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A dense crowd fills a temple courtyard with pink-and-grey colonnades behind them. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe wears a long gold-bead necklace and a thin gold cord, with a gold watch on his wrist. Beside him, a figure with long swept-back hair wears an orange garment and a gold necklace. Many men in white dhotis and shirts press around them, some with raised hands and rudraksha malas. The mood is one of close contact in a busy temple precinct, with a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti at lower right.

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A photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard crowd at a gathering. A bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a multi-strand orange-and-white bead garland stands at the centre, hands folded, facing a seated or standing group. Around him, many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, some with saffron shawls, stand close together. Behind them, a stone pillared temple corridor with carved columns and a pink-trimmed roof, and a man in orange holding an object near a stone basin or kalasha-like fixture. A cameraman with a video camera and several photographers with still cameras are visible at left and right. Several women in saris and salwar stand on the balcony above.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29Outdoor photo of a large crowd gathered in a stone-pillared temple courtyard, with many people in white dhotis and orange-saffron clothing. At the centre stands a bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a long orange-and-gold beaded necklace, hands clasped in front of him, facing the crowd. Nearby a man in white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl and orange sash stands beside him, and devotees with folded hands surround them. Several photographers and cameramen with cameras are visible among the crowd, and a brass lamp stands at the left edge. Dark pillared architecture and a whitewashed wall frame the scene.2010-12-29Outdoor temple gathering at a pink-walled colonnaded courtyard. In the foreground a long-haired man with a painted forehead wears orange cloth and a yellow-orange shawl, garlanded with white and orange flowers, extending his arm toward a bearded-free man in white shirt and white dhoti with rudraksha mala who smiles and cups his hands. Between them a silver bowl holds white liquid. Behind, seated devotees in white and orange sit on steps, a bald man in orange shawl and rudraksha beads sits among the crowd, and many standing people fill the background. a person is the orange-clad long-haired figure, shown as in-person with saffron cloth and garland cues; he is distinct from the white-clad man receiving from the bowl.2010-12-29A photograph of a long-haired man in orange saffron robes with a white forehead marking, wearing a green leaf garland and white and yellow flower garlands, smiling and reaching toward a bowl of white powder held by a bald man in a white shirt and white dhoti who has his hands joined in respect. Behind them a crowd of devotees, many in white and orange clothing, sits on a stone plaza in front of a pink temple colonnade. A seated woman in white holds a rudraksha mala near the bowl.2010-12-29Outdoor crowd scene at a temple compound with a pink wall and a gopuram visible behind. A central man with long dark swept-back hair, a tilak and a gold ceremonial necklace, wearing a saffron-orange shawl, smiles while being guided through the crowd. A bald man in saffron cloth and beads stands beside him, and men in white dhotis with orange borders and rudraksha malas surround them. Hands reach toward the central figure, and one person holds up a phone to photograph. Appearance-based label: a person, in the crowd near the temple.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A photograph of a crowded temple corridor with stone pillars and a golden kalasha-topped structure visible in the background. Several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas walk barefoot across a patterned floor, one carrying a bouquet of red and white flowers. A few men in white dhotis and shirts walk among them, and a crowd of onlookers fills the aisles behind. The scene reads as a temple procession or ritual walk, though no specific figure is clearly identifiable from appearance alone.2012-10-12December 29 20102010-12-29April 05 20122012-04-05Outdoor photo at a temple entrance with a pink-washed wall and carved stone pillars. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi wears a green and white flower garland with gold pendant, and a saffron cloth. Behind him, a man in saffron with a gold chain and a bald man in white dhoti with saffron-yellow border and gold necklace raise their hands in greeting. Devotees in saffron and white clothing clap and wave, and a man in a red shirt holds a camera. A woman in saffron wears a flower garland at right, and a man in a white shirt stands at the rear. The hair and dress cues on the central figure are distinctive, but the page only supplies a name and no clear appearance match, so the identity is uncertain.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29