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Outdoor photograph of a crowd gathered around a man in saffron-orange robes at a village temple in Manalurpettai. He wears a large garland of white flowers, red roses and yellow marigolds, with a dark green leaf garland over his shoulders, and has a white tilak on his forehead. Several sadhus with long dreadlocks and bare or ash-smeared torsos press close, one in white with a shaved, ash-marked head. Men in white shirts and dhotis crowd behind. Behind them stands a green and yellow temple gateway decorated with painted figures and deity sculptures, with fields and flowering shrubs beyond.

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January 18 20182018-01-18A crowded outdoor temple courtyard under a green-painted roof with a hanging bell. A central man with a long beard and thick dark hair, wearing a large garland of red, white and yellow flowers with dark leaves, moves through the crowd while a saffron-clad sannyasi with a rudraksha mala and a second saffron-robed monk with dreadlocked hair stand close beside him. Several devotees in white shirts and dhotis press in, some with hands raised, and a pillared shrine structure with a deity sculpture is visible at left, with a gopuram-style gateway behind. a person is the bearded man wearing the flower garland, identified by his garland and central position as the figure being honoured.2018-01-18January 18 20182018-01-18January 18 20182018-01-18 +1 copiesJanuary 18 20182018-01-18January 16 20182018-01-16January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoors under a corrugated metal canopy decorated with colourful cloth bunting and green banana leaves, a crowd presses around a central figure. The central figure wears a deep red-orange turban, an orange-red robe and a white and red flower garland, with a rudraksha mala visible. Around them, saffron-robed attendants with shaved heads hold and guide them, while men in white shirts and dhotis and boys in casual clothes press close. Coconuts hang at the right edge. The scene suggests a darshan or procession moment in a village setting.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 23 20122012-07-23July 23 20122012-07-23A crowd gathers outdoors in front of a green-walled house with arched windows during a house visit. At the centre, a figure with long dark hair and a red-and-gold garland of red flowers and yellow beads smiles, wearing a maroon robe with a gold border and a red-kumkum forehead mark. A man in white shirt and white dhoti bows and reaches toward her hand. Around them, shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand beside a shaven-headed young man in a white dhoti with a gold border. Many onlookers, including women in saris and men in shirts, press close behind. Bottom-left shows a shaven head in the foreground and a woman holding a bouquet of flowers.2014-06-24 +2 copies