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Five people walk barefoot across a paved courtyard beside a pink-washed building with a teal-framed doorway and a stone wall on the left. Four wear saffron-orange robes: the figure on the far left has long hair and orange cloth, the woman third from the right wears an orange robe with a beaded necklace, and the figure on the far right wears an orange shawl and holds a small object. The elderly bearded man in the centre wears a rust-brown wrap with a bun on his head. Beside them a man in a white kurta and white dhoti wears a blue lanyard and holds his hands together. Faint painted script is visible on the pink wall.

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January 18 20102010-01-18A photograph of a group walking barefoot along a paved courtyard path between a stone wall on the left and a pink temple building with a teal door and barred windows. Several men wear saffron and orange robes: a young man on the far left in orange, a bearded elderly sadhu in rust-red robes with a topknot, a long-haired man in orange with a beaded necklace, and a man on the far right in orange holding a small object. A man in a white kurta with a blue-and-white beaded necklace walks second from left, and a younger person in white stands further back. Tamil script is painted on the pink wall behind them.2010-01-18 +1 copiesA narrow paved courtyard lane between a tall pale stone wall on the left and an orange-and-cream wall on the right, with ornamental finials along the coping. Five people walk away from the camera toward a pink building with a teal door. Two figures in white walk at the front and left: one in white shirt and trousers with a cord, and one in a long white garment. Behind them, three people wear orange-saffron robes: one in a dark red-orange wrap, one in orange with an orange-bead necklace, and one in bright orange with a shawl. Palm trees and foliage stand beyond the walls under a pale sky.2010-01-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a group walking outdoors past a pink-washed wall and a teal-framed window. At centre, a young man with long dark hair and a white forehead mark wears a saffron-orange robe, a multi-strand gold-bead necklace, and a large pink flower garland draped over his shoulders, with a white cloth over one arm. Around him, saffron-robed men with shaved heads and gold-bead necklaces walk alongside; one at left has long curly hair, a rudraksha mala, and a bare chest with white body markings, wearing a patterned lungi. A man at far left wears a grey beard and a saffron shawl. Several figures carry mobile phones.2012-02-08A group of men walks barefoot along a dirt lane beside an old stone temple wall in a South Indian village. In the centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and walks ahead of the others. Several men flank him in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, rudraksha malas and shaved or white-marked foreheads. A tiled-roof house and a green-painted fence stand in the background.2006-09-18July 29 20082008-07-29December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A photograph of a temple procession walking along a stone pathway beside a pink-washed temple wall with a decorated gopuram-style roofline. In the foreground an older bare-chested man with a grey beard and white vibhuti lines wears a rudraksha mala and a striped dhoti, walking with his hands together. Behind him a group of sadhus and priests in orange, saffron and maroon robes, some with bare chests, rudraksha malas and white tripundra markings, walk in procession. A man in a checked blue shirt stands at the left with palms joined in greeting beside a red railing, and a younger man in white dhoti and shawl walks at the right. Yellow flower petals lie scattered on the ground.2018-01-16January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07November 24 20062006-11-24Outdoor photograph of a procession on a paved path beside a grey concrete block wall, with a white kolam floor design at lower left. At the centre, a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange cloth wrap and a white shawl, walks barefoot and receives a long garland of pink and white flowers draped over his shoulders. The surrounding men wear orange robes with rudraksha or gold bead necklaces, several are bare-headed or shaved-headed, and one bare-chested man at left wears a patterned white wrap. Behind them, a man in white shirt and dhoti walks among the group and a few onlookers stand near a pink-washed building. Five-plus physical people are visible, with several more partly seen at the back.2012-02-08