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Photo outside a stone temple entrance at a festival crowd. In the centre, a bearded man with a shaved head wears a loose saffron-orange shawl draped over his shoulders and holds a white cloth. Beside him, a figure with long dark swept-back hair wears saffron-orange robes and a heavy gold-coloured ceremonial necklace. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at left beside yellow metal barricades, and a woman in a red sari with a child is nearby. Behind them, several men in white shirts and an orange-scarfed devotee stand near the temple doorway, and a man in a blue checked shirt with a white forehead mark is in the right foreground. Stone walls and a small decorated tiled step frame the scene.

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December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Outdoor photo at a stone temple entrance with carved pillars. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark swept-back hair and white tilak marks wears an orange-saffron robe with yellow border, rudraksha malas, a pendant and a white necklace; he has white bandages on his upper arms. Beside him, a bald older priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with yellow border, wearing a flower crown, rudraksha malas and gold bangle, gestures with his hand. Around them stand about a dozen men in white dhotis, shirts and checked lungis, and a uniformed police officer in khaki. A yellow sign in Tamil and English hangs on the wall behind. The man in the centre has distinctive long hair and saffron rudraksha-mala attire, so the appearance-based label applies with an in_person candidate.2012-05-22 +1 copiesDecember 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple street beside a tall gopuram. Two saffron-robed men walk together: a long-haired man in orange with a green garland and a gold-beaded necklace, and an older shaved-headed man in orange shawl holding a rolled white cloth. Behind them, devotees in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing pink rosettes, stand along a metal barrier beneath a corrugated awning. A man in a striped shirt walks at left. The appearance of the long-haired figure with garland and gold necklace is a probable match for Swamiji (probable), walking in procession with a companion monk.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Outdoor photograph at a temple precinct with a stone wall, a mountain behind, palm trees and a pink colonnaded building. A younger man with long dark swept-back hair, a red bindi, an orange robe and a white-and-green garland walks forward at centre, with a long beaded necklace. Beside him a bearded older man in an orange shawl points ahead. A man in white dhoti and shirt wears a pink rosette, and a crowd of men in shirts and dhotis walks along a path lined with yellow barriers. A gilded temple gopuram-style structure with yellow canopies stands in the background. Two persons appear clearly; several others are visible in the crowd.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Photograph of a group walking barefoot across a stone courtyard beside a temple wall at Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair and a red tilak wears an orange saffron robe and a yellow-and-white garland, appearing to be a person by his long hair, saffron robe and garland cues. Beside him, a bearded man in white dhoti and shawl walks, and to the right an elderly sannyasi in a full orange-red shawl holds a green garland. Men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a blue checked shirt, and seated devotees surround them. Behind is a tall gopuram and a building with a marigold-and-tinsel festoon of orange, purple and yellow.2006-12-04Photograph of a temple walkway at a stone-walled Hindu temple with carved stone pillars and a metal crowd barrier. In the foreground a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a heavy gold necklace with a pendant gestures toward the stone wall. Beside him an older man with white hair and beard, wrapped in an orange shawl over his head and shoulders, walks forward. Behind them a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a red mark on his forehead accompanies them. A uniformed police officer stands at right. Devotees and staff in white and blue saris move along the background corridor.2006-12-04Outdoor photograph of a procession on a stone-paved walkway beside a temple wall, with gopuram towers rising in the background. A barefoot man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe, a flower garland and a ceremonial gold necklace, walks at the center, smiling; the appearance cues are long hair, saffron clothing, and ornate gold necklace, so this is a person candidate in person. Beside him, a bald elder in an orange robe with a white shawl walks barefoot, while men in white dhotis and shirts, one holding a green leafy garland, accompany them. Several devotees in casual shirts walk nearby, and a chalk floor kolam decorates the pavement.2006-12-04