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A photograph inside a temple hall with grey stone pillars and painted wooden or stone attendant figures in the background. A young man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair and a gold-toned necklace stands at right, gesturing with hands while speaking to a woman in a green and purple silk sari with glasses who holds a small book. Around them men in white dhotis and shirts, some with orange shawls and beaded necklaces, stand close, and a yellow metal gate is visible behind. a person cues are present in the saffron robe, long hair and ceremonial necklace of the young man in orange; he is conversing with the woman rather than seated on a throne.

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January 14 20092009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14A photograph inside a stone-pillared temple corridor, with carved columns and dim lamplight. A group of about a dozen people stands in a line, many in saffron-orange robes with red borders, several wearing gold-toned pendant necklaces and sacred ash markings on their foreheads. A bare-chested man in white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in front, his body marked with white ash stripes. A woman in a green and purple saree stands at left with her hands folded. Several men in white shirts and a uniformed police officer stand in the background. A yellow stone or metal block sits at the right edge beside a pillar. The group appears to be offering prayers while visiting the temple.2009-01-14A photograph inside a temple corridor at night, with painted wooden or stone figures of standing attendants on pillars behind the crowd and a yellow metal barrier at right. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits on a blue plastic chair with palms pressed together and a broad smile. Beside him, a bearded man in orange and a woman in a green and purple sari with gold bangles stand with hands folded in greeting. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, some with white caps, stand around a white-draped table holding a red-covered book. A bare-chested man with a white forehead mark and a white-clad man with glasses stand nearby, and a man in a striped shirt stands at far right.2009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14A photograph inside a stone temple corridor with painted carved pillars and guardian figures. A woman in a green and purple silk saree with gold bangles walks with her palms pressed together, smiling. Beside her, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha-style gold necklace and a shaved head walks barefoot; he has an appearance-based a person candidate profile with saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklace cues, though this is uncertain. Behind them, other saffron-robed attendants walk, and men in white shirts and dhotis move through the corridor. A young attendant in front wears orange robes and a gold necklace and holds an orange cloth. An arched doorway and daylight appear in the background.2009-01-14A photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and dim lighting, where a group stands with hands pressed in anjali. In the centre, a man in orange robes and an orange shawl with a gold necklace stands with palms joined. Beside him, a bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his torso holds a lamp area in a white dhoti. On the right, a person in orange robes and a gold necklace presses palms together, and another in orange with a rudraksha mala and a headscarf stands nearby. A woman in a green and gold sari with gold bangles folds her hands on the left, and several men in white dhotis and a uniformed officer in khaki stand in the background.2009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14A photograph inside a temple corridor with carved stone pillars and painted guardian figures. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair and an orange beaded necklace stands facing a woman in a green and purple sari with gold border who holds a printed booklet. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis listen, one in a lime-green shirt points upward, and a man in orange stands behind. A blue chair sits in the foreground.2009-01-14Photograph inside a dim temple corridor with dark stone pillars and painted panels of deities on the wall at right. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a bare upper body and a broad smile stands with palms pressed together in greeting, centre frame. Beside him a bespectacled man in orange robes folds his hands, and another orange-clad man holds a small folded paper or offering packet. Men in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing necklaces, and a woman in a white sari with a maroon border stand around, with other devotees behind them.2008-07-29