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A photograph of a temple-side ceremony where a man with long dark hair and a tilak, wearing a red-orange garment and a thick white and red garland of flowers, reaches toward a tall yellow pole wrapped in rope and a yellow cloth covering a black stone plaque. A man in a white shirt and white trousers with a rudraksha mala stands beside him and smiles, while an older white-haired man in the foreground bends over a silver tray of white and pink flower petals. A woman in a yellow blouse and white sari watches from the left, and several onlookers in white shirts stand behind, one filming with a camera. Thatched palm-leaf shelter overhead.

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A man in a red sleeveless garment and a thick garland of white jasmine, red roses and green leaves leans forward to unveil a black stone plaque covered with a yellow cloth. A tilak mark is visible on his forehead. Beside him, a man in white shirt and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands in front, and an older man in white bends in the foreground. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers, including a woman in a yellow sari, watches. A steel tray of white flowers, rose petals and a small dish of red items sits at the lower right, and a yellow pole with rope stands at left.2009-07-13Outdoor photo of a dense crowd of men at a temple-side procession. In the centre, a man wearing an orange-saffron turban and orange cloth with a gold necklace walks forward, bent slightly, with a long dark-haired head. Beside him, an older man with white ash marks on his forehead holds a tall bamboo pole decorated with white flowers and red blossoms. Many men around wear white shirts and dhotis, forehead tilaka marks, and some wear orange or saffron garments. Behind them stand a stone temple gopuram-like pillar, palm fronds, a string of triangular bunting in purple, white, red and yellow, and a corrugated roof. A signboard with a face portrait and Tamil text is visible at the top left.2006-09-24July 13 20092009-07-13August 03 20092009-08-03A photo of a flag-hoisting at a roadside in a town. A man in an orange-red sleeveless top and orange-red cloth, wearing a white floral garland, pulls a rope to raise a white pole, guiding an orange saffron flag that hangs from a white wall beside a black stone inscription in Tamil script. Behind him a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red tilak and glasses helps with the rope, and a few other men in white and light clothes stand watching under a corrugated roof with shop signs in the background.2009-07-14A crowd gathers around a brass-rimmed silver poornakumbham topped with a mango-leaf and yellow marigold arrangement, held by a bare-chested priest with rudraksha malas and a red-and-pink cloth on his shoulder. A man in a white shirt and spectacles stands behind it. At right, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a large green and red marigold garland over an orange cloth and smiles, with a hand raised in blessing toward him. A standing sannyasi in saffron robes and a gold-beaded necklace stands behind him, and other men in white with sandalwood and vibhuti marks on their foreheads fill the frame. The setting appears to be a temple entrance. The long-haired garlanded man is a candidate for the page subject, but the appearance cues are not sufficient to confirm it, so identity is uncertain.2010-01-08September 24 20062006-09-24August 08 20092009-08-08August 11 20092009-08-11July 27 20082008-07-27July 14 20092009-07-14August 03 20092009-08-03