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A large crowd walks through a temple hall lined with black pillars painted with bright multicolour floral bands and hanging red, green and orange tassels. In the foreground a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap with a blue band stands at left. A figure with long swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange sari-style wrap, a heavy gold necklace and gold bangles, hands folded in front. Beside them a bald man in an orange robe wears a gold-and-rudraksha style necklace. A man in a red-checked shirt films with a handheld video camera at right. Devotees in white and mixed clothing press behind, and a decorated deity or shrine canopy is visible in the distance.

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Photo of a crowded temple corridor with a police officer in khaki uniform and blue-banded cap in the foreground. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl wears a long gold-and-bead garland and gold necklace, hands folded, flanked by two shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes with beaded garlands. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis and a woman in a green sari with folded hands line the walkway. Banana stalks, a white canopy, colourful flags and a deity murti decorated with garlands are visible at the far end under string lights.2012-04-05May 24 20122012-05-24A photograph inside a temple corridor with ornately carved dark stone pillars and brightly painted colourful gopuram-style niches in red, green and yellow. A central man wears a saffron-orange dhoti-style robe, multiple rudraksha mala beads and a gold necklace, with a decorated headband, and smiles while walking through the crowd. Beside him stands another man in saffron robes with rudraksha beads. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a blue-banded cap are present, along with white-shirted devotees and onlookers crowding the passage.2012-05-31April 05 20122012-04-05A photograph of a crowded temple procession inside a dimly lit temple corridor with stone pillars and iron railings. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a red-orange dhoti and a red-orange shawl, wearing a large gold necklace with a pendant, a rudraksha-style mala and gold armbands, walks with his hands folded in front of him. Probable Swamiji cues: long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and orange clothing, with a devotee role. Around him, shaved-headed men in white dhotis with gold borders and orange shawls walk alongside, one holding a striped cloth, while many devotees in white and orange clothes press forward, some with palms joined. A decorated shrine with garlands, banana plants and orange and yellow hangings stands in the background.2012-04-05May 08 20122012-05-08May 31 20122012-05-31A photograph of a crowded temple corridor lined with tall grey pillars and colourful gopuram-style ornamentation at the top. In the foreground, several shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes move through the crowd, one with a white-and-red tilak on the forehead and a garland of white flowers and a rudraksha mala. Near the centre, a bald man in orange clothing with a white tilak, a red kumkum dot and white flower garlands walks with a rudraksha mala; his cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a man in a blue security uniform guide the procession. Women in orange and red saris stand behind, and devotees in white shirts fill the background. A silver palanquin or ratha is visible at the upper left.2012-05-24Photograph of a group walking down a long stone-pillared temple corridor with carved lion heads and a painted ceiling. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, a white forehead marking, and a red cloth draped over a red-orange garment wears a thick white and orange flower garland and holds his hands together. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis walk, one holding a small object in his hand. A man in a white shirt on the left, a uniformed guard in khaki, and a man in a yellow-green checked shirt on the right walk nearby, with white-clad attendants and a woman in a pale green sari behind. a person in a centre-of-procession role, wearing a garland and red-orange cloth with distinctive long hair, based on appearance.2009-07-13A group of men walks through a stone temple corridor with carved pillars and painted ceilings, many people in the background. In the centre, a young man wears a gold-yellow headband, an orange-saffron shawl over a matching dhoti, a rudraksha mala and a large gold pendant. Flanking him, several men in saffron-orange robes wear heavy gold necklaces, while a man in plain white clothes and a rudraksha mala walks beside them. A uniformed official stands at the left edge. Devotees in white and grey clothing fill the background. The scene appears to be a procession through a temple hall.2012-05-07April 05 20122012-04-05A dim temple interior with stone pillars and a crowded procession moving through. A cameraman in the foreground films with a handheld video camera, and many men in white shirts and dhotis press around. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near the centre, and a woman in a pink saree with gold jewellery is beside them. A man in the upper centre raises a mobile phone to take a picture. Tubular pipes run along the ceiling beams.2012-05-16