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Photograph outside a temple entrance with white and pink columns and a painted shrine panel. A slim figure in a saffron-orange shawl stands on white marble steps, smiling and gesturing toward a group. Around him are other men in orange shawls, one in a white shirt, plus a man in a checked shirt, a woman in a blue floral top with a red bag, and a man in a beige shirt holding a microphone. A camera operator with a Panasonic camcorder films at left. A dark signboard on the temple wall shows Hindi text. Other visible text reads Shri Dakshineshwar Mahadev Mandir.

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Outdoor photograph at the entrance steps of a temple with a dark signboard reading Shri Dakshineshwar Mahadev Mandir. Three monks in orange robes stand on white marble steps, one with long swept-back hair in an orange shawl, and another in orange with a dark rudraksha-style mala beside a man in a checked shirt and a woman in a red Jewel Park bag. A fourth monk in white inner garment and orange shawl stands at right beside a colourful painted panel of a saint. The signboard lists schedule and temple information in Hindi. No candidate can be confirmed from appearance alone.2008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10A photograph of a temple entrance with white marble steps and a dark stone facade. Two men in orange saffron robes descend the steps, one with a shaved head and one with long dark hair, both carrying small bags. Behind them a man in a white shirt and an orange-robed figure stand near the doorway. A signboard in Hindi reads Shri Dakshineshwar Mahadev Mandir. A woman in a green sari walks out of the doorway. Foreground includes a boy in a grey shirt, a girl in a blue dress with a braid, and a man in a checked shirt. A painted shrine with a deity image sits on the right wall.2008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10July 10 20082008-07-10A photograph at the entrance steps of a white marble temple, with a painted panel of a seated figure on the left wall and a Hindi signboard reading Shri Dakshineshwar Mahadev on the right. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand on the marble steps; one, with long dark hair and a bare upper body, climbs the steps while another in orange with his back to the camera faces him. A man in white dhoti-style clothing with an orange shawl stands at the left, and a figure in orange moves in the temple doorway. The scene is at a Hindu shrine with worshippers in saffron clothing.2008-07-10July 07 20082008-07-07A photograph of a temple staircase with red-painted steps and a red railing, shaded by a large tree. In the centre, a barefoot man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a dark cloth bag ascends the steps, while a second man in orange carries a light blue bag beside him. Behind them on the upper terrace, a man in white kurta with a video camera films, and several people in orange shawls and white clothes stand along the railing. A small om symbol appears on the red pillar, and a man in a white shirt walks on the lower left near a person with long dark hair in orange. a person appears as the orange-robed man with a rudraksha mala in the centre, based on his saffron clothing and mala.2008-07-01Several men in saffron and white clothing descend a white stone staircase with blue trim at a temple entrance. A man on the far left in a red shirt, black trousers and saffron shawl holds a camera and is smiling. In the centre, a smiling man in a long saffron wrap and sandals walks down while another man in saffron carries a folded booklet. A man in white kurta and dhoti with a saffron scarf and rudraksha-like beads stands behind them, and another in saffron and white carries folded umbrellas. A man in an orange kurta with a wristwatch stands at the right railing. Green shrubs and a tree surround the steps.2008-07-10A group of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees descend the marble steps of an ornate temple entrance decorated with painted arches, floral panels and gold-and-cream trim. A monk in a dark maroon robe with a ceremonial garland of red and white flowers stands at the centre, while a saffron-clad monk on the left carries a small bag and a striped cloth. Two women in orange shawls stand in the doorway behind them, and a trident (trishul) is raised above the group near the doorway. Pink and maroon sashes and rudraksha beads are visible among the monks.2014-01-22