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Photograph at dusk of a dark stone temple tower, its carved spire strung with long vertical lines of orange lights, with a flag and small red shrine on top. In the foreground on the paved courtyard, a bare-chested priest in cream dhoti holds a tray with a lamp and offering toward a man in a maroon-and-gold dhoti with a red-and-gold turban, a gold pendant and garland. Beside them, two saffron-robed figures with rudraksha malas stand, one holding an offering plate, and a man in saffron shawl and white trousers stands at right. A uniformed police officer stands in the background.

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September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16Dusk at a stone temple with a tall black shikhara spire strung with lines of warm lights and a red-and-white flag on top. In the foreground on the paved courtyard, a bare-chested priest in cream dhoti holds a tray toward a man in a deep maroon robe with a gold-yellow border and gold pendant, who has a red cloth draped over his head. Beside them stand three people in orange-saffron robes: an older woman with a rudraksha mala, a man with a saffron wrap and beaded mala, and another man in an orange shawl over white trousers. Lit temple structures and trees appear behind them.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesFive men stand in a paved courtyard before a dark stone Hindu temple shikhara strung with lines of lit oil lamps, with a small shrine and red-and-white flag at the top. Left, a bare-chested priest in cream dhoti holds a brass plate. Next, a man in saffron-orange wrap with a rudraksha mala and gold pendant stands beside a man in red turban and orange robe. Two sannyasis in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand next to them, with a white-clad man at right. Dusk light, lamps and a fenced crowd complete the scene. a person's presence is not confidently identifiable from appearance.2015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesFive men stand on a stone-paved courtyard before a tall dark stone temple shikhara strung with orange lights, with a smaller lit shrine to the left and trees behind. The man second from left wears a brown-orange dhoti, a red turban, and a beaded necklace, with hands folded. Beside him, two men in saffron/orange robes and rudraksha malas stand in the middle, one with a shawl over his head. The man far left is bare-chested in a cream dhoti holding a brass plate, and the man on the far right wears a saffron shawl over white dhoti. Several other people in orange and white robes are visible in the background. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be established from appearance alone.2015-09-16