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A photograph of a temple entrance with ornate gold-and-grey stucco scrollwork on a pillar and painted sculptures above. A man in a white dhoti and shirtless with a dark-framed glasses and a tilak on his forehead carries a silver tray decorated with white jasmine garlands, red flowers and a brass kalasha-like offering, walking on the left. Behind him a bearded elderly man with long white beard and hair, wearing a white cloth draped over his shoulder and a white loincloth, walks barefoot with an orange-robed attendant wearing a red and white garland beside him, under a red-and-green canopy with tassels held over the path. The elderly man's body is marked with reddish-brown spots. Another man in white stands at the right edge. Several people are visible.

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February 02 20102010-02-02A procession passes through the entrance of a temple with painted, ornately carved walls and a red-and-teal fringed umbrella overhead. A central man in saffron-orange robes wears a large white flower garland with red and orange blossoms, a gold pendant, a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and a headband, and points forward while smiling. Around him, saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some bare-chested with white sacred markings, crowd the procession. A man in the left foreground, bare-chested with white markings and a rudraksha mala, stands beside a crowd of onlookers. A man on the right holds a folded white-and-red cloth. The scene is a festival procession in a temple precinct with many people visible.2012-06-05February 02 20102010-02-02Temple scene with a decorated palanquin-like shrine draped in red and maroon cloth, garlanded with pink and red flowers, holding a golden figure. An elderly bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a striped shawl stands at left, extending his hands toward the shrine. Beside the shrine, a man in orange-saffron robes with a gold-bordered wrap and gold garland raises his joined hands overhead in worship. Another man in saffron robes with a gold garland stands with folded hands. At far right, a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a bearded man with long hair in orange clothing stand near the shrine, with more devotees in the background and a stone pillar at left.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20102010-02-02June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05May 10 20122012-05-10June 05 20122012-06-05A procession in a temple corridor under a red and gold canopy with tassels. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a long garland of white and red flowers and gold necklaces walks smiling, with a tilak on his forehead and a headband. Beside him a shaved-headed man in white dhoti, bare-chested, with ash markings and a gold chain, holds an umbrella-like staff. Other attendants in white, orange and maroon clothing carry silver staffs and a gold-rimmed fan, with rudraksha malas around their necks. Ornate temple carvings line the background. Text on the page and captions aside, the scene shows a ritual procession with attendants and ceremonial staffs.2012-06-05January 01 20172017-01-01