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Outdoor temple courtyard with a red tiled walkway lined by a low arcaded stone colonnade and palm trees. A man in a white dhoti and dark shirt stands at a stone well, one hand on a rope, while another man in white dhoti works beside him. A woman in a red sari with head covering and several children in colourful clothes walk along the path toward the well. Another man in a white shirt walks at the right edge. Gopuram tower and domed shrine roofs rise in the background.

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July 13 20092009-07-13A group walks barefoot along a stone colonnade with a long row of carved pillars and a weathered brick wall behind, palm trees above, at a temple complex. In front, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks beside several people wearing orange and saffron robes; one saffron-robed figure holds a bouquet of flowers. On the right, a man with long hair and a saffron shawl over white clothes walks toward the group while another man in a striped shirt and grey trousers follows. A shirtless man with a sacred thread and a pink-striped dhoti and a woman in a red patterned sari stand at the left edge. The white-and-orange-clad figures are visibly the sannyasi and devotee group. a person candidate: the man with long swept-back hair and saffron shawl, appearance uncertain.2009-08-01July 13 20092009-07-13May 22 20122012-05-22August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01Photograph of a paved courtyard inside a stone temple with long rows of carved pillars forming covered colonnades on two sides, and a tall palm tree visible above the roof. A group of about nine men walks across the stone-paved floor in single file; most wear white dhotis and white shirts, several with rudraksha or bead necklaces, and a few wear orange shawls. One figure in the middle-right wears an orange robe and has long hair, with the group moving in one direction. A tiled, stepped stone platform and small floor openings lie in the foreground.2006-09-18A photograph of a group walking along a paved courtyard of a temple complex in southern India. In front on the left, a shirtless young man wears a red-and-white lungi and a necklace. Behind him, a line of devotees in white dhotis and kurtas and saffron-orange robes walks past a stone open pavilion with carved pillars and a metal roof. A bearded man in a light blue striped shirt and grey trousers walks to the right, and an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks beside a temple gateway with a decorated pediment. A figure in a saffron-orange robe stands out in the middle of the line of walkers.2009-08-01August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01Outdoor temple courtyard scene beside a long colonnaded stone wall, with palm trees and a gopuram tower behind. A man in a white shirt and dhoti on the right pours water from a metal pot on a rope into a stone well or tank. In the centre, a young man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl, with a long gold-and-white garland and a rudraksha mala, stands with head lowered as water is poured over him. Around him are devotees in saffron-orange robes, several with malas and a shawl, and women in white saris with gold borders. A trident (trishul) stands at the left. Red brick paving runs through the scene.2009-07-13A photograph of an open temple courtyard paved with reddish-brown bricks, bordered on the right by a long colonnade of short pillars with blue-grey and white bases beneath a yellow-ochre wall. On the left stand a low, weathered stone temple structure and small domed shrines with carved finials, and a large leafy green tree grows at the centre beside a small pillared shrine. Two men walk away from the camera across the courtyard: one in a white dhoti and shirt, the other in a dark shirt and trousers. The sky is overcast and white.2012-05-22August 06 20092009-08-06July 13 20092009-07-13