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A photograph of a corridor lined with a long wall of white tiles or panels inscribed with Hindi verses in black script. Four men in orange-red and saffron robes walk along the wall. The man at center wears a long white and red floral garland, an orange shawl and a red robe, with a full dark beard and a tilak on his forehead, and walks with his head bowed. Beside him a man in a dark-red robe with a long white and red garland gestures toward the inscriptions. A bald man at right wears a red robe, a striped tiger-print shawl over his shoulder and holds a rudraksha mala. Another man with a shaved head and orange-red robe stands behind, and a figure in the background holds a trident beside a pillar. The cues for the central man (orange shawl, garland, bearded presence) are present but the appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity.

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Four men in saffron and orange robes walk along a white marble corridor beside a wall of inscribed white panels with rows of Devanagari text. The foreground man in front wears a saffron shawl over orange robes, a bead mala and a white flower garland with red blossoms, and has a red tilak on his forehead. A bare-chested man in a red-brown dhoti and a red-beaded necklace, also garlanded, walks beside him. Two more men in orange robes follow behind, one holding a trident-shaped object near the dark doorway ahead. Carved pillars and marble railings frame the passage.2014-03-16A man in a rust-red dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a white flower garland points at a wall covered with rows of printed Devanagari verses on white panels. Beside him a bearded man in an orange-saffron shawl and a white garland also points toward the text, while other saffron-robed sannyasis stand behind them in a corridor. The men appear to be reading the inscribed passages together.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16Indoor temple room with white marble floor and a wall of carved Sanskrit text in panels. A man in orange-saffron robes with a long beard sits on a cushion at left, wearing white and orange flower garlands, holding a folded orange shawl. Beside him a seated man in orange with a white flower garland and rudraksha mala smiles. Two shaved-headed sannyasis in orange sit and stand near a golden arched shrine with a deity murti behind them. A standing bearded man in orange robes at right gestures toward the group, and a young boy in white stands at the edge. Silver ceremonial staffs and a trident stand against the wall.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16Inside a shrine room with white marble walls covered in carved Sanskrit text, a seated man with a shaved head and a red-orange robe, wearing a white flower garland and rudraksha beads, receives a gesture from a man in a maroon vest over a yellow kurta who bows low with folded hands. Two other seated monks in orange robes sit behind. On the left in the foreground, an older bearded man in an orange shawl and white flower garland sits with eyes closed and a red tilak on his forehead. A decorated shrine with a deity murti and a red canopy appears on the right, along with a silver staff leaning against the wall.2014-03-16March 16 20142014-03-16A standing man with a full dark beard and a red tilak mark on his forehead wears a long rust-orange silk shawl over a matching robe, and extends his right hand toward a kneeling sannyasi with shaved head and a gold-and-red garment. The kneeling figure sits on a floral cushion with hands pressed together, wearing a rudraksha-bead mala. Behind them a wall is covered in lines of printed Sanskrit script. On the right a man in an orange kurta, black vest and white dhoti holds a brass tray with a pink-red offering. Another orange-robed figure stands in the background near a gold-framed shrine with a deity murti. Tiled floor and a cable run along the lower edge.2014-03-16