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A photograph inside a stone temple hall with weathered granite pillars. In the centre, a man in orange sannyasi robes with a red-and-gold trim and a white forehead band holds a long wooden staff upright while looking upward. Rudraksha beads hang across his chest, and white cloth bands wrap his upper arms and wrists. To the left, a man in an orange robe with a gold-bead necklace talks on a mobile phone. Behind them, a uniformed police officer in khaki with a dark cap and a few other men stand watching, and a figure in white is partly visible at right.

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A photograph of two saffron-robed sannyasis walking down a dim temple corridor past heavy dark wooden doors studded with brass knobs and an iron latch. The man in front has long hair, white forehead markings and a rudraksha mala, with a gold-coloured chain and a saffron shawl edged in gold; he appears to be walking with a serious expression. The man beside him on the right is shaved-headed, wears a white headband, a beaded mala and a gold necklace, and a saffron shawl trimmed with gold. Several other men in orange and white clothing follow behind them in the corridor.2012-05-22June 03 20162016-06-03September 11 20122012-09-11December 21 20152015-12-21 +2 copiesSeptember 11 20122012-09-11May 20 20122012-05-20July 24 20122012-07-24A photograph of a group walking through a temple corridor with stone pillars. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, bare-chested, wearing an orange-red shawl with gold border and a large rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, walks hand-in-hand with an elderly bald man in a similar orange-red garment with gold border and a gold pendant, who wears a crown-like headpiece. On the right a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds hands with them. Behind them, a uniformed police officer in khaki stands, and devotees in white and orange follow. a person appears in the centre with long hair, ornate adornments and orange-gold clothing, consistent with the page's description of him.2012-05-20Three men in orange and saffron robes walk through a stone-pillared temple corridor at night. The elderly man on the left, bare-chested with a white forehead mark, white sandalwood-style markings on his arm, rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, raises his finger as he speaks. The central younger man wears a red-orange headband, a long rudraksha mala, a pearl-like necklace, gold earrings and a saffron shawl with gold trim, and looks ahead. A third man on the right, in orange clothes and holding an orange cloth, follows. Behind them a man in white dhoti with gold border holds a phone, and other people stand in the background.2012-05-21A photograph of a standing figure in a red draped garment with a long rudraksha mala across the chest, eyes closed, holding a tall silver staff with a spearhead, in a hall with an audience seated on the floor. In the foreground a shaved-headed person in saffron-orange sits at the lower left, and a large brown leather armchair is at the right. Behind them, seated devotees wear orange and white clothing, some with orange headbands, and a black speaker stands on the upper right.2015-12-11November 16 20152015-11-16June 04 20162016-06-04 +1 copies