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A photograph of a procession walking barefoot along a concrete path beside a stone-and-brick wall with red pillars and metal railings. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and an orange saffron robe, with a rudraksha-style necklace visible at his chest, walks with hands folded in front. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt walks with hands clasped. At the front left, a shaved-headed priest with a white Vaishnava-style forehead mark, bare-chested, wears a red-and-green striped dhoti and a dark rudraksha mala and carries a blue badge. To the right, a bespectacled sannyasi in orange robes with a long beard walks barefoot, and a man in a light blue shirt and grey trousers follows. Thatched shelters, a stone wall and devotees in white clothes stand in the background. a person is the central figure in the orange robe with long swept hair.

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August 08 20092009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copiesOutdoor photo on a paved courtyard beside a white temple wall with a stone-and-red-brick boundary wall behind. In the centre, a woman in an orange saffron robe walks with hands pressed together in namaskar, followed by a group of devotees in white dhotis and shirts. A bare-chested priest with a shaved head and horizontal tilak stands near the front. On the left, a man with a tilak and a saffron-yellow shawl carries a bundle. Another woman in orange, holding a cloth, walks at right, and a uniformed security guard in blue walks among the group. Palm trees and a flowering tree stand beyond. Garlands hang near the temple entrance.2009-08-08Outdoor photograph of a procession on a paved path beside a grey concrete block wall, with a white kolam floor design at lower left. At the centre, a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange cloth wrap and a white shawl, walks barefoot and receives a long garland of pink and white flowers draped over his shoulders. The surrounding men wear orange robes with rudraksha or gold bead necklaces, several are bare-headed or shaved-headed, and one bare-chested man at left wears a patterned white wrap. Behind them, a man in white shirt and dhoti walks among the group and a few onlookers stand near a pink-washed building. Five-plus physical people are visible, with several more partly seen at the back.2012-02-08November 24 20062006-11-24Outdoor photograph of a group walking barefoot along a stone-paved path past a temple gateway with carved stone walls and a stack of red bricks. Beside him an older bald man with white forehead marks, a gold necklace, a rudraksha mala and a saffron-orange dhoti with yellow borders walks with his hand raised. Around them, saffron-clad attendants and men and women in white dhotis and sarees follow, one man holding a small copper vessel.2012-05-22August 06 20092009-08-06A procession walks across a stone-paved temple courtyard past carved granite pillars and a temple gopuram-style facade. A man in an orange saffron robe with a shaved head and tilak leads the group, while a man in a red and saffron shawl carries a ceremonial silver kalasha or pot, and a shirtless man in a white dhoti carries fruit and flower offerings. Around them, men in white shirts and white dhotis wear rudraksha malas and walk in a line; a man in a white shirt on the right has a tilak on his forehead. The scene reads as a temple visit in Tamil Nadu.2009-08-11A photograph of a group walking outdoors along a plain concrete path beside a pale wall and a small shrine niche with a painted deity image and a framed picture. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe and orange turban wears a long white flower garland and rudraksha beads, smiling as he walks. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts, several with orange shawls or rudraksha malas and one carrying a bundle, walk in attendance. A man in a striped shirt stands at the right edge, and a tilak-marked man in white with a rudraksha mala walks at the left foreground. The setting resembles a temple or ashram courtyard.2006-11-25May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a walking procession on a dirt path in front of a small building with a pink-and-cream facade and a strip of orange and yellow bunting. A long-haired figure in a flowing saffron-orange cloth and a red-brown forehead mark walks at the centre-left in orange sandals, with a second man in an orange shawl and red-bordered dhoti beside him, both appearing to be honoured guests. Around them, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with gold-bordered veshtis and orange scarves, follow closely; a white vehicle and a coloured canopy stand at the edges. a person: the long-haired figure in saffron clothing with a forehead mark is a plausible candidate for the a person, though facial and wider features are not clearly established.2009-01-24