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A procession moves along a red-tiled path beside a grey stone temple wall with lattice windows and a palm tree. A man in a checked shirt and white dhoti raises a cord or rope overhead, leading the line. Behind him, devotees in saffron and orange robes walk in pairs, many wearing red and white shawls, while women in white saris with red borders follow. Onlookers stand to the left, including a woman in a red patterned sari holding a small child and a boy in a teal shirt. A camera operator is visible at the left edge. A stone carved figure sits atop the temple wall.

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July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph of a temple well ritual at a stone-pillared colonnade. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long wet dark hair and a red cloth stands at the rim while a group pours water over him from brass vessels; he wears a gold necklace. Beside him a man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head cloth holds a ceremonial vessel, and another man in orange robes stands with a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Several young men and women in white and red-orange garments with yellow sashes stand around, some holding brass bowls, and a cameraman in a checked shirt and white dhoti films with a camera on a pole. Crowd members line the background, and the setting is a stone well enclosure with worn pillars.2009-07-13Outdoor temple courtyard scene beside a long colonnaded stone wall, with palm trees and a gopuram tower behind. A man in a white shirt and dhoti on the right pours water from a metal pot on a rope into a stone well or tank. 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The white-and-orange-clad figures are visibly the sannyasi and devotee group. a person candidate: the man with long swept-back hair and saffron shawl, appearance uncertain.2009-08-01A photograph of a procession walking barefoot across a stone-paved temple courtyard at dusk. Several people in orange and saffron clothing lead the group. In the centre, a man in a deep orange robe wears a long strand of gold-coloured beaded garland and a white forehead mark, with a sash draped over his shoulder. Beside him, a man in orange wears a rudraksha-style mala and a bare upper body with a light cloth. Behind them, women in orange and salmon saris and men in white dhotis follow, some carrying white bags and garlands. Yellow metal barricades, wooden scaffolding and a pink temple gopuram-style building with arched windows form the background. Visible people number about 20, including those partly out of frame.2012-10-12October 12 20122012-10-12February 24 20172017-02-24A procession moves through the pillared hall of a stone temple. In the centre a man in red-orange robes wears a white headband, a rudraksha mala, and a gold necklace, walking with bare feet. Behind him, several young men in saffron-orange robes carry a tall silver staff garlanded with pink and white flowers. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and a yellow-clad man stand watching, with a woman in a dark sari and an elderly woman in white nearby. Carved stone pillars and a yellow gate frame the scene.2009-07-13A photograph of a group walking along a stone-walled path beside a gopuram-topped temple complex at dusk, with a misty hill behind. In the foreground a figure in a long dark-hair style wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a gold-beaded necklace and a rudraksha-style mala, walking alongside a bald man in orange robes holding a garland. 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