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A photo of devotees standing in two long lines along a columned temple corridor. Men and women wear white clothes with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a young man in white with an orange shawl carries a black shoulder bag, and beside him a bronze oil lamp on a stand burns with a small flame over a patch of red-marked ground. Shops with colourful goods line the sides and a gopuram-style gateway appears at the far end.

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August 02 20082008-08-02Outdoor photo at a large stone temple gopuram with carved pillars. A central figure in long saffron-orange robes, with long dark hair and a large beaded necklace, walks barefoot across stone paving within a crowd. Around him men wear white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls, several holding up a saffron and gold ceremonial umbrella-style canopy. A photographer in white with a camera on the left faces the group. The appearance-based label a person applies to the central saffron-robed figure with long hair and beaded necklace, shown walking in procession.2008-08-02August 03 20082008-08-03A procession of devotees in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls stands in a stone-paved temple lane flanked by pillared gopuram-style colonnades. Several men play drums and brass wind instruments, while women in saris and girls in orange shawls stand on the right, some with hands folded in namaste. Two large gold-and-red ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the crowd toward a towering gopuram in the background. Market stalls with blue and green tarpaulins line the street, and a hill rises behind the temple.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A procession walks along a stone-paved temple courtyard beside a long pink-and-cream colonnaded temple hall with carved pillars. At the centre, a man with long dark hair and a bare chest wears a saffron-orange cloth wrapped at the waist and an orange turban, with a multicoloured flower garland of yellow and red blooms draped over his shoulders and a gold necklace. He walks with palms pressed together in greeting. Probable Swamiji is the central figure by these appearance cues: long hair, orange turban, saffron clothing and flower garland. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some with orange shawls and identity lanyards, walk in step, one carrying a green cloth bag. Wet ground and a patterned kolam floor are visible.2006-09-24A photograph inside a stone temple colonnade, with dark granite walls and carved pillars, showing a dense crowd of devotees moving through the passage. A man in the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl and an orange turban-style cloth, with rudraksha malas around his neck, and presses his palms together in namaste. Around him, many men wear white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas, and some wear red or saffron cloths. One person in the foreground wears a grey cap printed with text. Ornate carved pillars and a gopuram-style structure appear in the background, with a loudspeaker mounted on a pillar at upper left. This appears to be a procession or devotional visit at a temple, with devotees gathering around the central figure in saffron.2007-01-12A photograph of a crowd walking through a stone temple colonnade with carved pillars and a dark doorway opening onto a distant courtyard. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and saffron robe, wearing a long garland of yellow and white flowers and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, walks with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, a woman in a blue sari with yellow blouse, and a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and bead mala move through the procession. Loudspeakers are mounted on the pillars. The visible people number more than twenty.2006-09-24A dense crowd of devotees gathers in a stone-paved temple courtyard beside carved granite pillars and a temple gopuram wall. Most men wear white dhotis or shirts with orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders, and some women wear saris in mixed colours. A central figure in white with an orange shawl gestures among the group, while a woman in a red and green garland stands nearby. Uniformed police officers are visible at the edge of the crowd, and a metal staircase and yellow barriers sit at the left.2008-08-02A photograph of a procession at a South Indian temple with a tall gopuram tower behind a colonnade. A man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a gold necklace, walks at centre with palms pressed together in greeting, beneath a red and gold ceremonial parasol-canopy. Around him men in white shirts and white dhotis wear orange shawls and rudraksha-style beaded malas, and a saffron-robed attendant on the left holds an orange cloth. Swamiji (probable) is the centre figure in saffron robes, wearing long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and a shawl, matching the page's Swamiji event; he is shown in procession rather than seated. Around ten to twenty people are visible.2008-08-02Outdoor photo of a devotee procession at a South Indian temple gateway with a tall gopuram tower and a covered entrance hall with pillars. Many people in white clothes with orange-saffron shawls stand in two lines on the paved road. In the centre a man in white dhoti and shirt with a shawl stands near a drummer holding a drum, and a man on the right holds a large ornate orange and gold umbrella-like canopy. Stalls and a hill are visible at the sides.2008-08-02A crowded outdoor temple-corridor scene in daylight. A central figure with long dark swept-back hair wears orange robes and a large gold necklace, hands folded in namaskar, with a crown-like ornament absent but orange cloth draped; a person candidate by long hair, saffron clothing and ceremonial gold necklace. Around him, devotees in white and orange garments with orange shawls press forward, some with hands folded. Men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white saris with white flower garlands in their hair fill the space. A man in the foreground wears a yellow shirt and a red tilak. Stalls with red caps line the right side and a yellow-and-red banner hangs from the arched pillared gateway.2008-08-02