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A crowd walks through a stone temple corridor with tall carved pillars. At centre, a figure in a red dhoti and red shawl with a pink flower garland walks with a bare upper body and rudraksha beads. Beside him, a man in orange clothing and an orange-and-white garland, with a dark headband, walks closely. Uniformed security guards in blue shirts and khaki police officers clear the path. A cameraman with a shoulder camera films at left, and a bald devotee in a dhoti and grey hair stands at lower left. A silver-covered object sits near the pillars at left.

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A group of people leaving a temple entrance with carved stone brackets above. A bald elderly man with a white-and-red forehead mark and white flower garland stands at left, next to a smiling young man in orange robes with a white-and-red headband, a long mala, and a white flower garland. A bearded older man in red-orange robes wears a pink and white garland at center right. Shaven-headed men in orange cloth, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, and police officers in khaki uniforms surround them; a woman in a uniform stands behind.2012-05-24 +2 copiesPhotograph of a temple procession inside a pillared hall with a sculpted deity relief on the wall behind. Four saffron-robed sannyasis walk together; the foremost in a red dhoti and shawl wears garlands of white jasmine and pink flowers and holds a tray. Beside him, another saffron-robed man with rudraksha beads and a smile is garlanded with white flowers, and two elderly shaved-headed monks in saffron wraps with flower garlands walk alongside. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand on either side and a man in a white shirt with a tilak walks in the foreground. Behind them, devotees crowd the passage and a silver vessel sits on a pedestal.2012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24A crowded temple courtyard procession with several saffron-robed sannyasis garlanded in white jasmine and red-pink flower necklaces. The central figure is a shaved-headed monk with a gold pendant and rudraksha mala, flanked by a bearded elder in red and white robes holding a small ritual object, and a younger man in orange with a headband and a long staff. Uniformed police officers in khaki and blue guide the group through devotees with white and red forehead markings. Ornate temple gopuram-style architecture, a domed metal shrine canopy and stone pillars frame the scene.2012-05-24 +1 copiesMay 24 20122012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24A crowded temple courtyard with stone pillars and a painted ceiling. In the centre, a bearded man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl wears a long pink and white garland and holds a folded hand near his chest, flanked by saffron-robed sadhus. A younger saffron-clad man wears a garland and a headband. Uniformed police in khaki shirts and brown belts move through the group, and devotees in white and other clothes stand behind. A carved figure in meditation pose is set into the wall behind them. Several visible people are in the scene, with a larger crowd in the background.2012-05-24Photograph inside a temple hall with ornate carved pillars and painted walls. In the centre, a man in orange saffron robes wears a long white flower garland, a gold necklace and a gold-banded headband, smiling as he walks forward. Beside him, a bare-chested shaven-headed sadhu in orange wears a headband and rudraksha mala and holds his hand. Behind them, saffron-clad and white-clothed devotees follow, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands in the foreground on the right. Crowd members are visible in the background.2012-06-05May 24 20122012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24May 24 20122012-05-24