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Night photo at a temple gate lit by warm lamps, with a grey car's bonnet in the foreground. A smiling figure with long dark hair, an orange-red garment and a red tilak on the forehead stands behind the car; a gold necklace is visible. Beside and behind them, saffron-robed men wearing beaded necklaces stand near a metal gate. Red and white police barricades stand to the left, with a police sign and Tamil lettering on the gate. Two candidate figures are described by role only; identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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Photograph outside a temple gate in a street crowd. A seated man in an open silver car door wears an orange saffron robe with gold border, layered gold ceremonial necklaces, gold bangles and long dark swept-back hair, smiling as he reaches out a white rope or cord. A bald man in orange robe with rudraksha beads stands at left beside the open door. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts, uniformed police and a crowd stand behind metal barricades along a road. Temple gopuram stonework and pink banners fill the background.2011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08Night-time photograph inside a narrow temple corridor lined with painted pillars and ornate carved panels, with fluorescent tube lights overhead and a shop with shelves and bunches of bananas on the right. A man in a bright saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala around his neck walks forward in the centre, hands held together, surrounded by a crowd. Beside him a man in white dhoti and white shirt, and a man in a white garment, walk among several uniformed police officers in khaki and olive-green uniforms with belts. In the foreground a grey car is stopped, and a person in orange clothing sits in its driver's seat. Several garlanded and decorated items are visible, and the scene is crowded.2008-07-28Night photograph at the entrance of a stone temple with carved, weathered walls and an illuminated doorway. A blue metal gate stands open in front of it. A bald man in an orange saffron robe with a beaded necklace stands at the gate, flanked by people in white dhotis and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a blue-banded cap on the right. A grey car sits in the foreground. A sign above the doorway reads in Tamil script, and a small lamp glows in the entrance.2012-04-05December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20July 28 20082008-07-28December 20 20112011-12-20Night photograph outside a building at a roadside. A man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi and a long rudraksha mala stands beside an open silver SUV door and smiles while stepping out. Several saffron-robed men with shaved heads crowd the vehicle and help with the door. Onlookers in the background include a man in a red shirt, women and children. A striped canopy and string lights are visible at left.2012-01-04A nighttime photograph of a crowd moving through a temple entrance flanked by heavy studded wooden doors. In the foreground on the left, a smiling person with a red-and-white forehead mark wears a pink flower garland and an orange-brown garment. Beside and behind them, a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl wears a gold pendant necklace, and another man in saffron robes with rudraksha beads stands at the right edge. Uniformed police officers stand among the crowd, and a glowing lamp-lit sanctum is visible deeper inside the doorway. a person's presence is not established by appearance.2012-05-20 +1 copiesMay 08 20162016-05-08 +1 copiesMay 06 20162016-05-06