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May 31 2012

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A photograph inside an ornate Hindu temple with painted, colourful pillars and shrine niches glowing in warm light. A crowd walks through a dim corridor. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, with a red mark on his forehead, smiles while walking. A bald man in orange stands to his left. Several people are visible, and the scene is candid and busy. The central figure's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a person, but the identification is uncertain.2012-05-31A photograph inside a temple corridor with ornately carved dark stone pillars and brightly painted colourful gopuram-style niches in red, green and yellow. A central man wears a saffron-orange dhoti-style robe, multiple rudraksha mala beads and a gold necklace, with a decorated headband, and smiles while walking through the crowd. Beside him stands another man in saffron robes with rudraksha beads. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a blue-banded cap are present, along with white-shirted devotees and onlookers crowding the passage.2012-05-31July 13 20092009-07-13May 31 20122012-05-31May 31 20122012-05-31 +1 copiesA dense crowd fills a colonnaded temple corridor with richly painted ceilings in pink, green and yellow circular motifs and carved stone pillars with lion brackets. A uniformed police officer stands among devotees near the centre. On the right, a bald man wears a white dhoti with bare upper body and a shaved-headed priest in orange clothing stands beside a young man in an orange shawl and gold necklace. Women in red and devotees in white shirts press around them. Behind the crowd, a carved stone shrine doorway with a hanging bell is visible. Many people are visible, with more partially hidden at the edges.2012-05-07February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesA photograph inside a richly carved temple corridor with green-painted pillars, rearing lion-like sculptures and a painted ceiling. A procession moves through the centre: a figure in saffron-orange robes wearing a long orange and gold beaded garland and a forehead tilak, walking hand in hand with another saffron-robed sannyasi. Behind them are bare-chested men in orange cloth and white-clad devotees, one holding a tray. On the left, a uniformed police officer in khaki cap walks among white-robed priests with white forehead markings. A woman in a red and pink sari stands among the crowd, and many people in white dhotis and shirts fill the frame, with a golden deity visible in the background. a person is the centre figure, shown by long swept-back hair, a crown-like headdress, saffron robes and a long gold beaded garland; the procession is led by him among attendants.2012-06-05A photograph inside a temple hall with black stone pillars and painted ceiling. At the centre, a deity murti is dressed in a garland of white, yellow and red flowers and stands under a colourful embroidered canopy with red, green and yellow floral and figure motifs. A crowd of devotees presses forward toward the murti; several men in white dhotis and shirts and a bare-chested man in front are visible, along with a person in pink holding up a phone to take a picture. Oil lamps glow near the shrine entrance. The scene suggests a temple procession or darshan, with the murti carried or displayed under the canopy.2012-04-05Photo inside a temple shrine with dark stone pillars and a wooden ceiling. A man with a white tilak on his forehead, dressed in a maroon-brown dhoti-style garment, presses his palms together in namaskar while wearing a white flower garland. Behind him, devotees and men in white and orange garments wear marigold and gold-coloured garlands. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at right. In the foreground are several black stone shivalinga with red, white, pink and green cloth wrapped around them.2017-02-06A large crowd walks through a temple hall lined with black pillars painted with bright multicolour floral bands and hanging red, green and orange tassels. In the foreground a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap with a blue band stands at left. A figure with long swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange sari-style wrap, a heavy gold necklace and gold bangles, hands folded in front. Beside them a bald man in an orange robe wears a gold-and-rudraksha style necklace. A man in a red-checked shirt films with a handheld video camera at right. Devotees in white and mixed clothing press behind, and a decorated deity or shrine canopy is visible in the distance.2012-04-05May 31 20122012-05-31