kurtas wear yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, and forehead tilaks are visible. Older devotees and women in white and yellow stand in the background among stone pillars and temple structures.

A photograph of people walking along a paved road in front of a large white gopuram temple tower with carved figures, with a covered pillared colonnade on the right and palm trees behind. In the foreground at left, a man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back hair, a gold-bead necklace and white forehead markings holds his palms together in namaste while smiling upward. Beside him a man in orange robes and a gold necklace walks holding a pink cloth. At right, a man in white kurta and dhoti with a yellow shawl walks barefoot, and several other devotees in white and orange follow.

August 17 2012

Photo of a procession walking through a temple precinct beneath a tall white gopuram tower with carved tiers, with a colourful domed shrine and a lamp post in the background. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala, hands folded in front of him. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts with saffron shawls and white garlands walk in step; one at left carries a white and red flower garland, and an older bald man in white at front-centre holds a folded cloth.

August 17 2012