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A crowded narrow corridor with pale yellow walls leads toward a doorway with dark wooden doors and an arched fanlight above. Many people press forward in both directions. Several wear orange caps and orange shirts, including one orange cap bearing a small blue logo. Women in white saris and a woman with glasses in the foreground stand close to men in light collared shirts. A dense queue of devotees moves toward the bright exterior at the end of the passage.

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A crowded temple corridor with a stone pillar and a deity murti visible behind a yellow-framed grille at left. In the centre, a man in a peach-orange shawl and matching turban walks among devotees; he holds hands with a woman in dark-rimmed glasses and white shawl. Around them men wear orange angavastrams, white shirts and white dhotis, and an elderly man in a saffron turban and an elderly white-haired man stand at right. Bright daylight shows at the far doorway.2012-05-07 +1 copiesA crowded temple interior where a man in an orange-saffron turban and orange-saffron shawl walks through a passage, flanked by devotees. A woman in large dark sunglasses and a white garment with a shawl stands beside him. Men around them wear white dhotis and orange scarves, and some press palms together in namaskar. A stone pillar and an illuminated doorway to the street are behind the group, with a deity murti visible in a niche. The man in the saffron turban is a person appearance-based candidate, with long swept-back styling not clearly visible but a turban and saffron robe; appearance is treated as uncertain.2012-05-07 +1 copiesA dense crowd of devotees fills a narrow temple corridor, packed shoulder to shoulder and looking toward the same direction. In the foreground a young man with short dark hair, glasses, and a trimmed beard faces the camera, wearing a light blue collared shirt. Around him older men in white shirts and dhotis, women in sarees and salwar, and devotees with vibhuti and kumkum marks on their foreheads stand closely together. At the top left, a yellow and red patterned garment edge is visible, and orange marigold garlands hang along the right pillar.2012-06-05 +1 copiesA dense crowd of men and some women in white clothes with orange saffron scarves press through a stone temple entrance with carved gopuram-style stonework on the right. A woman on the left with a red and yellow flower garland and vibhuti marks smiles broadly. A man in front wears glasses and an orange scarf over white. Several men wear white baseball caps. Many bystanders wear orange shawls, and one man in a light shirt on the upper right holds a phone. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person, and the scene shows a devotee crowd entering a temple.2008-08-02May 18 20122012-05-18A dense crowd of devotees presses into a narrow stone temple passage lit by warm overhead lamps. Men in white shirts, a woman in a red blouse with a flower-decked braid, and young people with folded hands crowd forward. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the upper right behind the crowd. Carved stone lintels and a white pipe line the ceiling.2012-05-18A dense crowd of devotees fills an open-sided covered area under white tarpaulin with yellow valances, pressing toward a doorway in a red-painted wall at right. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, many with glasses; women wear white and cream saris. A single man in the centre wears an orange-saffron cloth over bare upper body with a beaded necklace, and an elderly man in saffron-orange stands near the doorway. Trees and a hillside appear beyond the shelter, with loudspeakers visible at left.2014-08-24Crowded interior of a temple colonnade with tall stone pillars, devotees pressing forward in bright light from an open doorway. Foreground: a young girl with wet hair in a green and yellow sari, and a woman in a black sari with rudraksha mala. A man in white wet clothing and a rudraksha pendant stands at right beside a person in an orange robe. Several devotees wear white or orange clothes, some with hands folded in namaskar. Many people appear damp. A plain description with no visible deity murti or name signage.2009-07-13A dense crowd of saffron-robed sadhus and devotees moves through a concrete passageway at the Kumbh Mela. In the centre, a man wears a maroon-red turban, a rust-red robe with a yellow-gold sash, and layered gold beaded necklaces; he is smiling and gesturing with his right hand. Beside him on the left, a man with long dark hair wears a rudraksha mala and gold necklaces over a white garment. Around them, many bearded sadhus wear orange and saffron robes, some with orange turbans and rudraksha malas. A small painted portrait of a bearded figure hangs on the wall at left.2015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded temple corridor with tall stone pillars and a tiled floor. In the foreground a bald man in orange robes carries a yellow and white flower garland, and a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap and shirt walks ahead, gesturing to clear the way. Behind them a woman in an orange sari with dark hair and a rudraksha-style bead necklace walks beside a man in a white shirt and dhoti. Further back, devotees in orange and white clothing carry a basket and flowers through the passage toward a bright doorway. A man on the right in white dhoti and shirt stands near the pillars.2012-01-07April 21 20162016-04-21Photo of a crowded temple corridor with a police officer in khaki uniform and blue-banded cap in the foreground. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl wears a long gold-and-bead garland and gold necklace, hands folded, flanked by two shaven-headed men in saffron-orange robes with beaded garlands. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis and a woman in a green sari with folded hands line the walkway. Banana stalks, a white canopy, colourful flags and a deity murti decorated with garlands are visible at the far end under string lights.2012-04-05