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A photograph inside a temple doorway. In the foreground, a person wearing a pink rose garland, a dark hair band with gold trim, gold hoop earrings and a bare upper body with white ash markings stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside and behind them, a second person in a golden-yellow silk shawl and orange-red cloth, wearing a pink rose garland and gold bangles, raises both hands in a namaskar gesture toward a dark temple doorway with carved ochre and gold trim. Another figure in white is faintly visible further right inside the shrine area.

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A photograph taken at a temple doorway. In the foreground a man in an orange-brown garment wears a large pink rose garland over his shoulder and a rudraksha headband, with white ash marks on his skin. Beside him an older bald man in a golden-yellow shawl and a rudraksha headband stands with hands folded, facing into the shrine. Inside the doorway a priest in white dhoti works at a gold-framed deity murti decorated with garlands. Another bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at the right edge near the entrance.2012-05-16A photograph at a temple doorway in Kanjanoor. In the foreground, a figure wearing a rudraksha headband and a pink rose garland over an orange-brown garment with rudraksha beads stands with hands clasped, seen from behind. Beside them, a bald elderly man in a gold-yellow silk garment and a rudraksha headband stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Through the dark wooden doorway, priests in white dhotis attend a black lingam-style deity draped with green garlands and set before a gold-trimmed altar. Another person stands at the right edge. The gold-framed doorway is decorated with floral carvings and scattered petals. The bald man in yellow shows distinctive rudraksha headwear but his appearance is not clear enough to confirm an identity.2012-05-16A photo inside a temple doorway at Kanjanur. A bald man in the foreground at left is partly cropped. A man in the centre wears a pink rose garland, a rudraksha band across his forehead and white sacred ash, and looks down. Beside him, a bald man in a gold-yellow shawl and a red-brown rudraksha headband with a pink rose garland lowers his head toward a brass vessel held by a man at the right edge, whose face has white ash markings. Carved white and orange pillars frame the doorway and a shrine interior is visible behind them. The man in the gold shawl matches the appearance cues of the a person candidate only partly, as he has a rudraksha band and garland but no swept hair or crown; the appearance is uncertain.2012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesMay 16 20122012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16A photograph of two men in a temple entrance area. In the foreground, a smiling man with short dark hair, a white and red forehead marking, and a rudraksha bead headband wears a pink flower garland over an orange robe with ornate gold necklaces, raising one hand toward the camera. Behind him, a bald older man in a golden-yellow shawl with a rudraksha mala and pink garland stands beside a carved ochre-and-gold doorway with a dark interior. The pillar carvings and painted tiled upper wall frame the scene.2012-05-16Close photo inside a temple doorway area with ornate orange-and-gold carved pillars. In the foreground a smiling man with swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha headband wears a pink flower garland, a saffron-orange garment and heavy ceremonial gold bead necklaces; he has white sacred ash markings on his forehead. Behind him a bald older man in a golden-yellow shawl, also wearing a pink garland, a rudraksha mala and sacred ash, stands at the threshold of a dark doorway.2012-05-16May 16 20122012-05-16June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesMay 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesMay 16 20122012-05-16