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May 01 20152015-05-01A photo of an indoor temple doorway with dark polished walls and gold-trimmed cornices. A woman in an orange saffron sari-style garment and head wrap stands in the centre wearing a multicolour flower garland and red kumkum on her forehead. To her left a bare-chested young man in a white dhoti with a green border watches. On the right an older man in a blue shawl with yellow border and red forehead marks reaches toward her, holding a mobile phone. Other men in saffron and yellow cloth stand at the edges.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01A photograph of a temple doorway with a white carved arch at left and a dark wooden frame. A figure in a saffron-orange turban and saffron robe, wearing a thick garland of red and yellow flowers over rudraksha beads, stands at centre with head bowed. Devotees press close around him with palms joined, one man in a yellow dhoti at right, and a shaved-headed man in a saffron cloth with white tilak and earrings bends forward holding a rudraksha mala. A garlanded deity murti is visible in the dim background. Several people's heads and hands crowd the foreground.2015-05-01A figure in an orange-saffron turban and saffron robe stands in a doorway of a white and stone-trimmed temple entrance, wearing a long multi-coloured flower garland with yellow and red blossoms and a wide ornate gold-tone necklace, with a rudraksha mala visible at the chest. Around him, several devotees and attendants in white and yellow dhotis crowd closely, one man in a yellow shirt standing at the right edge. A white carved ornament stands on the left against a dark interior doorway.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01Photograph taken at night in a temple entrance beside a tall metal-sheathed door. A central figure in an orange turban and orange-saffron robes with gold border stands with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a long yellow and red marigold garland and a gold pendant. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts, some with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, raise hands in greeting or prayer. A bearded man in orange shawl presses palms together at left. A man in a checked shirt stands behind. Dark stone floor with scattered petals at the threshold.2006-09-24May 07 20122012-05-07June 24 20142014-06-24A photograph of a dim, narrow temple passage with old weathered walls and a metal grille gate. A man with curly dark hair, orange tilak on the forehead, a rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial pendant with flower garland, dressed in a maroon-brown wrap, stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Around him, devotees in white and orange clothes, some with white shawls and orange tilak, bow or stand close. A man in a white kurta in the left foreground bows his head, and a bald priest in orange-brown robes bends forward in the lower right.2016-06-03A procession of saffron-robed sannyasis walks along a road lined with onlookers and palm trees. The central man wears an orange turban, a rudraksha mala and two long garlands of white and yellow flowers with red blooms, and he smiles while raising a hand. Around him, men in orange and maroon robes wear rudraksha malas and white-and-ochre forehead markings, while a bald man on the left wears a maroon robe with a white forehead stripe. Spectators in white shirts stand behind and to the side, and a tree and a white building with a colourful cloth canopy appear in the background.2015-05-01A photograph of a carved wooden temple door with brass studs being opened at an entrance. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron dhoti and orange turban, with a white and orange floral garland and a rudraksha mala, walks through the doorway. Beside him, a man in an orange robe wears a gold-toned pendant necklace. To the right, a man in orange robes gestures toward a person holding a phone or camera. On the left, a man in a white shirt and white trousers and a man in a checked shirt stand near a raised hand holding a camera. White columns and arched windows frame the building interior.2011-05-24