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A photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars featuring rearing animal figures. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth and a sacred thread stands at left, facing away. Centre, a man with long dark hair wearing an orange saffron robe holds his hands in anjali. Beside him, another man in an orange robe walks with hands clasped. A man in a white shirt and jeans walks in the foreground at right, while devotees in white and a woman in a yellow sari stand or sit along the pillars. Stone floor, dim interior light.

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July 29 20082008-07-29January 14 20092009-01-14May 18 20122012-05-18A procession of people in saffron-orange robes walks barefoot through a stone temple colonnade, with tall carved granite pillars on both sides. In the centre a figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange wrap and layered beaded necklaces, leads the group, while a bald orange-robed man beside him carries a garland of white and red flowers. A man in an all-white dhoti and shirt walks at the front right, and a large crowd of devotees in white and bright clothes fills the background near a gilded kalasha-like finial. Several orange-clad participants have a white vibhuti mark on the forehead.2012-10-12July 14 20092009-07-14July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph inside a stone temple corridor with carved lion-like brackets and a coffered ceiling. In the centre, a young man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested, wears an orange-red dhoti and a large ceremonial gold necklace with rudraksha malas, smiling as he walks barefoot. Beside him, another young man in an orange-red robe and mala walks with a shawl draped over his shoulder. Behind them, several people in white and orange-red garments follow, and an elderly man with white hair and beard in a white shirt and dhoti walks at left.2009-07-13Interior of a stone temple corridor with carved pillars and painted colonnades. A figure in a long-haired orange-red robe with a gold-beaded necklace stands at center with palms pressed together in greeting, facing a group of devotees and a uniformed officer. Behind them, several people in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis cluster near a carved stone elephant-headed deity sculpture at right. A bare-backed priest in a white cloth stands in the foreground near the sculpture and a metal railing. Swamiji (probable): the central figure in red-orange with long swept-back hair, a gold-beaded necklace and folded hands matches the page's Swamiji claim on cues of long hair, orange clothing and ceremonial gold beads, so this is an in_person candidate.2009-07-13A photograph inside an ornately decorated temple corridor with painted ceilings, carved stone pillars and flower garlands hanging from the columns. A procession moves forward through the hall. At centre, a man in an orange-red robe wears a long white and pink flower garland and holds his hands together in a greeting, flanked by saffron-robed attendants and devotees. On the left, a bare-chested man in a red and white dhoti carries a brass plate of offerings, and a white-clad priest with an orange shawl walks in front. Onlookers in white shirts stand along the sides. Several people are in motion, with a blurred foreground.2009-07-13May 07 20122012-05-07A photograph inside a stone temple colonnade with heavily carved pillars and a carved ceiling. In the foreground, a figure with long, dark, swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange shawl wrapped around the body and faces away from the camera, standing near a carved pillar. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and white trousers, wearing a rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant, stands with one hand resting on a pillar. The carvings show figures in relief panels. a person is recorded only as an appearance-based candidate, with the orange-clad figure in the foreground.2006-09-18A photograph inside a temple corridor with carved stone brackets and lion-like corbels overhead and yellow-painted pillars. A bald elderly man in white dhoti and white shirt walks at left with palms open. Behind him, a man with long dark hair and a gold-bead necklace wears orange-red robes and a garland, and several men and women in orange-red and white saris and dhotis walk in a line. A woman at right in red sari folds her hands in greeting. The group moves together along a brick floor, and a brass or silver object appears at the upper left edge.2009-07-13