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A photograph inside a temple interior with dark wooden pillars and a hanging light. A man with swept-back hair, a red tilak and a sandalwood-coloured layered garment wrapped in maroon and gold border cloth, wearing a multi-strand rudraksha-style mala and a large gold pendant, stands with open hand gesturing mid-conversation. Opposite him, a figure in a flowing saffron-orange shawl and dhoti, with long dark swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala, faces him. Behind them stand several men and a woman in maroon and gold ritual clothing with white and red forehead markings, some wearing gold necklaces. a person is the saffron-clad figure with long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and orange garments, standing in conversation in the temple.

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A group of men stand together inside a temple hall with wooden beams and fluorescent tube lights overhead. In front, a smiling man in a maroon dhoti with gold border and a large gold-and-beaded garland holds his hand near his chest. Beside him, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and white forehead lines stands barefoot on a wet floor with a rudraksha mala at his neck. Behind them, other men in maroon and gold-bordered cloth wear gold necklaces and white tilak marks, and a man in an orange shawl stands at the back.2015-09-16June 05 20122012-06-05Two saffron-robed men stand side by side in a stone temple corridor with granite pillars. The man on the left wears a heavy gold bead necklace over an orange cloth with gold borders, a red bindi, a red beaded crown, and bangles. The older man on the right wears a dark rudraksha mala with a gold pendant, a white forehead mark and a red beaded crown, and holds a saffron cloth. Several men in white shirts and white-marked foreheads stand behind them.2012-06-05May 10 20122012-05-10June 17 20132013-06-17May 16 20122012-05-16September 16 20152015-09-16Photograph of four men in orange-saffron robes standing in a temple doorway. Two men in front, both wearing white and red flower garlands and saffron dhotis with gold borders, stand side by side. The man on the right has long hair with a crown, a red tilak, gold ornate necklaces and raises his hands in greeting with a smile. The older man on the left has a white forehead mark, a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant. Behind them a bald man in orange garments stands in the doorway, and another figure is partly visible on the far right. Dark stone walls and a lamp fixture frame the scene.2012-05-16Night photo outdoors in front of a reddish-orange building with lit windows. A bald, bare-chested elderly man with white vibhuti on his forehead and arm, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold pendant, and an orange dhoti with gold border, looks down. Beside him, a younger man in orange with a rudraksha mala and a red-beaded headband reads from a sheet of paper. Behind them, an orange-robed man, a man in white, an older bespectacled man in white, and uniformed attendants stand among the crowd.2012-05-21April 11 20122012-04-11 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a stone temple corridor with dark carved pillars. Five men walk together, several with white sacred ash on their foreheads. The leftmost man wears a white dhoti with a gold border, a large gold pendant and a rudraksha mala. The man in the centre wears a maroon turban and maroon robe with gold trim and a gold pendant. Behind them a woman in glasses wears a maroon garment and gold necklace. The older man in the middle wears orange saffron robes, a rudraksha mala and a white-banded forehead. The man on the right wears orange saffron cloth and a bead necklace. A tenth-century temple setting with a procession-style walk.2015-09-16Photograph in a temple corridor at night with painted ceiling and carved pillars. Three saffron-robed men walk in the centre, holding hands, with gold-bordered orange cloths. The man at left has long swept-back dark hair, white sacred ash marks, a red kumkum dot and gold necklaces. The bare-chested elder in the middle wears a gold-edged orange cloth, rudraksha mala and a large gold pendant, with a red bindi and a red-bead headband. Behind them two uniformed police officers in khaki and peaked caps walk, and a man in white stands at the left edge. Ceremonial coloured powder marks the floor.2012-05-20