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Night photograph at a temple courtyard lit with strings of red, green and white lights, with a gopuram tower in the background. In the foreground a man with long hair and a beard, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl with a white and red flower garland, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, looking upward in devotion beside a stone structure with a lit oil lamp at its base. Around him a crowd watches, including a man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads, a man in a green shirt, a woman in orange, and several photographers with cameras and phones raised.

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Night photograph at a temple with a crowd. A man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with a long dark beard, long hair swept back and a white garland of jasmine and pink flowers around his neck, stands with palms pressed together and face lifted upward toward the temple tower. Gold bangles are on his arms. Beside him an attendant in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha-style mala holds a brass kalasha vessel. Behind them devotees in white, green and orange clothes stand, some holding mobile phones, and a photographer with a DSLR camera leans over a stone structure in the foreground. Strings of green, red and white lights decorate the temple walls, and a pale stone platform with carved edges is at the left.2017-02-06Night photograph at a temple courtyard lit with string lights, where a bearded man with long swept-back hair, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl, a white floral garland with red flowers, gold bangles and a white forehead mark, stands with palms pressed together and face lifted in devotion beside a stone platform. Behind him, a crowd of devotees watches, including a man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads, a person in an orange sari with a brass pot, and men in green shirts; several in the crowd photograph with cameras and phones. A brightly lit gopuram-style structure and scaffolding frame the background. Aside from the face-up devotee, the image shows temple worship at night.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06A man with long dark matted hair and a bare upper body in a maroon-brown cloth bends low and presses his forehead and joined palms against a stone platform in a temple at night. A white flower garland with red blooms hangs from his neck and gold bangles are on his wrists. Behind him stand a crowd of devotees, including a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala, a woman in orange with a garland, a man in white shirt holding a camera, and a uniformed police officer in khaki. Strings of green and red lights and a lit temple gopuram decorate the walls, with oil lamps flickering at the base of the stone. a person is the prostrating figure, shown with long hair and a crown-free but ascetic presentation in devotional posture.2017-02-06