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A photograph inside a temple hall with white-painted pillars and red-and-blue trim. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a gold headband with a red mark on his forehead, a red and gold-bordered robe, and a garland of white flowers and yellow and green beads walks at the centre of a group. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti with yellow beads stands at left, gesturing, and a shaved-headed attendant in an orange robe with a gold necklace holds a brass vessel. Shirtless men in white and orange cloth with rudraksha malas surround him, and devotees stand in the background.

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April 11 20122012-04-11Photograph of a temple walkway with a gopuram tower and metal-roofed shelter in the background, where a crowd of devotees stands. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair and white forehead markings, wearing an orange robe and a long gold bead necklace, smiles and gestures with an open hand. Beside him a man in an orange robe with a gold necklace holds a pink cloth. On the left, a bespectacled man with curly grey hair and a red bindi wears an orange garment and a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in white and orange clothing stand behind them. Swamiji (probable) is the smiling man with long hair, orange robe and gold necklace.2010-01-08Photo 11732146June 07 20162016-06-07Photo 11725404 +2 copiesPhoto 11741241 +1 copiesPhoto 11730381 +2 copiesFebruary 08 20122012-02-08Photo 11733652 +2 copiesOutdoor temple scene at Tiruvannamalai with a long, multicoloured floral arch of marigolds and roses hung on a stone pillared pavilion and a tiered ochre-painted gopuram wall behind. A man with long dark swept-back hair and a white forehead mark wears a saffron/orange robe, a garland of red, yellow, purple and white flowers, and a heavy gold ceremonial necklace, and walks forward smiling through the crowd. Beside and behind him, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace walks, a shaved-headed man in white with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a man in white with an orange shawl and a mala walks at right among devotees in white and yellow. Palm trees rise beyond the buildings.2010-01-08Dense crowd of men in a dim, smoky temple interior. Central figure has long dark hair, orange-saffron robe, gold chain necklaces, a red bindi, white sacred marks on the forehead, and a large garland of yellow and red flowers with green leaves around the neck; he is smiling. a person (long swept hair, saffron clothing, gold necklaces and garland presented as the central honoured figure). Around him are shaved-headed devotees and priests, some in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls and rudraksha malas, one man in a white shirt, and people with cameras in the background. Smoke haze fills the air.2010-12-29Photo 11732135