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July 23 20122012-07-23July 23 20122012-07-23February 08 20122012-02-08July 23 20122012-07-23July 23 20122012-07-23A procession walks through a temple corridor with ornate stone pillars and painted gopurams visible behind. In the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes wears a white jasmine garland and a gold pendant, smiling as he holds the hand of a bare-chested man in a white and green dhoti with a gold necklace. Behind them, a bald priest in orange clothing wears a rudraksha mala, and to the right a man in white kurta wears a long dark rudraksha mala. Another orange-robed attendant stands at the left edge, and a few onlookers and a uniformed officer appear in the background.2012-05-07Photograph of a procession inside a temple hall. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair, a white tripundra on the forehead, a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangles, wearing an orange-saffron shawl and orange dhoti, walks forward smiling. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron clothing. Around him, orange-robed sannyasis with white tripundra markings and rudraksha malas carry a silver kalasha with red flowers and a long white flower garland with red and yellow accents. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tall wooden staff on the left, and a man in white on the far right edge is partly visible. Several devotees stand behind in white and orange clothing.2011-12-11February 18 20112011-02-18June 06 20132013-06-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple or ashram ritual setting. A man with long dark swept-back hair, a yellow-orange tilak and a white dhoti or shawl is at the centre, wearing a thick garland of white jasmine and red-orange flowers with green leaves, and smiling as he looks down toward a vessel being held or poured by hands in the foreground. Beside him a man in an orange-saffron robe with rudraksha beads and a yellow-marked forehead holds his arm. Behind them, older men in white shirts and light tilaks watch. A bearded man in the lower left wears a rudraksha mala and is partly out of focus. The a person cue here is the long swept-back hair, central placement and white ritual garment with garland, so the central figure is a candidate with uncertain appearance.2012-07-23A crowd outdoors before a stone temple gateway with carved pillars. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a white-and-red forehead mark stands with hands clasped, wearing an orange robe with a yellow border and a garland of white flowers and green leaves, with a gold bead necklace. Flanking him are shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes with heavy gold bead necklaces and pendants, one with a white-and-yellow sash, another in white with a yellow border. Behind them devotees and onlookers fill the frame, with a man in a striped shirt at the right edge.2010-12-29A procession in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, shows a long-haired man in the centre wearing saffron-orange clothing, a dense multi-strand necklace of gold beads and rudraksha, and a white and blue flower garland, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. Two green plastic birds are clipped to his garland. Around him, men in saffron wraps with gold necklaces and white dhoti-clad devotees walk along a paved path, with a hillside and orange containers behind. The central figure has distinctive long hair, ornate gold-and-rudraksha adornment and saffron clothing, matching the swamiji cues. Several people are visible, a few partly cropped at the edges.2012-07-03