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Photograph of the Kamakhya Temple exterior under a pale blue dusk sky with a faint moon and a bird in flight. The beehive-shaped, stepped stone shikhara rises on the right, draped with thick garlands of orange marigolds and colourful flower strands. A low salmon-pink roof and a red-and-white structure sit in the foreground, with a tall tree on the left and red flags on poles in the background. Several small figures stand at the bottom edge near the temple base. A purple and white logo appears in the upper left corner.

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Outdoor photograph of the Kamakhya Temple in Assam, shot upward into a pale blue sky. A tall curved shikhara-style temple spire with a golden finial rises at right, its walls draped with dense orange marigold garlands and strings of red and pink flowers. A large leafy tree stands at left beside a red-roofed structure with a white Om symbol on its wall, and a red flag flutters near the tree. A small crescent moon is visible in the sky. No people are visible in the frame.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesMarch 28 20182018-03-28A photograph of a bearded man in a dark turban and saffron-orange robe, adorned with a thick orange marigold garland and rudraksha beads, standing in front of a temple with a tiered golden dome and a red-tiled roof. The temple walls are draped with long strings of orange marigolds and pink flowers. He raises one hand in a blessing gesture while smiling. A red flag and a tree appear at the left edge under a pale sky. Appearance-based label: a person, identified by the turban, saffron robe, marigold garlands and rudraksha cues, standing in the foreground at the temple.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28A standing man in a rust-red sannyasi robe with a dark cylindrical turban-style cap, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant on an orange-marigold garland, presses his palms together in anjali namaskar before a temple. Behind him rise the beehive-shaped shikhara towers of a temple with pink-orange domes and gold finials, its wall and roof hung with orange marigold garlands. Two figures in red stand at left and a person in white at far right.2018-03-28A man in saffron-orange robes stands before a temple with tiered stone domes and pink-roofed shrines, its walls draped with orange and multicolored marigold and flower garlands. He wears a black turban, a red tilak on his forehead, a thick orange marigold garland with a gold pendant, and multiple rudraksha mala strands across his chest and wrist. He smiles and raises his right hand in greeting. Pigeons perch on the upper stonework and a red flag flies on the left.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28Photograph of a temple complex at Kamakhya Temple. In the foreground at left, a person seen from behind sits with a tall dark bun of hair, an orange-red cloth wrapped around the body, a rudraksha-style bead band on the upper arm, and an orange-and-yellow marigold garland around the neck. The figure gazes toward a stepped beige temple spire with a golden finial. Orange and yellow fabric hangings and a red-pink roof cover the adjacent shrine structures. A second person in white clothing walks across a grey paved courtyard, and a wooden ladder-like stand stands beside the shrines.2018-03-28Photograph taken from behind of a bare-shouldered person with a large black hair bun wrapped with rudraksha beads, wearing an orange marigold garland and rudraksha malas over the shoulders. They look toward a cluster of Kamakhya-style temple spires in orange, peach and beige with pennants and strings of bunting, with a green tree and red-roofed structures at the left edge. Pale sky above. The person appears to be a devotee or sadhu, with no face visible, and the scene shows the temple complex at Kamakhya.2018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28March 28 20182018-03-28