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Outdoor photograph in front of a colourful multi-tiered temple gopuram with painted panels beneath a large tree. A bearded... no, a man in saffron-red robes with a gold-bordered dhoti and a large gold bead necklace raises one hand in greeting at centre. Beside him stands a shaved-headed sannyasi in matching red garment with a rudraksha mala holding a silver trident, and another shaved-headed man in red robes with a zebra-print cloth over his arm. Behind them, a man in a grey cap and green-striped shirt and other onlookers walk past a signboard reading the temple's name. Pale sunlight, tiled plaza.

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Outdoor photo before a multi-tiered, brightly painted Hindu temple tower with a painted wall and an orange signboard reading a Mahadev temple. In the centre a smiling man in rust-orange robes with a gold-bead necklace raises one hand in greeting. To his left a bald man in rust-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands beside him; to his right a man in orange robes with gold borders holds a silver trident and a striped cloth. Behind them several onlookers in casual clothes and white dhotis stand on a tiled plaza.2014-01-23January 23 20142014-01-23January 23 20142014-01-23 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor street scene in front of a colourful multi-tiered Hindu temple gopuram with painted panels. In the foreground a smiling man in a reddish-orange robe with a draped shawl, wearing a large gold-toned bead necklace and a small red tilak, raises one hand in greeting and holds a tall silver trident. Behind him a second robed man in a saffron-orange garment stands to the left, and several people in white and orange clothing and casual wear walk along a patterned tiled plaza. A banner reads Shri Mahadev Mandir, and a shrine-shop with garlands is visible to the right.2014-01-23January 23 20142014-01-23January 23 20142014-01-23A smiling man in a rust-red sannyasi robe with gold-yellow border stands in the foreground on a patterned tiled plaza, raising one hand in greeting and holding a silver trident (trishul) with a gold-trimmed shaft. He wears a large gold bead necklace and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a multicolored temple gopuram rises above a building with a painted mural and an orange signboard reading a Mahadev temple name in Hindi. Orange-robed sadhus and passersby, including a woman in a light blue jacket and a young man in a beige hoodie, move through the plaza. A white banner with Hindi lettering hangs nearby.2014-01-23January 23 20142014-01-23January 23 20142014-01-23Outdoor photograph of a colourful multi-tiered Hindu temple with a pastel tower and a glass-covered front shrine painted with deities. A large orange board reads Shri Mahadev Mandir. Beside it, a white banner shows a red-and-gold eye emblem and greetings for the new year, naming Shri Mahant Ravindra Puri ji Maharaj and Shri Mahant Subhash Puri ji Maharaj. Several saffron-robed sadhus stand on a tiled courtyard, one with a bare chest and a shawl, another in a long orange robe with a rudraksha-style garland, while a group of onlookers and a black dog watch from the side. Footwear is lined up near the entrance.2014-01-23Barefoot saffron-robed swamis walk across a mosaic courtyard in front of a white temple with ornate arched doorways and painted borders. The sign on the building reads Shri Dasha Mahavidya temple style lettering, and a plaque above a doorway reads Shri Maheshwar Mahadev. In the centre, a man in brown-orange dhoti and shawl wears a white-and-pink flower garland and walks beside a bald man holding a silver trident. Behind them, more orange-clad sadhus and a woman in orange stand at the temple entrance. A woman in red and green walks at left, and a man in orange stands at the far left edge. The swami with the garland has distinctive visible cues of ceremonial adornment, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2014-01-22May 11 20152015-05-11