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Photograph of a temple interior at night. In the centre, a bald older man in a white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha headband, bows his head while a garland of white, pink, orange and blue flowers is placed around his neck. Beside him stands a figure in saffron-orange cloth with long rudraksha mala necklaces and a wide rudraksha armband, with a white-marked forehead and hair tied up under a rudraksha headband. At left, a partially visible person in orange cloth is cut off by the frame. In the background at right, a dark stone deity murti of a seated figure is visible in a niche decorated with gold-toned ornaments, and a priest in a yellow-and-white cloth stands nearby.

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June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesPhotograph of two saffron-robed men standing in a dimly lit temple doorway, both garlanded with white jasmine and red flower garlands and wearing rudraksha malas. The elderly man on the left, shaved-headed and wearing a gold bangle, bows his head and holds a small object in his hands. The man on the right, with long dark hair swept back under a red-flower headband and a gold necklace, smiles and holds his hands together. Behind them a third man in orange robes stands partly in shadow, with a gilded doorframe and a metal grille visible on the right.2012-05-16A photograph of a temple-interior ritual. In the centre an elderly bald man with a thin red-and-gold headband and a large garland of white jasmine, pink and red flowers stands with his hands extended toward a book or open text held by a shirtless young man at right, whose wet dark hair and bare chest suggest a ceremonial bath. At left, a person in a saffron-orange wrap with a rudraksha mala and a rudraksha headband, with long dark hair and gold hoop earring, stands beside a bald figure in the foreground. Warm lamplight falls on the stone walls and a carved wooden doorway with brass fittings. No distinctive a person cues are clearly visible, so the identity is uncertain.2012-05-18Close photo inside a temple doorway area with ornate orange-and-gold carved pillars. In the foreground a smiling man with swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha headband wears a pink flower garland, a saffron-orange garment and heavy ceremonial gold bead necklaces; he has white sacred ash markings on his forehead. Behind him a bald older man in a golden-yellow shawl, also wearing a pink garland, a rudraksha mala and sacred ash, stands at the threshold of a dark doorway.2012-05-16A crowded photograph of a temple-type ritual gathering. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a rudraksha headband wears white and orange cloth, a white flower garland with red blooms, a gold chain, and a red bindi with white sacred marks on his forehead and arms. Beside him, a shaven-headed elderly priest with a rudraksha headband, a white and orange garland and rudraksha mala is being adorned by an attendant. Around them, saffron-robed attendants, shaven-headed men with white vibhuti marks, and white-clad onlookers press close. A kalasha-style brass item is held at left. The pictured figure's appearance is consistent with the page's reference to a person, but identity cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2012-06-05Photograph inside a temple of a group of men in orange and saffron robes and white ritual dress. A man at centre-left wears a long chain of large gold beads over an orange-red wrap and a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm; he walks with hands loosely held forward. Beside him an older bare-chested man in a saffron wrap wears a dark rudraksha mala, gold pendant and a rudraksha headband with a sandalwood-marked forehead, with hands joined at chest level. Other attendants stand behind in white dhotis and orange cloth, and pink flower petals lie on the shoulder of the central figure.2012-05-16A photo inside a temple doorway at Kanjanur. A bald man in the foreground at left is partly cropped. A man in the centre wears a pink rose garland, a rudraksha band across his forehead and white sacred ash, and looks down. Beside him, a bald man in a gold-yellow shawl and a red-brown rudraksha headband with a pink rose garland lowers his head toward a brass vessel held by a man at the right edge, whose face has white ash markings. Carved white and orange pillars frame the doorway and a shrine interior is visible behind them. The man in the gold shawl matches the appearance cues of the a person candidate only partly, as he has a rudraksha band and garland but no swept hair or crown; the appearance is uncertain.2012-05-16Photo inside a temple doorway with carved pillars painted in green and red. A smiling man in the foreground wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a garland of white jasmine and red flowers, a gold bead necklace, a red-and-gold headband and a white ash mark on his forehead. Beside him a second man in orange cloth and a white jasmine and red garland holds a mala and a phone. A woman in glasses and an orange sari stands at left edge, and a few other people are partly visible at the frame edges.2012-05-16April 29 20122012-04-29May 16 20122012-05-16May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18