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Photograph of a crowded temple courtyard with a covered pavilion. A man in the centre wears a pink-and-white flower crown, a brown dhoti and a long garland of marigold-orange flowers over bare shoulders, standing among priests. Nearby, a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with a gold-bordered waist cloth stands beside a figure in white robes with a shawl. Other men wear white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha-style necklaces; women in white saris and orange-and-gold garments stand around them. Onlookers in shirts and dhotis watch at right, and a tall brass lamp stand with a bell-like pillar appears in the background.

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Outdoor temple courtyard in Kerala with covered colonnade pillars and terracotta-tiled buildings behind. In the centre, a bearded man with long dark hair wears a deep maroon-brown robe, a multi-strand bead garland and a pink and white flower crown, and is surrounded by shirtless men in white dhotis with sacred threads and tilak marks. Behind them a crowd of devotees, including women in saffron and sari colours and a man holding a child, moves along the path. A bare-chested man on the right wears a white dhoti and gold chain.2018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08 +1 copiesA procession of devotees walks through a covered temple courtyard in Kerala. At the centre, a bearded man in a maroon-brown dhoti-style garment wears a long multi-strand garland of white and pink flowers, a large gold pendant, and a pink flower crown on his head. Around him, men in saffron-orange cloths and gold necklaces, bare-chested men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls, and a young woman in orange sari with a rudraksha mala walk along. Onlookers stand behind in the open hall with pillars.2018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08A crowded temple hall with pillars and a hanging canopy. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at the centre, both wearing long white jasmine garlands with red flowers; the man on the left has a red-orange headband with a gold ornament and a gold necklace with rudraksha beads, and the man beside him has a red-orange shawl and a gold-ornamented headband. A bare-chested man with white ash markings on his body and a beaded mala stands at the lower left, and a man in white dhoti at the right gestures toward the centre. Devotees in white and mixed clothing fill the background.2012-06-05A photo inside a covered temple corridor with a thatched roof, where a group of men in saffron-orange and red-brown dhotis and shawls walk in procession. A central man in a rust-red garment and dark turban wears a large garland of white and pink flowers and smiles while others around him wear orange shawls, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and white dhotis. A bare-chested man in front right, with sandalwood marks on his forehead and a white towel over his shoulder, looks down. Several onlookers in casual clothes stand behind a metal railing on the left, and a wooden shrine structure with a red-tiled roof is visible outside.2018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple courtyard in Kerala with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and gold-bordered white shawls, many bare-chested. In the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe wears a long red-and-white flower garland and a dark crown-like headdress with pink lotus flowers, and receives a ritual welcome from a bare-chested man in an orange sash who wears a rudraksha mala. A man in a white shirt presses his palms together at left, and a yellow bucket and steel railings stand at right. a person: the central bearded figure wears a pink lotus crown, a red-and-white garland, a dark rudraksha-style necklace and a rust robe, but the appearance cues are only moderately distinctive, so this candidate is uncertain.2018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08December 23 20162016-12-23July 08 20172017-07-08