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Night photograph inside a stone temple corridor with dark granite pillars, orange metal gates and hanging lamps. A bearded man with a tilak and rudraksha-style garland of white and red flowers, wearing a reddish-brown dhoti-style garment and gold-toned armlets, is walked through a crowd. He is flanked by uniformed police in khaki with peaked caps, and men in green and yellow shirts press around him. A gilded deity shrine is visible in the background. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.

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A photograph inside a temple corridor at night, with bright ceiling lights and stone pillars behind an orange metal gate. A bearded man with long swept-back hair and white tilak on his forehead wears an orange-red ceremonial garment and a long white and red flower garland, with gold necklaces and bangles, smiling and pressing his hands together in greeting. Beside him a shirtless man wears gold garlands and a rudraksha mala. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand alongside, one holding the arm of a man in a teal shirt with a yellow emblem in the foreground. Several other devotees crowd the passage. Swamiji (probable): the bearded man with long hair, orange garment, flower garland and gold ornaments is the.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06A photograph inside a stone temple corridor at night, with carved sandstone pillars and wall niches lit by small lamps. A central figure in a reddish-brown ochre robe wears a white and orange flower garland and walks with hands folded in front, with a bearded man in a similar brown robe and a gold chain behind him. Around them, men in teal green and yellow-emblem polo shirts form a guard line, and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a brown belt walks alongside. Devotees in white and blue shirts fill the background toward a wooden door at the far end. The figure is consistent with the a person appearance cues of an ochre robe and a garland, with the setting matching a temple visit described on the page.2017-02-06Photograph inside a stone temple corridor at night, with lamps glowing on the carved pillars and walls. At the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long multicoloured flower garland, hands pressed together in namaskar, walks through a crowd. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti with a gold necklace and a bald man in a rust-brown cloth with a gold chain follow. On the left, men in teal sports shirts with a yellow lamp emblem move through the crowd, and on the right a uniformed police officer in khaki stands watch. About 15 physical people are visible. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the role is described as a devotee in a rust-brown robe with a garland.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photograph of a crowd moving through the stone gateway of a temple, lit by oil lamps set into the carved granite walls. Beside him, a bearded man in white dhoti with a gold border and gold necklace walks, and another man in brown robe and gold chains stands behind. On the left, men in teal green polo shirts with a yellow temple emblem move through the crowd, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands at right. The scene includes many more people in the background.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night procession at a South Indian temple lit with strings of coloured lights along a gopuram and mandapa roof. A bearded man in a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a white and red flower garland and a rudraksha-style neck mala, walks barefoot with hands joined in front. Beside him, a young man in saffron-orange cloth holds a brass kalasha-like pot. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks closely at right, and several other people in white dhotis and teal shirts surround the group. A rudraksha-adorned figure appears in the background with orange garb. The scene suggests temple visitation during a procession.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06