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September 18 20152015-09-18 +1 copiesA dense crowd fills a temple interior with dark stone walls. Several shaved-headed men in rust-red and saffron-orange robes, some with rudraksha malas, press forward among devotees in white and dark clothing, many with raised arms. A bald man at lower right wears a heavy gold bead necklace over an orange shawl and gold-rimmed glasses. Red and orange flags and a framed religious picture hang on the wall at upper right. The mood is energetic and packed.2015-09-18Inside a temple doorway with dark stone walls and colourful painted columns, two men in saffron-orange and rust-brown dhoti-and-shawl garments stand garlanded with white flower and red rose garlands. The man at centre-left raises both arms high, palms open, and wears a rudraksha mala and gold necklace with a head band. Beside him a smiling man in a red-brown garment and gold necklace holds his hands in namaste near the chest. Bare-chested men in white dhotis stand around them, one with a rudraksha mala, and a bald man in orange stands behind. A dark statue-like form is partly visible at lower left.2012-05-16A crowd of devotees with palms pressed together and arms raised fills a stone temple hall with carved pillars and hanging green-and-orange festoons. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red tilak on his forehead and a gold-beaded necklace wears a deep orange silk garment and presses his palms in namaskar, smiling. Two men beside him in orange robes with gold beaded necklaces and orange dhotis also stand with hands folded. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis and a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala stand with palms joined or arms raised. Appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing, shown with devotees in a temple gathering.2012-04-05February 12 20132013-02-12May 07 20122012-05-07June 05 20122012-06-05A crowded indoor scene where a central figure in saffron-orange cloth with heavy gold necklaces, a red-and-gold headband and a red bindi on the forehead smiles while reaching out to devotees. Several people press close around him, including a bald man in orange robes with gold chains on the right and a man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala on the far right. A man in a red polo shirt raises his arm in the background, and a man in a blue checked shirt stands in the foreground with his hands near the figure. Behind them are wooden trays and temple hangings.2012-05-11Inside a temple hall with stone pillars, a man in a long-sleeved rust-orange garment with a pink and green flower garland and a headband stands with palms pressed together and a smile. Beside him, a bare-chested elderly priest in orange cloth with a crown-like headband and rudraksha mala raises his hands to his head in salutation. Around them, men in saffron robes, white dhotis and devotees crowd the space, and a photographer is visible at right. Gold-coloured ornaments and a golden doorway frame the scene.2012-05-16A large crowd of devotees dances energetically in a hall, many shirtless and wearing rudraksha malas, saffron cloth and white dhotis. A young man in the foreground wears an orange shawl and a gold-bordered cloth, arms raised. Men in the middle wear orange and white garments, some with forehead tilak marks. Several people in the background wear white and saffron.2016-11-11April 05 20122012-04-05September 12 20122012-09-12