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July 29 2008

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A photograph of a temple corridor with granite pillars and a white wall with red and white striped border, with a colourful gopuram tower behind. Several men walk together across a stone-paved courtyard. In front, a man with long dark hair wears a flowing saffron-orange robe and walks barefoot; a bearded man on the left wears an orange wrap, and a man in the centre wears an orange robe. Behind them, men in white dhotis and a man in a light blue shirt walk along. At the far right, a bare-chested, bald man wears a yellow and orange dhoti with a purple sash and white sacred thread. The front figure's distinctive long, swept-back hair and saffron robe are notable, but identity is not established from appearance alone.2008-07-29A group of men walks across a stone-paved courtyard of a South Indian temple, passing a white and red-striped building and a colourful gopuram on the right. In the centre, a tall man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl and orange dhoti, walking ahead of a bearded man in orange robes. Several men in white shirts, pale shirts and dhotis walk alongside, and a bare-chested older man on the right wears a yellow dhoti with a purple cloth draped over his shoulder. Arches and pillars line the right side of the frame.2008-07-29July 29 20082008-07-29July 29 20082008-07-29A group of men walks barefoot across a stone courtyard in front of a temple gateway with red and white vertical striped walls and a blue painted panel bearing a white Vaishnava nama (urdhva pundra) with a chakra and conch motif. In the centre, a long-haired man in a flowing saffron-orange robe walks forward; a probable Swamiji candidate with long, swept-back hair and saffron clothing, shown in person. Beside him, a bearded man in saffron robes walks with a companion in saffron and a man in white shirt and dhoti. On the left, a bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and yellow-and-purple cloth stands with vertical tilak marks on his forehead. On the right, a man in saffron holds pink flowers, and another man in white shirt and glasses stands nearby.2008-07-29May 31 20122012-05-31A photograph of a temple corridor with red-and-white striped walls and blue-painted pillars, people walking toward an inner gate. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a green-and-gold border walks forward. Behind him a woman in an orange sari with a large gold and bead garland follows a bearded man in a red dhoti and bare chest. Another bearded man in orange robes and a white-clad man carrying a rolled orange cloth and a palm-leaf bundle walk nearby, with other devotees in white and orange in the background. A blue signboard is visible above the gate.2009-08-11August 08 20092009-08-08A photograph of a temple procession walking along a stone pathway beside a pink-washed temple wall with a decorated gopuram-style roofline. In the foreground an older bare-chested man with a grey beard and white vibhuti lines wears a rudraksha mala and a striped dhoti, walking with his hands together. Behind him a group of sadhus and priests in orange, saffron and maroon robes, some with bare chests, rudraksha malas and white tripundra markings, walk in procession. A man in a checked blue shirt stands at the left with palms joined in greeting beside a red railing, and a younger man in white dhoti and shawl walks at the right. Yellow flower petals lie scattered on the ground.2018-01-16May 31 20122012-05-31August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A procession walks across a stone-paved temple courtyard past carved granite pillars and a temple gopuram-style facade. A man in an orange saffron robe with a shaved head and tilak leads the group, while a man in a red and saffron shawl carries a ceremonial silver kalasha or pot, and a shirtless man in a white dhoti carries fruit and flower offerings. Around them, men in white shirts and white dhotis wear rudraksha malas and walk in a line; a man in a white shirt on the right has a tilak on his forehead. The scene reads as a temple visit in Tamil Nadu.2009-08-11