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A large white gopuram of a temple towers over a crowd at its gateway. In the foreground, a man in an orange turban and orange-saffron shawl with a gold garland stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling. Beside him a bearded man wears an orange shawl, and several men in white dhotis and shirts with dark beaded necklaces walk through the crowd. A blue and yellow canopy and roadside stalls line the left side. A small purple logo appears in the upper left. The page describes a visit to Arunachala temple in Tiruvannamalai, but the orange-turbaned figure's appearance is consistent with a probable candidate only in part, so the identity is uncertain.

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January 12 20072007-01-12Outdoor photograph before a tall white gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered in carved sculptures, with a red-and-white sign in Tamil reading பிரதங்கள் at right. A group of men walks along a stone pavement. A figure at centre-right in an orange shawl over an orange and gold-bordered garment, wearing an orange turban, holds palms together in namaskar with a long-haired, bare-chested upper body and a garland at the neck. Around him, men in white kurtas and dhotis, some with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, walk and stand; one man in a light shirt and dark trousers stands at the centre with hands clasped. Several others in white shirts and glasses stand beside them. A Hindu temple procession scene, with a visible purple logo at top right.2007-01-12December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04January 12 20072007-01-12Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamPhoto of the ornately carved white gopuram of Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai, seen from below through a dark stone gateway. Several figures stand at the entrance: a man in white dress shirt and dhoti on the left, a bald man in an orange robe in the centre-left, and a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a white garland at the centre-right, who appears to be holding hands with the bald man. Two more men in white and a figure in a lighter shirt are partly visible at the frame edges. Overhead, power lines cross the sky. A dark plaque is mounted on the gateway wall to the right.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Dusk photograph of a large gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiered stone tower densely carved with figures and niches, rising over a side wall and small shrines. A group of men in white shirts and white dhotis walk in a line through a courtyard, several wearing rudraksha malas and garlands. In the centre a figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban wears a gold necklace and holds a small object, with an orange shawl draped over others nearby.2006-09-24A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a white vertical tilak on his forehead walks in the foreground wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless wrap and a heavy gold bead necklace of large ornamental beads. He is smiling and looking down. Behind him, a group of men in white dhotis and kurtas, several wearing yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, walk along a dirt path. A young man in the group wears a black sash reading Paramahamsa or similar. Behind them rises a tall, intricately carved white gopuram tower of a South Indian temple under an overcast sky, with a leafy green tree at the left edge. Swamiji (probable) is the man in the orange wrap with long hair and gold beaded necklace.2010-01-08January 12 20072007-01-12December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04