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Photograph inside a dim temple-style hall beside a bookstall. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts, one with an orange shawl, and several sannyasis in orange robes look upward toward the shelves. A man in a striped shirt and white dhoti stands to the right. Behind them are shelves of religious books and framed deity pictures, and a sign hangs on the wall. A uniformed police officer is visible in the background.

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A night-time photo of a crowd in a narrow passage beside a bookshop stall with shelves of colourful religious books and calendars. A central figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange sleeveless robe, a long rudraksha mala and a gold chain, and smiles while gesturing with his hand. He is surrounded by men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing a red-and-white garland, a bearded man in orange, and a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap in the right foreground. A Tamil sign reads Sri Kamakoti book centre above the stall. The page excerpt describes a Pattanam event, but that is unverified from the image.2008-07-28A photograph taken inside a temple gateway at night, with stone carved pillars on either side. A central figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and a long rudraksha mala with a gold-edged orange shawl, with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak on the forehead, looks upward while gesturing with one hand; he is the a person by appearance cues, though visibility is partial and the identity is uncertain. Around him stand devotees in orange robes, one with a red sash and a bracelet, others in white dhotis and white shirts, and a man in striped shirt at right. A Tamil signboard lists items in numbered lines, and a framed picture of a temple is mounted on the wall beside it.2008-07-28July 29 20082008-07-29A photograph of a procession at night in a temple-like setting. A man in an orange saffron robe with a white flower garland around his neck and a red tilak on his forehead walks at the centre with his hands joined in greeting, smiling. Beside him, a man in a red kurta walks with his eyes lowered, and men in white shirts and dhotis crowd around. A man on the left wears a black bead mala and white shirt. Behind them, a wall displays framed religious posters of deities, with string lights and a glowing lamp overhead. Several people are visible, including a boy in a red shirt.2009-01-11A photograph of a procession moving through a narrow, dimly lit temple corridor. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border and dark beaded mala walks at the front, followed by a line of men in saffron/orange robes with gold-trimmed cloth, several wearing gold necklaces and rudraksha beads. A woman in an orange sari walks among them. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white and other colours fills the passage toward a brightly lit shrine area with orange-lit pillars and shop stalls lining the walls. A printed Tamil-language banner hangs on the right and a plaque is mounted on the left wall. Watermarked archive photo. a person not clearly identifiable by appearance.2012-05-08January 12 20072007-01-12July 29 20082008-07-29July 28 20082008-07-28Crowded photograph in a temple corridor at night with yellow-and-blue Tamil signage above a counter reading archana and seva offerings. A man in an orange turban and orange shawl with rudraksha mala stands at centre, smiling, with a bead necklace; a probable Swamiji candidate by the orange turban, swept-back hair and rudraksha cues, placed among devotees. Around him, men in white dhotis with orange shawls and rudraksha malas gather, and a woman in white with an orange shawl folds her hands in namaste at right. A man in a red shirt bows low in the foreground, and a uniformed police officer stands at lower right. Pillars and a temple wall frame the scene.2008-01-02July 29 20082008-07-29 +1 copiesStreet procession in a crowded Tamil Nadu market lane lit by shop lights, with shop signage above. Several orange-robed sannyasis walk together. A man in the centre wears a dark red-brown cloth, a long garland of white flowers with red blooms, a gold necklace, and a red headband, and holds his hands together at chest level. To his right, a bearded man in an orange wrap and rudraksha beads is seen with a green cloth in hand. On the far right, a figure with long swept-back hair, a beard, rudraksha malas and a gold necklace wears an orange robe and holds his hands clasped. Other people in white shirts and dhotis, some in orange and white, stand around them. Background shop displays show red and orange cloth goods.2012-06-05A photograph of a temple corridor with a crowd walking through. In the centre, a smiling man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered drape and a heavy gold-and-bead necklace holds his palms together in anjali. A shaved-headed attendant in orange robes and a rudraksha mala walks beside him. To the right, a man in white dhoti with gold border and bare shoulders walks alongside another man in white shirt. Devotees in pink and white shirts, saris and a woman with flowers in her hair fill the background, with a black board of Tamil writing on the right wall. The page indicates a person is present; the central saffron-robed figure shows distinctive adornments and saffron clothing, so a probable identification is noted here. a person in the centre, greeting people in procession.2012-09-11