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Night photograph taken from inside a stone temple pillared hall looking out toward an illuminated shrine doorway with a lit deity murti or lamp inside. In the foreground a blurred figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe with their back to the camera. A second person in a white head covering and dark garment stands beside them. A third person in pale clothing stands near a pillar at the right side of the courtyard. Grey granite walls, carved stone pillars, and wooden latticed doors frame the scene.

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Interior of a stone temple hall with carved pillars receding toward a bright doorway. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, draped in an orange-saffron shawl, stands with their back to the camera, looking down the colonnade. Another person in white clothing stands partly visible at the right beside a carved pillar. The pillars are richly sculpted with figures and friezes, lit by warm light from the entrance.2006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18A photograph inside a dimly lit stone temple corridor lined with carved pillars and fluorescent tube lights. In the foreground on the right, a figure in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a full beard walks away from the camera, with a dark pouch or bag hanging at his side; the cues are long hair, saffron clothing and a beard, so this is a probable Swamiji appearance-based candidate. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis walk in a line behind him toward a bright doorway at the far end, and a dark shape sits near the bottom edge.2006-09-18A dim temple passage with dark stone walls and a fluorescent tube light overhead. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl wrapped over the shoulders and body, stands with their back to the camera facing the sanctum. Beyond, a bare-chested priest in a light blue dhoti stands before a garlanded deity murti draped in red and gold cloth, framed by a row of small oil lamps along the doorway arch. The scene evokes a temple inner shrine visit.2006-09-18May 21 20122012-05-21September 18 20062006-09-18September 18 20062006-09-18Backlit photograph inside a stone temple colonnade with carved pillars. In the foreground a figure in orange robes with long dark hair stands beside a shaved-headed figure in saffron cloth who raises one hand to the head. Behind them a bare-chested man in a white dhoti walks with a yellow garland, a seated older man in white sits at left, and several men in dark shirts and white mundus stand in the bright doorway. A woman in yellow sari is visible further back. No clear appearance-based cues confirm a specific individual, so the orange-robed figures are described by role only.2006-12-04September 18 20062006-09-18July 13 20092009-07-13September 18 20062006-09-18Photograph inside a stone temple passage with carved stone pillars and heavy dark wooden doors studded with iron fittings. Several men in ritual dress walk toward a small shrine at the far end, where a lit oil lamp and a brass deity murti sit on a white-draped altar. In the foreground a bald man wears an orange saffron wrap with a cloth bag slung over his shoulder, and beside him a man in white dhoti and shawl holds his hands in anjali. Another man in orange with a headband walks ahead, and a figure in white stands at the left edge.2012-05-21