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Photograph of a group walking across a stone-paved temple courtyard past granite pillars with carved columns and a painted white-and-red temple wall. A man with long swept-back dark hair in a saffron-orange robe draped over the shoulders walks at centre, smiling, with a pink and yellow flower garland held by a man in white dhoti and shirt beside him. Around them, a bearded man in orange robes, a man in white shirt and dhoti, a younger man in orange with an orange cloth, and a bare-chested priest with a yellow-and-purple dhoti and tilak walk together. A Tamil-script sign is visible on a pillar. a person (cues: long swept-back hair and saffron-orange robe) appears to be among the walkers.

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July 29 20082008-07-29A photograph inside a dimly lit stone temple corridor with tall carved pillars. In the centre, a bare-chested, white-dhoti-clad elder with a white-streaked beard, glasses and a white tripundra stands beside a robed companion in orange. On the right, a younger man in a hooded orange robe with a red bindi and a gold-bead garland walks with hands joined in greeting. Several orange-robed attendants with garlands follow, and men in white shirts and white dhotis walk among them on the stone floor. Behind them, devotees and passersby fill the corridor.2009-01-14Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple courtyard with a gopuram tower and a covered colonnade. A smiling man in the centre wears a flowing orange robe over a red top, a gold pendant and a long garland of beads, with a red tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair; he has an appearance-based candidate profile for a person with distinctive saffron clothing, long hair, a garland and a gold pendant. To the left, a bearded sadhu in orange holds a paper and wears a mala. A white-clad man stands at the left edge, and an elder in pink kurta greets someone at right. A woman in an orange sari stands in the right foreground, and several white-clad devotees and onlookers fill the background. A banner over the entrance reads Arunachaleswarar temple.2009-08-06November 27 20062006-11-27A photograph of a temple corridor with granite pillars and a white wall with red and white striped border, with a colourful gopuram tower behind. Several men walk together across a stone-paved courtyard. In front, a man with long dark hair wears a flowing saffron-orange robe and walks barefoot; a bearded man on the left wears an orange wrap, and a man in the centre wears an orange robe. Behind them, men in white dhotis and a man in a light blue shirt walk along. At the far right, a bare-chested, bald man wears a yellow and orange dhoti with a purple sash and white sacred thread. The front figure's distinctive long, swept-back hair and saffron robe are notable, but identity is not established from appearance alone.2008-07-29November 27 20062006-11-27August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01July 29 20082008-07-29February 08 20122012-02-08August 02 20082008-08-02August 06 20092009-08-06A group of men walks barefoot along a dirt lane beside an old stone temple wall in a South Indian village. In the centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder and walks ahead of the others. Several men flank him in white dhotis and white shirts, some with orange shawls, rudraksha malas and shaved or white-marked foreheads. A tiled-roof house and a green-painted fence stand in the background.2006-09-18