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Evening crowd scene outdoors under strings of small lights. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a tilak on his forehead stands at centre, smiling and looking down. To his right, an older man in white dhoti and shirt holds his hands in anjali greeting, beside a smiling man in a red shirt with a red tilak mark. A man in white on the left holds a microphone, and an older woman in an orange sari stands beside him. Behind them a large crowd gathers in front of a red banner reading Om Nama Shivaya Om.

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January 11 20092009-01-11Night outdoor gathering in a village street lit by a bright overhead lamp. A young man in a plain orange saffron robe stands centre, smiling, hands clasped at the waist, with a bare shaved-looking head and no visible crown, malas or ornate ornaments, so his identity is uncertain. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a microphone to address the crowd. An elderly woman in an orange sari stands beside him, and a man in a red shirt and white dhoti stands to the right. Behind them a white canopy with a printed banner, and a crowd of onlookers including children in light blue and pink clothes fill the frame. Strings of lights hang on a building at upper right.2009-01-11April 11 20122012-04-11 +1 copiesAugust 02 20082008-08-02April 09 20172017-04-09August 06 20092009-08-06January 11 20092009-01-11August 03 20082008-08-03Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple courtyard with a gopuram tower and a covered colonnade. A smiling man in the centre wears a flowing orange robe over a red top, a gold pendant and a long garland of beads, with a red tilak on his forehead and long swept-back hair; he has an appearance-based candidate profile for a person with distinctive saffron clothing, long hair, a garland and a gold pendant. To the left, a bearded sadhu in orange holds a paper and wears a mala. A white-clad man stands at the left edge, and an elder in pink kurta greets someone at right. A woman in an orange sari stands in the right foreground, and several white-clad devotees and onlookers fill the background. A banner over the entrance reads Arunachaleswarar temple.2009-08-06Photo 11733075A photograph of a ceremonial event under a pink and multicoloured streamer canopy. A central man in saffron-orange robes wears a long white-and-red garland and a gold ceremonial necklace, seated on a white throne-like seat with flower decorations, while several people in white and orange lean in to greet him. Behind him, a man in orange robes with a gold necklace stands beside a tall flower-decorated kalasha-style pot. Pedestal flower vases, a standing fan and a microphone are visible, and a banner in Tamil script hangs behind. Several devotees in white shirts and dhotis, and a man in red, press forward. The central seated figure has long hair and distinctive ceremonial adornments, which is a probable appearance-based match for a person in the context of this event.2009-01-12A photograph at a temple doorway with weathered stone walls and a dark wooden entrance, a stepped gopuram visible through the gate. A central figure in an orange saffron cloth wrapped over the shoulder, an orange turban and a long garland of yellow-orange flowers stands with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas surround him; one at right wears a red-and-gold embroidered shawl. A young boy in white stands at far right, and a bald man's head is in the foreground. a person is the central figure, distinguished by the orange turban, saffron cloth, long hair and flower garland, with devotees around him in ceremonial white.2006-09-24