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July 13 20092009-07-13A dense crowd of devotees fills a temple corridor behind iron grilles and teal-painted pillars. At centre, a woman with long dark hair wears a white garment and a fresh garland of red and white flowers, walking beside a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha beads. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti stands at right, and many men wear white shirts and dhotis, some with yellow shawls. Several people wear orange-saffron shawls.2012-07-23A crowded interior of a temple-like hall with a metal grille and lotus motif on the right. Several saffron-robed and bare-chested priests and sadhus stand in a group near a yellow-topped counter, one wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, another with long matted hair and a white beard wearing rudraksha beads. Uniformed police officers in khaki and olive uniforms stand among the crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, with devotees pressing forward on the left. The scene conveys a busy public gathering at a temple entrance.2012-01-07Photograph inside a temple hall crowded with devotees in saffron and orange robes. In the foreground, a man at left wears an orange shawl, a gold necklace, and a vermilion forehead mark, gesturing with folded hands and holding a ritual staff. Several young men with curly hair stand with bare backs in orange cloth, one with a rudraksha mala. Behind a yellow metal grille, a large deity murti with ornate red and gold decoration is visible. Women in saris and older devotees stand nearby, some with hands joined in prayer.2009-07-13January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07Interior of a stone temple corridor with carved pillars and painted colonnades. A figure in a long-haired orange-red robe with a gold-beaded necklace stands at center with palms pressed together in greeting, facing a group of devotees and a uniformed officer. Behind them, several people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis cluster near a carved stone elephant-headed deity sculpture at right. A bare-backed priest in a white cloth stands in the foreground near the sculpture and a metal railing. Swamiji (probable): the central figure in red-orange with long swept-back hair, a gold-beaded necklace and folded hands matches the page's Swamiji claim on cues of long hair, orange clothing and ceremonial gold beads, so this is an in_person candidate.2009-07-13October 12 20122012-10-12Photograph inside a open-sided shed with a corrugated roof and red steel beams. In the foreground, large golden metal statues and a chain on a frame fill the left and right edges. At the centre, a man with short dark hair wears a red-orange saffron robe, a long rudraksha mala and a red-orange armband, and is speaking while standing near the statue. Beside him a woman in an orange-red robe with a rudraksha mala and a vibhuti forehead mark stands among devotees. Around them a crowd in white and yellow clothes watches, including a small girl in orange and a boy in a yellow shirt. The man's identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2015-02-01A crowded temple interior with a dense throng of men and some women pressing toward a grilled gate on the right. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand among the crowd. At center, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron/orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and is surrounded by several shaven-headed priests in saffron and pink-red dhotis or wraps, some bare-chested with beaded malas. A man in a white shirt with a mala stands at left foreground. Stone pillars and a wrought-iron grille frame the scene, with a yellow-topped counter at right.2012-01-07Dim interior of a temple corridor with iron grilles and stone walls. A bare-chested priest with a white forehead band and red cloth on his shoulder stands at left holding a folded white cloth. A woman in a maroon and blue sari with gold bangles and a man in a white dhoti and shirt stand gesturing. At centre, a man in a red robe wears a white head band, a red-and-gold garland, and holds a silver-topped staff decorated with flowers; a man in a saffron robe with a crown-like headpiece stands beside him. Several men in saffron robes and white-clad devotees crowd the passage, and a person in a yellow garment stands at right.2009-07-13April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copies