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A photograph of a temple procession in a narrow lane beside a colourful temple wall decorated with painted stone animal sculptures, including a lion and a bull. In the foreground, a shirtless man with a sandalwood-marked forehead wears a beaded headband, a dark rudraksha-style beaded necklace and an orange cloth draped over one shoulder, and gestures with his hand. Beside him stands a bald man with a similar forehead marking and beaded necklace holding a brass plate with lamps. A younger shirtless man in a white dhoti holds a brass plate with a banana, leaves and food offerings. A crowd of men in shirts and striped clothing watches from behind, and overhead hang strands of green and orange tassels.

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A photograph of a temple sanctum with a bearded priest on the left, bare-chested in an ochre dhoti and sacred thread, holding a plate with a lit oil lamp. In the centre, a bald priest with white and red forehead markings and a red rudraksha mala wears a white garland and gold armlets and stands before a doorway draped with garlands. A man with long hair and a white sacred thread on a bare back, wearing a red cloth, bends toward him. On the right, a figure in an orange-red cloth wears a red-beaded headband and garlands, while other onlookers stand nearby.2012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24January 16 20182018-01-16May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph inside a temple hall with ornate pillars and painted ceiling, showing a crowd beside a golden railing above a stone sanctum. A figure in a saffron robe with long white garland and a gold necklace stands at center, a bald elderly man in orange robes with a gold-edged cloth and a shaved head beside him, and a man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala to the left. Other devotees in white with tilak marks surround them. a person is the central figure with the white garland and gold necklace, and the saffron-clad elder beside him is a sannyasi; the photo is a temple visit scene.2012-06-05A photograph inside a stone temple doorway with carved pillars and a sunlit opening behind. On the left, a man with long swept-back dark hair, rudraksha malas, a silver pendant and an orange garment wrapped over his shoulder stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him an older bald priest with white sacred markings on his forehead, a rudraksha band on his head, malas and an orange cloth turns to a metal door. Behind them a man in orange holds a green and gold tasselled cloth tray, and a man in a white shirt stands nearby.2012-07-24December 02 20162016-12-02May 07 20122012-05-07Evening procession at night under a red and white canopy, with a silver-and-gold deity murti of Venkateshwara (Tirupati Lord) adorned with red and white flower garlands being lifted high by a shirtless priest in a yellow dhoti holding a silver tray. Around him devotees crowd close; a bearded man on the right wears a rudraksha mala and sacred marks on his forehead and chest, and a man at the left edge in a saffron-and-blue shirt holds a silver lamp. A bald priest in front wears a white cloth and gold chain. A man on the far right holds a silver torch flame aloft. Warm lamplight fills the scene.2013-02-11A photograph of a temple ritual with a crowd pressing close around a dark stone deity murti draped in white and red-pink flower garlands, with a golden-orange cloth on its shoulder. In the foreground a man in a dark red-maroon dhoti and shawl, a long red-orange head wrap, and a white flower garland stands with arms outstretched, smiling and gesturing. Beside him a shaved-headed man wears an orange-saffron dhoti, rudraksha beads and a white shirt, hands raised. Other devotees in white shirts and dhotis fill the background behind a metal railing, several holding up phones or cameras. A brass plate of flower petals and offerings sits at lower left, and a white jasmine garland hangs over a second figure at left. The setting is a covered temple space with a pale blue wall at right.2014-06-29 +1 copiesOutdoor ritual photo at a Hindu festival crowd beneath an orange umbrella. In the foreground a woman with a rudraksha headband and gold bangles presses her palms to her forehead before a small flame. Beside her a bald man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala is seated, hand raised to his head. A man in a white dhoti and shirt holds a cloth bundle of coins over the fire. Another orange-robed man with a gold-coloured necklace and a bare-chested man with a white forehead mark and red thread stand nearby, leaning toward the flames as smoke rises. Behind them a dense crowd of men in white watches. Fire lamps burn on a metal stand. The a person candidate's appearance is uncertain, so no identity is asserted.2012-06-05 +1 copiesPhoto of a temple-corridor scene with a central figure wearing a white shawl over an orange-red dhoti and a large garland of white flowers with red and green accents, with yellow-orange tilak on the forehead. Around him stand men in white shirts, a woman in orange with a white flower garland, and saffron-robed priests with rudraksha malas. A shirtless devotee with a rudraksha-beaded chain and a teal cloth gestures with open hands while speaking to the central figure, and a uniformed officer stands at the right. Pale blue temple pillars and iron gates frame the crowd.2012-07-23