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Four men walk together through a temple hall with a painted ceiling and pillars, a deity murti visible in the background. On the left, an elderly man in orange-saffron robes and a flower garland holds hands with a younger man in orange robes wearing a rudraksha mala and a flower garland. In the centre, a bearded man in orange with a white tripundra and a large pink and white flower garland holds a bundle of red flowers and cloth. Beside him stands a police officer in khaki uniform with a rifle, and a man in a white shirt and dhoti walks at the left edge. Devotees crowd behind them.

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May 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copiesOutdoor covered walkway with pale pillars and a crowd of onlookers behind a procession of saffron-robed sannyasis. Foreground: an elderly bald man on the left in orange cloth with white flower garland and gold bangle; a younger man in the centre wearing an orange dhoti, white and green flower garland, rudraksha mala and a headband, gesturing with his arm; a bearded man on the right in red silk with pink flower garland and tilak, holding a small green-wrapped item at his chest; a uniformed police officer in khaki walking alongside. Several men in white shirts and dark trousers stand behind, some with palms pressed together.2012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24A group photograph in a temple courtyard with a colourful painted ceiling and white pillars. Four men stand close together at the centre. On the left, a bearded man in a red dhoti and red shawl wears a pink floral garland and holds his hands together in greeting. Next to him, a smiling young man in saffron robes and a long rudraksha mala is garlanded with white and green flowers and holds the hand of an older, shaved-headed man in saffron robes with a gold-coloured necklace and a white and red-striped head band, wearing a white forehead marking. Around them, uniformed police officers, men in white shirts and a man in a white dhoti with a red shawl look on. Some visible white ritual clothing and marked foreheads appear among the crowd.2012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24 +1 copiesA group of people leaving a temple entrance with carved stone brackets above. A bald elderly man with a white-and-red forehead mark and white flower garland stands at left, next to a smiling young man in orange robes with a white-and-red headband, a long mala, and a white flower garland. A bearded older man in red-orange robes wears a pink and white garland at center right. Shaven-headed men in orange cloth, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, and police officers in khaki uniforms surround them; a woman in a uniform stands behind.2012-05-24 +2 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24Outdoor procession on a paved walkway with a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts around the group. Four saffron-robed sannyasis walk together, one with a long white beard wearing a red shawl draped over a pink flower garland, another in saffron with a white and red flower garland and rudraksha mala, a third with a tall dark-haired figure holding hands with an elderly woman in saffron with a white and red garland, and a bald sannyasi behind them with rudraksha beads. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the right edge. Vermilion and sandal marks decorate foreheads, and a striped tent frame and a building appear behind.2012-05-24 +2 copies