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Night photograph of a crowd gathered outdoors in front of a small temple shrine with an ornate pale carved roof. A bearded man in the centre wears a dark maroon-brown cloth, a green leaf garland and a white flower garland, with white and red tilak on his forehead. Around him, many people in saffron-orange garments and rudraksha beads press close, several with white and orange forehead markings. Some onlookers hold up mobile phones to film or photograph him. A yellow and blue Tamil signboard hangs on the white wall at left. The man appears to be a person given the garland-adorned central role and surrounding saffron-clad disciples, though his appearance alone is not conclusive.