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Photograph taken from behind of a bare-shouldered person with a large black hair bun wrapped with rudraksha beads, wearing an orange marigold garland and rudraksha malas over the shoulders. They look toward a cluster of Kamakhya-style temple spires in orange, peach and beige with pennants and strings of bunting, with a green tree and red-roofed structures at the left edge. Pale sky above. The person appears to be a devotee or sadhu, with no face visible, and the scene shows the temple complex at Kamakhya.

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Photograph taken from behind of a bare-shouldered person with a tightly coiled black topknot of matted hair, wearing a rudraksha mala across the head and a thick rudraksha mala with an orange-and-yellow marigold garland around the neck. Beyond the figure, several tiered orange and cream temple shikharas rise above a row of saffron prayer flags strung along a courtyard, with a red-roofed shrine at left and a pale wall at right. The sky is pale and the background is softly out of focus. One physical person is visible, but the figure lacks the distinctive frontal cues needed for an appearance-based identification, so the candidate is marked unsure.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28Photograph of a temple complex at Kamakhya Temple. In the foreground at left, a person seen from behind sits with a tall dark bun of hair, an orange-red cloth wrapped around the body, a rudraksha-style bead band on the upper arm, and an orange-and-yellow marigold garland around the neck. The figure gazes toward a stepped beige temple spire with a golden finial. Orange and yellow fabric hangings and a red-pink roof cover the adjacent shrine structures. A second person in white clothing walks across a grey paved courtyard, and a wooden ladder-like stand stands beside the shrines.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a bearded man in a dark turban and saffron-orange robe, adorned with a thick orange marigold garland and rudraksha beads, standing in front of a temple with a tiered golden dome and a red-tiled roof. The temple walls are draped with long strings of orange marigolds and pink flowers. He raises one hand in a blessing gesture while smiling. A red flag and a tree appear at the left edge under a pale sky. Appearance-based label: a person, identified by the turban, saffron robe, marigold garlands and rudraksha cues, standing in the foreground at the temple.2018-03-28A man in saffron-orange robes stands before a temple with tiered stone domes and pink-roofed shrines, its walls draped with orange and multicolored marigold and flower garlands. He wears a black turban, a red tilak on his forehead, a thick orange marigold garland with a gold pendant, and multiple rudraksha mala strands across his chest and wrist. He smiles and raises his right hand in greeting. Pigeons perch on the upper stonework and a red flag flies on the left.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28Outdoor temple courtyard with saffron and red-roofed shrines and orange marigold garlands hanging from a temple tower. In the foreground, a seated figure with long dark hair coiled on top, wearing a saffron cloth over the shoulder, rudraksha malas and a flower garland, sits facing away toward the courtyard. To the left, a bearded man in a white dhoti with yellow border and white upper cloth stands holding a red cloth and a small black bag. A person in a red robe walks across the stone courtyard in the middle distance, and a few seated men in white sit at left. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2018-03-28Outdoor photograph of the Kamakhya Temple in Assam, shot upward into a pale blue sky. A tall curved shikhara-style temple spire with a golden finial rises at right, its walls draped with dense orange marigold garlands and strings of red and pink flowers. A large leafy tree stands at left beside a red-roofed structure with a white Om symbol on its wall, and a red flag flutters near the tree. A small crescent moon is visible in the sky. No people are visible in the frame.2018-03-28Outdoor photo at a temple complex with a tall, ribbed beige shikhara dome behind marigold garlands draped across the wall. Two saffron-robed sannyasis stand in front. The man on the left wears glasses, a brown rudraksha mala, and holds his hands together; he has a topknot. The central man has long dreadlocks under a dark cloth, a marigold garland, rudraksha malas, bangles, a gold pendant, and a tilak on his forehead, and raises one hand in a blessing gesture. A man in white on the right holds a saffron cloth. Pedestrians in shirts pass in the background, and a red-roofed structure and trees frame the scene.2018-03-28