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A painted stone or plaster statue of a standing male figure with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, wearing a multicoloured turban, moustache, blue and yellow dhoti with a gold waistband and gold armlets, set in a temple hall with peeling walls. In front, several devotees in white dhotis and saris with sandalwood and kumkum tilaks stand; a shirtless young man with long hair, a rudraksha mala and a yellow cord looks toward the statue. The scene shows temple ambience at Madurai Meenakshi temple area.

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A man with long swept-back dark hair and a short beard stands at left, bare-shouldered in a rust-brown wrap with layered rudraksha malas, his palms pressed together in anjali mudra as he smiles toward a painted temple statue. The statue, a sage-like figure with a tall topknot, long black beard, and a bare upper body, is painted in yellow, orange and green with a red sash, also holding its hands in anjali and wearing rudraksha beads. A rope garland drapes over its head. Behind them, a white-shirted man stands in a stone temple corridor beside carved stone figures and a small placard.2018-04-29A photograph inside a temple corridor where a long-haired man with a bare chest, wearing a rudraksha mala across his shoulders and a rudraksha bracelet, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar while smiling and looking toward a painted wooden statue. The statue depicts a bearded sage with a tall topknot, a red-and-white vibhuti marking, rudraksha beads, a multicoloured dhoti and palms folded in anjali, draped with a twisted green garland. Behind them a man in a white shirt watches, and carved stone figures and a stone wall fill the background. The scene suggests a devotee offering respects at a temple shrine.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesA bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and a full beard stands at left with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a dark brown rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders and arms. Beside him stands a painted wooden statue of a bearded sage with a tall topknot, rudraksha malas, a red tilak and a striped multicolored dhoti, also in anjali. A garland of braided straw and blue tassels hangs over the archway, and a partly visible sign is mounted on the wall. The setting is a stone temple corridor with whitewashed walls and carved stone panels. The man has distinctive long dreadlocks, rudraksha malas and bare shoulders, but the appearance is not clearly enough established to confirm the page's a person claim, so he is described as a devotee.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29October 14 20112011-10-14October 12 20122012-10-12A photograph of a man in white ritual dress standing barefoot in an open pavilion with red pillars, palm trees and greenery behind him in soft morning haze. He wears a white dhoti and white shawl edged with red, and a long dark rudraksha mala. His hands are pressed together in anjali mudra and his head is bowed. To the left, a golden deity murti with a yellow and red garment and floral garlands holds a raised ceremonial object. The man has short dark hair and no visible crown, turban or saffron robe, so his identity as a person is uncertain.2011-10-14A photograph of a long-haired man in a white dhoti-style cloth with a gold-bordered yellow shawl, wearing a long rudraksha mala around his neck and holding the beads in his hands. He has a red tilak on his forehead and gazes upward beside a carved stone pillar. Behind him, a blurred man in an orange robe stands with palms pressed together in namaskar near a red wall. The setting appears to be a temple.2011-06-24Outdoor temple courtyard in Bidadi with a carved grey stone shrine wall at left and a red-washed building with corrugated roof behind. A man in long swept-back dark hair, a gold headband, a gold necklace and a flowing saffron-orange shawl and dhoti stands barefoot on a leopard-print mat, palms pressed together in namaskar and facing the shrine. Behind him a group of devotees in white dhotis and sarees with gold borders stand with hands folded, one holding a silver aarti plate with a lamp. A red curtain hangs at upper left. The scene reads as a temple worship moment.2010-12-27A man with long dark hair and white-and-red forehead markings stands with palms pressed together in anjali, gazing upward inside a temple hall with tall stone pillars. He wears an orange-saffron robe and a long necklace of large yellow beads with a gold pendant. Behind him a woman in a white sari with a mustard blouse and a dark beaded necklace stands with hands folded, and other devotees in white and light clothing stand nearby.2008-08-02