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Outdoor photograph of a group walking barefoot across a red tiled walkway beside an old cream-washed temple wall with stone pillars and a palm tree. In the centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears a dripping red wrap, a red garland of beads and flowers, and a rudraksha mala; he walks with a smile. Around him are devotees in wet white and yellow garments, a woman in an orange-red sari, a girl in white with a gold border and red shawl, and a man in white carrying a black bag. Several others stand in the background.

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Outdoor temple walkway with a red tiled path lined by palm trees and a low stone colonnade on the right. A tall white gopuram tower rises in the background, and a small stone shrine with a carved deity figure stands at left. A group of about twelve people in mostly orange and red garments walks along the path; in the foreground a figure in a red saffron-toned robe with a red and gold garland, and another in orange carries a black bag, while several others wear white dhotis and yellow shawls. Some devotees hold bags, and a man in white is walking in the middle distance. Clothing colours include red, orange, yellow, and white.2009-07-13September 04 20082008-09-04July 13 20092009-07-13September 04 20082008-09-04July 13 20092009-07-13Photograph of a covered temple colonnade with a crowd of devotees in white clothes and red-orange satsang-style neck cords. At the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, with a large white and multicoloured flower garland and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Around him, a bearded man in white and several older men in white and a woman in a white sari with a red cord walk alongside. A bald man in a cream shirt stands in the foreground facing the group, and a woman in white with a red cord is in the lower right. Shop stalls and a blue dome are visible in the background. Tone and presentation are consistent with a procession or walkway at an ashram gathering.A procession of barefoot men crosses a stone-paved temple courtyard beside a large shady tree and a colonnaded pillared hall, with a gopuram tower in the background. In the centre, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala walks beside a garland-carrying man in orange with a long wrapped shawl. Several men in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth carry buckets and an orange cloth bundle, and a woman in a green sari walks among them. A visible appearance-based candidate, a long-haired man in orange clothing and an ornate gold-beaded mala, walks at the centre, but the appearance cues are not sufficient to confirm identity, so the figure is described only by role as a devotee in orange. Nearby, people in white ritual clothes walk in a line, one with hands folded in greeting.2011-09-09A group of saffron-robed sannyasis walks barefoot along a paved path beside a stone wall, with a white gopuram temple tower rising behind them under green trees. The central figure wears an orange-red dhoti and shawl, a long gold-bead necklace with a large pendant, a gold waist belt, and a vertical tilak on his forehead; he is smiling and walking forward. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a gold necklace raises one arm holding an orange-handled object. Other devotees include a man in a saffron wrap with a dark rudraksha mala, a young man in white with an orange shawl, a woman in a green sari with an orange wrap, and a man in white shirt and dark trousers on the right. The scene reads as a temple procession or walk.2012-09-12December 07 20072007-12-07A photograph of a group walking along a paved path lined with green trees and a red brick wall. In the centre, a bearded man with long dark hair wears a reddish-brown robe, a gold pendant and a beaded necklace; he is a person by appearance cues including long hair, ornate gold pendant and saffron-toned robe. Around him, women in colourful saris and salwar kameez in orange, yellow, teal and red walk with devotees; men in white dhotis and shawls, one in a red kurta, walk nearby, some wearing rudraksha malas. A man in white carries a staff.2016-08-12January 20 20092009-01-20Outdoor photo at a white and red-trimmed building entrance decorated with white and red flower garlands above the doorway. A man in an orange robe with a long orange-gold garland and long dark hair walks out of the doorway, gesturing with one hand, with an orange-clad companion behind him. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti walks barefoot in the foreground carrying an orange plastic bag, and a man in a red shirt with orange lungi stands at left. Other men in white kurtas and an orange-shirted person stand nearby, with tall palm trees, red-cushioned chairs and marigold-like petals on the ground.2010-01-19