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Night photograph of a crowded temple courtyard with stone pillars and a large teal fabric canopy overhead. A bald man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a brown-orange shawl stands in the centre, gesturing with one hand toward a man in a white dhoti and shawl beside him. Around them, devotees in white, orange and saffron clothes and women in sarees press close, and a bearded man with long hair wears a white dhoti and bare-chested with necklaces. A silver kalasha-like vessel and garlands are visible near the right.

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June 03 20162016-06-03Crowded temple procession in an inner corridor with stone pillars and hanging colourful tassels, a green banana-leaf decoration overhead, and smoke or incense haze at left. At centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-red saffron robe, a heavy gold necklace and bangles, with hands clasped before him. Two shaven-headed attendants in orange robes and gold necklaces flank him, and a bare-chested man with rudraksha beads stands in white dhoti at front right. Many devotees in white and dhotis press around them.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05September 16 20152015-09-16April 05 20122012-04-05A dense crowd gathers in a narrow temple passage at night, with devotees pressing close around several saffron-robed sannyasis. A shaven-headed man in an orange shawl with a white forehead band and rudraksha mala stands at centre, flanked by another orange-clad man with tilak and a gold-beaded necklace. Women in maroon saris with jasmine flowers in their hair stand nearby, and a man in a pale blue shirt stands in the foreground. Several people hold hands and reach toward the robed figures, with dim lights and dark stone walls behind them. a person appearance cue: the figure wearing the gold necklace and tilak is the only one with long swept-back hair and ornate adornment, though this is uncertain.2012-09-12May 08 20162016-05-08January 08 20102010-01-08Dense crowd of devotees inside a dim temple hall during a ritual, with a lit doorway and hanging decorations behind. A bald man in orange-saffron robes with a red turban and rudraksha mala stands centre-right, a man in white dhoti and tripundra stands beside him, and bare-chested devotees in orange shawls surround them. Many men wear white ash markings on their foreheads. Elderly and white-clad figures crowd the background. Scene suggests a Hindu temple puja or abhishekam.2015-09-16May 18 20122012-05-18April 05 20122012-04-05Crowded temple scene with a dense ring of devotees around a ritual in progress. In the centre, a shirtless priest in a white dhoti bends over a low brass vessel, while a long-haired man with a red tilak and gold necklace in an orange garment stands nearby. On the right, an older man with glasses, a bare chest, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold chain holds a red-and-gold cloth and watches, wearing an orange upper cloth over a green-and-gold lower garment. Behind them, men in white shirts, a man in a black T-shirt and several bald men in orange robes stand among hanging orange and yellow decorations and carved stone pillars. a person cues are not clearly met for any single figure, so no identification is made.2012-04-05