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A crowded outdoor temple gathering with devotees seated and standing around a stone platform. A woman in a red sari and gold jewellery is receiving something from a seated woman in an orange and red top with a long dark braid and white flower garland, who holds a small tray. A man in white with a garland and saffron-stoled sannyasi in white sits at right beside a brass kalasha-style pot wrapped in garlands and a bowl of flowers and fruit. Palm fronds and a carved stone pillar frame the scene. Oil lamps and offerings lie on the platform.

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December 26 20072007-12-26December 26 20072007-12-26December 26 20072007-12-26Outdoor temple-style scene at a stone platform beside a stone pillar. A long-haired man in orange-saffron cloth with a red shawl and white jasmine garlands and a rudraksha-style necklace sits smiling and holds out a yellow fruit piece, with a silver tray of cut yellow fruit in front of him. Beside a tall stack of painted clay pots with flowers and a palm frond, a seated devotee in white with a garland bites a yellow fruit slice. Other people in white shirts and garlands stand around, one photographer raises a camera, and a deity murti with garlands is visible at left. A white-haired man in white stands at right.2007-12-26February 07 20172017-02-07December 30 20072007-12-30A dense crowd of devotees in white ritual clothes gathers outdoors at a Brahmotsav-day event. Many men and women wear white shirts, dhotis and sarees, with white and yellow flower garlands draped over their necks. Several people press palms together in prayer, and a man in the foreground holds a folded-hand gesture near a decorated painted pot with flowers. A woman in a red sleeveless top stands at the right edge facing the group. Palm fronds and a glimpse of orange cloth appear at the top right.2007-12-26December 26 20072007-12-26Outdoor photo of a seated figure with long, swept-back black hair wearing a red sleeveless top under an orange saffron shawl, holding a small green tray of yellow fruit, with a red and white bindi-like mark on the forehead. He sits on a white plastic chair facing a crowd of devotees in white shirts and dhotis, many wearing rudraksha malas. A man in a white shirt and mala leans in and gestures toward him, while a woman in a white sari with gold jewellery and a dark mala smiles beside them. Behind the group, men and women stand along a street near a truck, with a dark stone pillar at left. a person: the seated figure's long hair, saffron shawl and mala-style adornments fit that label, though appearance alone is not conclusive.2009-02-02July 07 20092009-07-07A photograph of a street scene during a Ratha Yatra in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. In the foreground, a person seated on a white plastic chair wears a long, swept-back dark hair, an orange wrap over a red top, and rudraksha-like beads, reaching forward to clasp the hands of a man in a white shirt and white trousers with a dark rudraksha mala. Around them, several people in white ritual clothes with dark beaded necklaces stand close; a woman in a white sari with gold-bordered edge presses her palms together in greeting, and a woman on the left looks on. A crowd of men and women stands along the roadside behind them, with a stone pillar and a blue sign at the left edge.2009-02-02December 30 20072007-12-30