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February 07 20172017-02-07Night-time photo of a crowd on a street beside a dark vehicle. At centre, a bearded man with long dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead wears a pink and white flower garland over a maroon-brown robe and a rudraksha mala, and gestures with his hands toward a group. Around him, several young men and women in saffron-orange robes stand with rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, some with white tilak marks. Older devotees in light shirts and a woman in teal sari face them from the foreground, with heads and backs partly visible. Probable Swamiji (probable) is the bearded centre figure, identified by his long hair, maroon robe, rudraksha mala and garland cues. The page describes a Panchamurti procession in Tiruvannamalai, but no procession, deity or temple is visible in the frame.2017-02-07Night photograph of a religious procession near a silver car. A bare-chested figure with long dark hair, a red tilak and a white bandage-like cloth on the forehead stands with both hands raised to the head, wearing an orange-gold cloth and a gold bead necklace. Beside them a man in saffron robes with a shaved head, a red tilak and a dense rudraksha mala with a gold pendant holds his hands together. Another saffron-robed devotee stands behind with hands at the face, and a man at the right edge holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame. Other saffron-clad devotees stand in the background.2013-04-23 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07Night photograph outside a temple at a roadside courtyard. He is surrounded by devotees in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas, and a woman in a rust sari offers him a small bunch of yellow fruit from an orange bag. A black SUV stands at left and a videographer with a camera films the scene at right, with a bald cameraman in the foreground.2017-02-07 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a gathering on a roadside. At the centre, a bearded man with long dark hair and a white forehead mark wears a rust-brown robe and a pink flower garland, hands pressed together in greeting and smiling. Around him, saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees stand and sit, including a shaved-headed figure in orange seen from behind, a man in a white shirt, and women in orange and teal saris wearing rudraksha beads and gold necklaces. A black vehicle is parked at left. The crowd is closely gathered in front of the figure, with the back of a grey-haired man in a yellow checked shirt in the foreground.2017-02-07Night photograph of a procession at a temple-like setting lit with warm lights; a tall illuminated tower and golden deity figures stand behind. In the centre, a bearded man in a maroon-brown robe wears a long pink-and-white flower garland, a gold pendant, a rudraksha-style mala and carries a silver staff; he is shown in a light, slightly obscured frame and may be a person, a central ceremonial figure, though this is uncertain. Around him, men and youths in saffron/orange dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested with white forehead markings and beaded malas, hold silver staffs and a wooden staff. On the right, women in grey saris and younger girls in orange robes stand, some raising arms.2017-02-09April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07A group walks through a stone temple corridor with dark pillars and carved walls. In the centre, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a white forehead band and layered gold necklaces places his hands together at his chest; a second, shaved-headed man in front, bare-chested with a saffron cloth and rudraksha and coral malas, looks down. Several other men in orange dhotis with gold chains walk behind, and women in blue and green saris stand at the edge. A tiled ceiling and lamps line the passage. a person appears as the centre figure, identified by long swept hair, ornate gold chains and saffron robes; the caption places the event at Arunachaleswarar Temple.2011-12-20November 17 20132013-11-17March 10 20132013-03-10