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A photograph of devotees in a hall greeting a person in orange saffron robes wearing a long green leaf garland with white flower strands and a pink flower in hand. Behind him, a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl and sandalwood-marked forehead stands beside him, holding a brass vessel. Devotees on the left, many in white and yellow clothes with hands pressed together in namaste, reach forward; a metal railing separates them. Peach-coloured walls and a colourful framed panel are visible in the background.

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December 31 20102010-12-31December 24 20092009-12-24A photograph of a doorway procession inside a decorated hall. In the centre, a man with long dark hair, wearing saffron-orange robes and a red-and-white flower garland with a gold necklace, walks forward with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him, a bearded man in orange robes walks, and to the right a man in orange robes holds a silver tray with offerings. Behind them, men in white shirts with lanyards and a man in white with a red shawl follow. On the left, women in white saris with folded hands line the rail, and banana leaves and palm fronds decorate the archway, with coconut-palm foliage visible outside. Some devotees wear white clothing.2010-02-12December 06 20092009-12-06November 17 20112011-11-17A photograph of a procession inside a decorated hall with a red carpet and a metal barrier rail lined with devotees. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a gold necklace and a white-and-red flower garland walks at the centre with palms pressed together in greeting. Behind him, another man in saffron robe and beard carries a golden staff, and a yellow-and-red canopy is held above the procession. Devotees on both sides, many in white clothes, fold their hands in namaste; a silver-haired woman in white is in the left foreground. Flowers are visible at the bottom edge.2008-12-30January 01 20122012-01-01Inside a temple doorway with ornate gold-painted pillars, a central figure in orange saffron robes and a garland of white flowers stands while two women in sarees offer him a lit lamp and a pink flower. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis, orange shawls and a woman in a red saree press forward. A woman in a pink saree with white flowers in her hair claps her hands at left. A man in a white shirt and yellow-orange lanyard, with his palms pressed together, stands at left. A man at right wears a rudraksha mala and a white shirt. The central figure's long swept-back hair and saffron robes are a person cue; the page links him to a visit to Madurai Meenakshi Temple.2009-07-13Photograph of a darshan line at a temple-style hall with red, green and white patterned pillars and orange cloth panels above. A man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair and a white forehead mark raises his right hand in blessing toward a line of elderly devotees in white dhotis and shirts who stand with palms pressed together in anjali. He holds a folded white paper in his left hand. Beside him stands a second person in orange robes holding a tray with orange cloth and papers. Metal railings separate the line from the blessing area, and other people stand behind.2009-12-15A photograph in an ashram hall with a row of men in white dhotis and white kurtas standing with palms pressed together in namaste along the left. On the right, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a garland of white and purple flowers, extending his right hand toward the line. Behind him is a golden throne with a red cushion and a gold deity murti, flanked by orange and yellow hanging banners, a projector screen, and a camera on a tripod. Several other people in orange and white clothing stand in the background.2010-12-31December 18 20092009-12-18A man in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala around his neck walks down a red carpet under a canopied temple hall, smiling and raising one hand in greeting. Devotees on both sides, many in white and some with folded hands in namaskar, line metal railings. Behind him an ornate golden deity shrine with red drapes and pillars is visible. The man's wide, lively smile and saffron-and-rudraksha presentation fit the a person appearance cues, shown in procession as a sannyasi receiving greetings.2010-11-06