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A photograph of a covered temple corridor with stone pillars and a carved stone shrine wall on the left. A bearded sadhu with a white forehead marking, rudraksha malas and a bare upper body walks barefoot in red-brown cloth. Beside him a man in a saffron robe with long hair and a white headband walks with a dark rudraksha mala, flanked by men in white and pink shirts. Others in saffron robes and a uniformed police officer stand nearby. The scene is busy with people moving along the corridor.

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A photograph of a temple corridor with a pillared hall and a colourful gopuram-style shrine tower at the upper left. A central figure in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a long rudraksha mala and gold bangles, walks barefoot with hands folded, flanked by other saffron-robed monastics, one holding a garland of marigolds. A bald monastic in saffron and a shaved-head attendant in a rust-coloured wrap walk nearby. Men in white shirts and a khaki uniformed police officer stand around, and a white cloth hangs in the background. a person in the centre, distinguished by the saffron ceremonial clothing, long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklace cues, as he walks through the temple during the cyclone relief visit.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a temple corridor with a crowd walking forward. At centre, a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe and rudraksha mala walks beside a shaved-headed monk in orange and a bearded sadhu with bare chest and orange wrap, with a man in white dhoti and white shirt at left. A uniformed police officer stands behind them, and a seated elderly woman in a blue shawl sits at right on the corridor ledge. Behind is a colourful deity shrine with painted figures and white bulls under a corrugated roof, with white cloth hung on a rope and stone pillars along the walkway. The orange-robed long-haired figure is a person candidate based on saffron clothing, long swept hair and rudraksha mala, though the face is not verifiable.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a crowd walking through a temple courtyard with a red-and-cream colonnaded corridor and a corrugated roof overhead. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in orange-saffron robes holds a long yellow-and-orange flower garland. Beside him, a bearded older sadhu with long matted hair and a bare upper body wears an earring and a beaded mala, and a man in orange robes with a long dark swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala walks smiling. Devotees in orange saffron saris and dhotis follow behind, and a uniformed police officer stands near blue shutters.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A procession of saffron-robed devotees walks barefoot along a covered temple corridor with green metal railings on the left and a blue-shuttered wall on the right. A bald man in orange dhoti and shawl carries a yellow flower garland. Behind him, a bearded elderly sadhu with long white hair and a bare upper body walks with rudraksha beads. A man with long dark hair wears an orange robe, rudraksha mala and a ceremonial gold chain. Other devotees in orange and white follow, and a woman in a blue sari stands in the foreground. Pillars with ornate colourful capitals line the corridor.2012-01-07Photograph of a temple corridor with a uniformed police officer in khaki walking in the foreground on the left. Center right, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a long rudraksha mala, and bangles, with hands folded before him, walking beside an elderly ascetic with a long white beard, bare chest, ash-smeared body and a rust-coloured cloth, who carries a woven basket on his head. Several other men in white shirts and khaki-uniformed police accompany them, and a cameraman with a video camera is at the right edge. Painted pillars and a sloped corrugated roof frame the scene.2012-01-07A photograph of a temple corridor with yellow and red painted walls and pillars. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, walks barefoot in the centre, appearing to be a person. He is flanked by a saffron-clad attendant and an older sadhu with long white hair and beard, bare-chested with a wrap, carrying a rudraksha mala and white markings on his forehead. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside, and men in white and pink shirts follow. The scene suggests a temple visit with a security escort.2012-01-07A photograph of a group walking barefoot along a covered temple corridor with stone pillars and a corrugated roof. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks at the left edge, followed by saffron-clad men. A long-haired figure in an orange-saffron robe with rudraksha beads and a long mala stands near the centre, and a man in a saffron dhoti and shawl at the right edge carries a garland of yellow flowers. Other men in white shirts and dhotis, and a man in a pink shirt, walk nearby. A bearded sadhu in red-brown cloth walks in the middle, and a man balances a basket on his head. A man on the left holds a small child. A colourful gopuram tower is visible in the background. Hindu temple procession setting.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07