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August 08 20092009-08-08A photograph of saffron-robed sannyasis walking through a stone-pillared temple corridor. In the foreground, a long-haired man in an orange cloth and layered beaded necklaces, with white sacred ash on his forehead, smiles toward the camera. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange holds a small orange cloth and wears a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant, with a white tilak. Behind them, other saffron-clad men with bare upper bodies walk past a uniformed police officer and men in white shirts. A blue sign on the right reads a Tamil-language donation notice with a 'Rs 20' amount and 'Abhishekam Darshan' lines. a person appears in the foreground group, identified by his long swept-back hair, orange cloth and layered rudraksha malas and ornate gold necklace. The image is a timestamped press or temple-visit photo.2012-07-24July 24 20122012-07-24A photograph inside a dimly lit temple corridor of a group of men walking together. In the centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange garment with gold border, a gold waist belt, rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold necklace. Beside him, a bald man in orange with a red headband and a gold-trimmed orange shawl carries a tray of flowers and offerings. Other men in orange robes with rudraksha malas, white and light checked shirts and white dhotis follow. Overhead lamps and a sign reading special darshan line the wall. The sign and central figure's cues suggest a person walking as a visiting sannyasi through the temple.2012-07-24August 08 20092009-08-08April 29 20122012-04-29 +2 copiesAugust 11 20092009-08-11May 10 20122012-05-10A photograph inside a dimly lit stone temple corridor with tall carved pillars. In the centre, a bare-chested, white-dhoti-clad elder with a white-streaked beard, glasses and a white tripundra stands beside a robed companion in orange. On the right, a younger man in a hooded orange robe with a red bindi and a gold-bead garland walks with hands joined in greeting. Several orange-robed attendants with garlands follow, and men in white shirts and white dhotis walk among them on the stone floor. Behind them, devotees and passersby fill the corridor.2009-01-14Night photograph in a temple corridor with grey stone pillars. A man in orange-red robes wears a thick rudraksha-style mala with gold ornaments and a white tripundra mark on his forehead; he walks smiling, with a white cloth on one wrist. Behind him follow a woman in a dark maroon sari with a flower in her hair, a bearded sadhu in orange robes, and another woman in an orange sari. A large orange cloth in the right foreground partly blurs a figure. A sign overhead reads Special Darshan Rs 50 and a framed portrait hangs on the wall. Several people are visible, the man in orange being the central figure of a procession toward the shrine.2009-07-13Several men walk through a stone temple corridor lit by warm lamps, with garlands and colourful striped pillars at the entrance. Two central figures wear saffron-orange robes with gold or beaded necklaces and tilaka marks on their foreheads; one carries a ceremonial gold vessel. Men in white dhotis and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala stand around them, while two women in blue and light-blue salwar kameez stand at left near a carved stone pillar. The floor bears colourful floral kolam designs. Appearance-based identity is uncertain, so the central figure is described by role only.2012-05-10April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copies