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Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple courtyard with a tall white gopuram tower behind and carved stone pillars at right. The ground is decorated with colourful kolam floor art in yellow, green, blue and red. A man in orange robes with a long-haired, sweeping presentation and a long red-orange robe stands with hands folded in namaste, wearing a multi-strand bead necklace in orange robes. Beside him an older man in orange robes holds a large garland of yellow and white flowers. Other saffron-robed sadhus stand nearby. At left a man in white dhoti and shirt stands facing them, and at right a man in a white kurta and yellow shawl, plus others in white with orange shawls, watch. A uniformed police officer stands in the background near the temple wall.

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Outdoor temple scene at a gopuram-towered complex. A central figure in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a gold-toned orange turban, wearing a large beaded necklace, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar near a colourful kolam floor design. Around him, many men in white dhotis and shirts, and several in khaki or olive shirts, stand barefoot. A white-clad man with an orange shawl and mala stands beside him holding papers. Stone temple buildings and a tall gopuram tower rise in the background under bright sky. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), identifiable by the orange turban, saffron garments and ceremonial necklaces, shown in a temple devotional setting.2007-01-12Outdoor photo at a temple gateway with a tall white gopuram tower behind and a colourful sculpted shrine roof to the right. A long-haired man in orange saffron robes stands in the centre with palms pressed together in anjali, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style mala around his neck; the cues are distinctive but appearance-based, so he is labelled Swamiji (probable). Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts wear orange shawls, and one older man in white carries a gold-chain necklace. Overcast sky, and a camera operator is partly visible at right.2008-08-02January 12 20072007-01-12Outdoors before a tall gopuram of a South Indian temple, a kneeling figure in saffron-orange robes with an orange head wrap bows deeply to the ground on a patterned rangoli-decorated area. Around them stand many men in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing pendant necklaces, some with hands folded in namaskar and others standing with hands clasped. One man in an orange shawl with long dark hair and a bearded face stands near the center with hands folded. A man in olive-green shirt stands at right. A pink-walled structure and street lamp appear at left under a pale sky.2007-01-12August 02 20082008-08-02A 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.2008-08-02December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 29 20102010-12-29December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Outdoor street procession before a tall gopuram temple tower in Tamil Nadu. A central figure with long dark hair, a white garland of flowers and beads, and an orange saffron garment with yellow trim walks among a group. Men in orange and saffron sannyasi robes with gold beaded necklaces and tilak marks hold hands in a chain. Men in white dhotis and shirts crowd the street, and a photographer stands on a roadside ledge. Pillared shrine walls line the right side.2010-12-29