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Night photograph of a dense crowd on a busy street outside a temple complex, with bright shop lights and a shrine figure visible in the background. At centre, a saffron-clad sadhu wearing a dark turban and a large garland of pink and yellow flowers stands among devotees. Several bearded men in brown and saffron robes with rudraksha malas surround him, and a man holds a tall ornate golden staff or standard. Women in orange and white saris, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti, press close. A tiled-roof stall and a metal shutter sign with Tamil script line the top of the frame, and camera operators stand at the left edge.

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April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29Photo 82891842018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a crowded temple corridor with ornately carved stone pillars and hanging lamps. A dense procession of shaved-headed men in orange-saffron cloths and rudraksha malas moves forward, many carrying ceremonial staffs and tridents. In the centre, a bearded man wearing a black turban and a garland of mixed orange and pink flowers holds his hands together in front of his chest, with a tall staff topped with a metallic finial raised beside him. Devotees and onlookers, including a child in pink, stand along the walls and background, with colourful banners and a blue information board visible on the right.2018-04-29 +1 copiesA dense crowd in a temple corridor with ornate pillars. At centre, a bare-chested sadhu with dreadlocked hair wrapped in a dark turban, wearing orange cloth, rudraksha malas and a large garland of white, yellow and pink flowers, holds a ceremonial ladle-like object in both hands. Several saffron-clad sadhus with long matted hair and beards surround him, one carrying a tall red and gold ceremonial staff at right. Devotees press in around them, some with shaved heads and white or saffron garments. A red and white sign hangs on the pillar in the background.2018-04-29Night street photograph in a crowded temple lane. A bearded man in a maroon-brown robe with a long green and white flower garland and a rudraksha mala stands at centre, smiling, with a red tilak on his forehead. Around him are sannyasis in saffron-orange cloths with white tripundra markings and beaded necklaces, a bald man in a brown robe, an older man in an orange shirt bowing and touching the feet area of the crowd, and a man in a pink-and-purple striped headwrap. Many children and onlookers press close. Behind them are a blue-painted shrine entrance, a lion-head carving, and string lights with painted deity panels on a wall. a person cues: long dark hair with rudraksha mala and a flower garland at the centre of the crowd.2017-02-07A crowded temple corridor lit by warm lamps, with a packed crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts pressing forward. In the foreground a smiling man wearing a red-orange shawl, rudraksha mala beads and a red head band with a red forehead mark walks beside a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala. A wooden pole or rod is held in the foreground. Behind them a golden-framed shrine holds a deity murti flanked by sculpted pillars, with a Tamil signboard on the left wall.2012-05-31April 29 20182018-04-29February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copies