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Photograph at night of a group walking down temple steps through a large stone gateway lit by a bright lamp, with strings of coloured lights and red-and-white decorations visible inside. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands on the left near a metal railing. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a group; a figure in a long saffron-orange robe with a gold necklace and a bare upper body walks in the centre-right, and a man in white with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace stands on the right. A green Tamil-language sign on the left reads Sri Arunachaleswarar temple information. Stone walls and a dark sky complete the scene.

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Night photograph at a temple entrance gateway lit by warm lamps, with a string of bulbs glowing inside the hall beyond. A man in a bright orange saffron-coloured shawl over white clothing stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a long dark wavy hair and a garland, while a woman in an orange sari with gold border walks beside him. Around them, several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls and a pink rosette on one chest, walk down the steps. A uniformed police officer stands near the left gate. a person appears in the centre wearing orange-saffron wrap and a garland, though identity is an appearance-based label only. Yellow metal railings and a green signboard with Tamil text frame the scene.2006-12-04Night photograph at a temple gateway, with a sannyasi in flowing saffron-orange robes and gold-bordered cloth walking forward with palms pressed together in namaskar, followed by a group of men in white dhotis and saffron shawls. 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Metal railings and a yellow pole line the walkway, and a T.M.E.S.S. sign hangs on the right wall. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty, and none is identified as a particular person.2006-12-04Night photograph in a temple corridor lit by strings of lights, with a green signboard in Tamil reading as a temple devotional-service notice on the upper left. A man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl with a long garland, long dark hair and bare chest walks forward with hands folded, appearing as a probable Swamiji (probable) through his long hair, saffron ornate clothing and garland, and a companion walks alongside. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls follow, and a uniformed police officer stands in the background. A bald man in white holds a small cloth bundle near the front.2006-12-04Night photograph at a temple entrance lit with string lights and a green Tamil signboard above. In the centre a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a long gold-beaded necklace and a red forehead mark, walking forward with a smile. Around him men in white shirts and dhotis, several with orange shawls, walk alongside; one in the foreground holds a small pink-marked object. A uniformed police officer stands in the background near the gate. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, saffron ornate clothing and a gold necklace, consistent with the page claim; he is shown in person in the procession.2006-12-04A photograph of a dim temple corridor with a crowd moving toward a brightly lit inner sanctum where deity murti are visible. In the centre, a man in orange saffron robes with a long gold-and-rudraksha necklace, a pale forehead mark and long dark hair walks forward holding hands with an elderly bare-chested man in orange dhoti and rudraksha mala. Around them, a bald monk in orange, a man in white shirt with a dark rudraksha mala, uniformed police officers in khaki and devotees in white dhotis and orange cloth fill the passage. The presentation cues are consistent with a person, though the face is not visible enough to be certain. A dark signboard with Tamil text hangs on the right wall.2012-05-20Night photo of a group walking barefoot up stone steps at a temple entrance in Tamil Nadu. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a matching orange turban and rudraksha mala walks beside an older man in an ornate orange robe with a gold-bordered cloth and a large bead necklace. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and saris follow. On the right, a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and sacred ash marks on his forehead stands with arms folded. Dark sky, a covered walkway, and signboards with Tamil text frame the scene; a temple gateway lies behind.2011-09-09December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04May 20 20122012-05-20December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photo of a group descending stone steps from an illuminated temple gateway at Tiruvannamalai. A woman in the center wears an orange sari with gold border and a long beaded necklace, with long dark hair, and stands with hands on hips. Beside her a man in white dhoti and white shirt walks barefoot, wearing an orange shawl. Several men in white with orange shawls and men in plain shirts follow, one wearing a red and white rosette badge. Lit carved stone pillars frame the scene and colourful strings of decorations hang in the gateway behind.2006-12-04February 07 20172017-02-07