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March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01A photo at a temple doorway, with an ornate stone entrance and dark wooden doors with metal fittings. A bearded man with long dark hair and an orange dhoti-style wrap, bare-chested and wearing a gold armlet, walks at left looking toward the right. Center, a man in a bright red-orange wrap with a red hood and face painted with white markings wears a gold ceremonial necklace and a dark rudraksha mala, walking barefoot. Behind them a woman in a white sari with a red shawl, several men in orange robes and a few devotees follow through the doorway toward a lit inner sanctum with a golden grille.2009-07-13Photograph of two saffron-robed figures walking barefoot up a stone step at a carved granite temple gateway, with a crowd of devotees and a uniformed official behind them. In the foreground, a bald, bearded man in a bright orange shawl walks forward, while a long-haired figure in orange robes and a gold ceremonial necklace climbs beside him, holding an orange cloth. A man in a grey shirt and glasses on the right presses his palms together in greeting. Behind them, a woman in a red sari with a red bindi and another in a blue sari watch, and a boy in a vest stands near the wall. Ornate pillars and carved figures decorate the temple wall, and a yellow notice board is mounted beside it.2006-12-04A group walks along a covered temple veranda with tiled floor past a blue-walled shrine whose gold-framed entrance bears Tamil script. In the centre a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, carrying a small object and walking barefoot. Beside him a bearded man in a saffron shawl over white clothes walks with a white necklace visible. Behind them several bare-chested men in white dhotis and saffron wraps, a man in an orange shawl over a light robe, and men in white shirts and dhotis follow. Potted plants and palm trees line the right side. Several people are visible, including partially visible ones behind the front group.2006-11-27Photograph at an ornate temple doorway with carved gold-and-brown wooden frames and a painted pillar with lotus capital in pink, green and blue. A long-haired man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a shawl stands at centre, with several men behind him: one in white dhoti with a sacred thread, a shirtless man with a white tilak, and a man in orange cloth at right. A bearded man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala walks at left. a person (long hair, orange robe, rudraksha mala) is the central figure, shown walking out of the temple entrance with attendants.2006-11-27March 01 20182018-03-01March 01 20182018-03-01Night photograph at a temple precinct with a colourful gopuram-style shrine in the background, decorated with painted figures and bull statues. Three men walk across a stone pavement. The central man has long dark hair, a full beard and a maroon-brown dhoti and wrap, with a thick rope-like cord over his shoulder. The man on the right wears orange-saffron cloth and a rudraksha mala, and holds a white coconut or sacred fruit. The man on the left, bald and wearing a rust-brown dhoti with a flower garland and a yellow marigold-type offering, carries a bag. A woman in a green sari stands behind them, and a few other figures and parked motorcycles are visible on the left. The a person presence is only an appearance-based candidate: the central figure with long hair, beard and maroon wrap may be the a person, so the entry is marked as probable in person.2017-02-07