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A photograph inside a temple colonnade with a painted, multi-coloured ceiling and carved stone pillars. A long-haired person in a red sari-style garment with a fresh flower garland walks with hands folded at the centre. Beside and ahead of them, several monks in saffron and orange robes walk barefoot, one with a shaved head and rudraksha beads. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk among them, and devotees in white dhotis and a yellow garment stand at the right edge. A printed sign on the upper left reads photo and video camera fees.

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July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph taken in a long temple colonnade with a richly painted ceiling of concentric coloured medallions in red, blue, yellow and green. A uniformed police officer in khaki shirt, dark belt and peaked cap walks in the foreground, glancing to the side. Behind him a procession of saffron-robed sannyasis walks along the stone-floored corridor; one central figure wears a long red-orange garment and a thick garland of white and red flowers, and another in orange stands nearby. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand or walk along the sides. Stone pillars with carved bases line the hall, and bright daylight enters from the left.2009-07-13A photograph of a group walking barefoot along a stone colonnade in a South Indian temple, beneath a ceiling painted with concentric rings of pink, yellow, blue and green. At the centre, a man in saffron robes with a long swept-back hair style and a shawl, wearing a long orange-red garland, walks alongside a monk in saffron-orange robes holding a white flower or offering. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks beside them. Behind them, people in white dhotis and cream sarees follow, and a man in a blue shirt stands at the left edge holding a camera. A carved stone pillar and a Shiva signboard in the background mark the setting.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13 +1 copiesJuly 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13Photograph of a group walking down a long stone-pillared temple corridor with carved lion heads and a painted ceiling. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair, a white forehead marking, and a red cloth draped over a red-orange garment wears a thick white and orange flower garland and holds his hands together. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis walk, one holding a small object in his hand. A man in a white shirt on the left, a uniformed guard in khaki, and a man in a yellow-green checked shirt on the right walk nearby, with white-clad attendants and a woman in a pale green sari behind. a person in a centre-of-procession role, wearing a garland and red-orange cloth with distinctive long hair, based on appearance.2009-07-13May 20 20122012-05-20Photograph of a temple corridor with a uniformed police officer in khaki walking in the foreground on the left. Center right, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a long rudraksha mala, and bangles, with hands folded before him, walking beside an elderly ascetic with a long white beard, bare chest, ash-smeared body and a rust-coloured cloth, who carries a woven basket on his head. Several other men in white shirts and khaki-uniformed police accompany them, and a cameraman with a video camera is at the right edge. Painted pillars and a sloped corrugated roof frame the scene.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a procession walking barefoot along a colourful pillared temple corridor with a painted ceiling of concentric rosettes. At the centre, a woman in orange robes wears a long white and orange flower garland and presses her palms together. Beside her, a man in saffron robes walks with a folded cloth. Around them, devotees in white and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a cap and belt lead the way, and the floor has painted kolam designs.2009-07-13