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February 08 2012

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A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border, a multi-strand gold necklace of bead-like ornaments, and a vertical tilak on his forehead, smiles and raises a hand while walking past a yellow metal barrier at a stone temple entrance with carved granite pillars. Behind him stand a shaved-headed attendant in a white dhoti with gold border and a bearded man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, and a man in pink shirt and white dhoti is at right. A Tamil-script sign on the barrier reads a temple name. Signage and photo credit are visible at right.2011-09-09A photograph of a colonnaded temple corridor with sunlight falling across stone pillars. A central man wears an orange saffron robe, a white upper cloth draped over one shoulder, a long pink and white flower garland, and a necklace of gold bells, with a tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair. He walks forward with an attentive expression. To his left, a smiling bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala and a patterned lungi with a red kumkum mark on his forehead. To the right, a shaven-headed man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala walks alongside. Several other people stand in the background. Their appearance is consistent with a person figure in the centre, but the identification is uncertain.2012-02-08February 08 20122012-02-08Photograph of a group walking across a stone-paved temple courtyard past granite pillars with carved columns and a painted white-and-red temple wall. A man with long swept-back dark hair in a saffron-orange robe draped over the shoulders walks at centre, smiling, with a pink and yellow flower garland held by a man in white dhoti and shirt beside him. Around them, a bearded man in orange robes, a man in white shirt and dhoti, a younger man in orange with an orange cloth, and a bare-chested priest with a yellow-and-purple dhoti and tilak walk together. A Tamil-script sign is visible on a pillar. a person (cues: long swept-back hair and saffron-orange robe) appears to be among the walkers.2008-07-29A photograph at a temple entrance with a dark gateway and white-painted columns, where a sign reads 'Siva' with 'Om' between the words. Several men walk outdoors on stone paving. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe wears a long garland of gold beads and a purple-bordered shawl, with long hair and a red tilak, appearing to be a person by appearance cues including long hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold ornaments; the appearance is uncertain. On the right, a bearded man bare-chested with a rudraksha mala wears a red dhoti with a purple border. Behind them, many men in white dhotis and shirts, some bare-chested, move through the entrance, with a few women in white nearby. Hanging lamp-shaped banners flank the doorway, and a notice board on the left gives instructions for devotees coming for darshan.2009-08-11July 29 20082008-07-29February 08 20122012-02-08August 11 20092009-08-11Photo of a temple procession outside a stone temple gateway with carved pillars and sculpted figures. At centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth, a thick orange-and-gold flower garland, a gold necklace and gold bangles, and carries a white staff with a red tip. Around him, several men in white dhotis with gold borders, some with rudraksha malas, walk along; one shaved-headed man in front holds a white staff and another wears dark-rimmed glasses. A man in a grey shirt stands at the left edge. The central figure has distinctive long hair, ornate gold and saffron attire, and is walked with by attendants, so the appearance is a probable match for a person in a temple visit context.2011-12-08December 29 20102010-12-29August 11 20092009-08-11May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copies