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Photograph of a long-haired man in saffron-orange sannyasi robes and a heavy gold rudraksha-style bead necklace, with a white vertical tilak and red bindi on his forehead, walking beside another saffron-robed man with curly hair and a gold necklace. A woman in a yellow and cream sari stands behind them, with a timetable board of puja times on the left and a peacock sculpture on a temple wall at right. a person: the long swept-back hair, saffron robes and gold rudraksha necklace fit the cues on this page, but the identification rests on appearance alone.

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A photograph of a procession at a temple in Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, a man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless garment and a heavy gold bead necklace, climbs stone steps while looking upward; a white tilak marks his forehead. Behind him, a man in an orange robe with a shawl and a woman in an orange sari follow among devotees, one woman in white with a red bag. A white-clad figure is partly visible at the left edge. Above, a small shrine with deity figures and a peacock sculpture stands on the temple roof, with Tamil script on a board reading 'அருள்மிகு பிச்சை இளையபெருமாள்' (Arulmigu Pichai Ilaiyaperumal, Arulmigu Bichai Ilaiyaperumal temple). A corrugated canopy and a blue pillar frame the left side.2010-01-08A photograph inside a stone colonnade of a South Indian temple, with a gopuram visible at the far end. A man in a red-orange robe with long swept-back hair, a white forehead mark and a gold necklace of ornamental beads walks centre, smiling and gesturing with one hand. He is flanked by a bald priest on the left in saffron robes, holding a garland of yellow, red and white flowers, with red and white markings on his forehead. Two more saffron-robed men walk behind, one wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, and a man in white clothing with a yellow shawl stands at the right edge. A yellow Tamil-language shop sign hangs on the right. Five people are visible.2010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple courtyard with a tall white gopuram tower behind a pillared hall. A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak wears a sleeveless saffron-orange robe and a heavy gold bead necklace, walking barefoot with his hands raised in gesture. Robed orange-clad followers with white tilaks walk alongside him, and a man in a white kurta and dhoti with a yellow shawl walks in front on the right. Stone bull figures sit on the roof edge, and a police officer stands at the right. Swamiji (probable): the long swept-back hair, saffron robe and gold necklace match the page's Swamiji-present flag, though appearance is only a cue. About 10 people are visible.2010-01-08A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border, a multi-strand gold necklace of bead-like ornaments, and a vertical tilak on his forehead, smiles and raises a hand while walking past a yellow metal barrier at a stone temple entrance with carved granite pillars. Behind him stand a shaved-headed attendant in a white dhoti with gold border and a bearded man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, and a man in pink shirt and white dhoti is at right. A Tamil-script sign on the barrier reads a temple name. Signage and photo credit are visible at right.2011-09-09September 15 20112011-09-15December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20122012-09-24December 28 20082008-12-28Photo of a man standing barefoot on red-and-white striped steps before a white wall with a bamboo pole wrapped in yellow marigold garlands. He wears a saffron-red draped cloth over one shoulder, a long rudraksha mala and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace, with white ash marks on his forehead and arms and his hair swept back. Behind him stands a boy in a checked shirt and blue shorts, and at the right edge a man in orange robes holds a red cloth. The man in the centre shows the appearance-based cues of a saffron-clad sannyasi with rudraksha and gold, so he is labelled a person.2009-06-15December 20 20112011-12-20A photograph taken on a steep stone stairway with a metal railing, shot from a high angle. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange sannyasi robe and a heavy gold bead necklace descends or climbs the steps, one hand gripping the blue-grey railing. Around them a crowd of devotees and visitors crowds the narrow passage; a man in a white cap and white shirt with a red lanyard stands nearby, and a young woman with long dark hair looks on. A blue bag sits in the lower foreground beside a yellow object. Faded red shutters and peeling walls line the background.2006-01-05