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A photograph of a procession inside a temple corridor lined with pale stone pillars. Several people walk forward in a group. At the front left, a man in orange-red robes wears a gold-coloured ceremonial necklace and a rudraksha mala, with a white headband and tilak. Beside him, a man in orange robes walks barefoot. A woman in a maroon sari with a blue border walks in the centre. Behind them, women in white dresses with orange shawls and a woman in a blue top with folded hands follow. A silver staff is held aloft in the middle of the group. A bare-chested man in yellow cloth is in the lower foreground. Visible people number roughly fifteen to twenty.

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A night procession moves through a stone temple corridor with tall pillars. A man in a saffron-red wrap with a long rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace walks at left, hands folded. Behind him a shirtless man in white dhoti with a red-and-yellow waistband and a sandalwood forehead mark walks beside a woman in a maroon sari with blue border. A man in orange robe and white headband, and a man in an orange shawl with a long silver staff, lead the group. Several people in white dhotis and orange shawls and devotees with folded hands follow. Other devotees stand along the edge, some with orange garlands.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A procession moves through the pillared hall of a stone temple. In the centre a man in red-orange robes wears a white headband, a rudraksha mala, and a gold necklace, walking with bare feet. Behind him, several young men in saffron-orange robes carry a tall silver staff garlanded with pink and white flowers. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and a yellow-clad man stand watching, with a woman in a dark sari and an elderly woman in white nearby. Carved stone pillars and a yellow gate frame the scene.2009-07-13Photograph of a crowded procession moving through a stone temple corridor at night, lit by warm lamps and a glowing shrine on the upper right. A central man in a red-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a white headband holds his hands in anjali, walking beside a man in saffron holding a tall silver staff garlanded with flowers. Around them devotees in white dhotis and saffron shawls, women in white saris and a woman in a maroon sari with a yellow shawl, many with folded hands. A man in a white shirt stands on a pillar base at left. The white pillars and walls frame the crowd.2009-07-13A photograph inside a dim temple corridor with a bright doorway ahead. In the centre, a bare-chested, bearded sadhu in orange cloth walks with a devotee, both holding a small brass offering. Beside him, a man in a red-orange robe with a long red shawl, a large red-and-black rudraksha mala and a heavy gold necklace walks with his head covered; a flower garland hangs at his side. Around them, men in saffron robes carry a silver trident-topped staff, a woman in a blue and maroon sari with white flowers in her hair walks ahead, a man in a yellow top and white dhoti wears sacred thread beads, and people in white dhotis with red shawls follow. A man in a light grey shirt stands at right.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13May 08 20122012-05-08 +1 copiesJuly 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A procession of saffron-robed devotees walks barefoot through a stone temple corridor with carved pillars and ornate brackets. At centre, a man in orange robes and a red head covering carries a tall silver trident (trishul) upright in his right hand, wearing a gold necklace and mala beads. Around him, men in orange and red robes, several with rudraksha malas, and others in white dhotis with yellow shawls walk alongside. Sunlight enters from a high opening at upper left, and a smaller rudraksha-garlanded figure in red follows at right.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13