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Outdoor photo at a temple-style entrance with a white canopy overhead. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with a bare upper body wears layered rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, with white ash marks on his arms and a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes wears long rudraksha malas and stacked bangles. A man in a white shirt with an orange lanyard stands at the right edge. Several men in white shirts and white-clad devotees crowd behind them, some with white and red forehead markings. A red wall and a blue container appear in the background.

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Indoor photo in a covered metal-roofed hall with gold-coloured deity statues and a metal stand on the right. A bald priest in the foreground has a white vertical tilak on his forehead, rudraksha mala and a red-orange cloth with gold border. Behind him a priest in matching red-orange robes and rudraksha beads walks beside a man with long swept-back dark hair wearing a red-orange dhoti and shawl with gold stripes and a long gold bead necklace. Others in white dhotis and shirts, including a woman with a red mala, follow in the background. A video camera is visible at top centre.2014-08-24July 31 20152015-07-31A photograph of a crowd walking outdoors beside a cream-coloured temple wall with pillars and strings of green and red tassels overhead. In the foreground, a bare-chested, shaved-headed sannyasi with a red-and-gold rudraksha headband, layered rudraksha and skull-bead malas, and an orange-saffron wrap stands with eyes lowered, hands together. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a red rudraksha mala walks forward. On the left, another orange-clad man wears a rudraksha headband and skull-bead necklaces, with white and red tilak on his forehead. Umbrella-like red canopy poles and onlookers in white shirts surround them. a person candidacy is uncertain, so the a person field is set to unsure.2012-05-18June 17 20122012-06-17 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05May 18 20122012-05-18A procession of saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees walks along a narrow street past red-and-white painted walls. Two saffron-robed men in the centre wear long rudraksha and bead malas, ceremonial gold pendants and wrist bands; the man on the left holds a fan-shaped umbrella on a long pole. Behind them, a red and gold canopy is visible. Men in plain white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, several with sacred ash markings. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with a pen in his pocket gestures toward the group. a person cues are present on the central figure with a headband, long rudraksha malas and gold pendant, but identity is uncertain.2012-05-18 +1 copiesJanuary 28 20132013-01-28May 13 20132013-05-13June 21 20122012-06-21Photograph of a procession moving through a temple doorway, with a crowd of devotees behind. In the centre, a bare-chested elderly priest with white forehead marks and a red-and-gold saffron cloth, a red headband and rudraksha mala walks forward holding a ceremonial object. Beside him, a man in saffron dress with a heavy gold necklace and white tripundra marks walks alongside. On the left, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala. Women in saffron and green saris and men in white shirts follow. Stone temple architecture frames the entrance, with a deity visible in the background. Sanskrit-style procession with devotees in ritual dress.2012-06-05May 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copies