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Close photo of a crowd at an outdoor temple procession. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a short beard wears a rust-orange shawl and a thick garland of yellow and pink flowers, with a white forehead band and a red mark on his brow. Beside him, a bald man with a white forehead band and a red-brown neck cord wears a rudraksha mala and sits bare-chested. A man in a light blue shirt stands at right, and a red-shirted person is at the top left. The appearance cues of the central man (long hair, orange shawl, floral garland) are suggestive, but identity is uncertain.

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Close-up photo of a man in reddish-brown robes wearing a yellow and red marigold garland, with a white sacred ash mark on his forehead and a vertical kumkum mark. Beside him, out of focus in the foreground, a bearded man with long hair wears a white and yellow cloth over his shoulder, with a faint red mark on his forehead. Another person's blurred profile is at left. The background is soft green. No deity, ritual object or banner is visible beyond the garlands and marks.2018-01-16Close photograph of a smiling man with eyes squeezed shut, wearing a thick garland of white, pink and yellow flowers over a rust-orange cloth. He has a white vertical tilak and a red mark on his forehead. Behind him, slightly out of focus, a bearded man with a red-marked forehead and bare shoulders stands among other blurred figures in a crowd.2018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16Crowd photograph at an outdoor temple-street event. The central man has short dark hair, a trimmed beard, a broad smile and a white and red tilak on his forehead, and wears a garland of white, yellow and red-pink flowers over reddish clothing. Around him, devotees stand close together, including a man with a white forehead marking and red bindi on the left, an older man with glasses, a woman with a grey bun, and a child at upper right. A camera lens is visible at the right edge.2018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16A photograph of a crowd at a temple procession. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair, a trimmed beard and a red tilak on his forehead above white ash marks presses his palms together in greeting. He wears a yellow and pink marigold garland and a saffron-coloured shawl. Around him, a man with dreadlocked hair and white ash lines on his forehead, another person with white ash on the forehead, and an older bald man with white markings stand close. Blurred figures are visible in the background near stone architecture.2018-01-16Close photo of a bearded man with eyes closed, wearing a rust-red shawl over the shoulders, a double-strand rudraksha mala and a garland of pink petals and white flowers with gold beads. He has a white horizontal tilak with a red central mark on the forehead. Behind him stands a younger man with a leopard-print headband, white forehead tilak and rudraksha beads, slightly out of focus. Outdoor setting with blurred greenery and buildings. Photo credit overlay reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, , . The page indicates this is a Mattu Pongal celebration in Tiruvannamalai; the visible garland and rudraksha are consistent with ceremonial honours, but the appearance cues are not distinctive enough to confirm identity2018-01-15A smiling bearded man with long dark hair, a white vibhuti line and a red kumkum mark on his forehead, wears a thick garland of pink and red flowers with yellow petals and a rudraksha mala draped over a rust-brown shawl. Behind him, two people in saffron/orange robes stand close, one at right with a bare upper body and beads. The man's eyes are lowered and he appears to be receiving a garland in a crowded setting.2017-09-06 +1 copiesJanuary 16 20182018-01-16March 17 20182018-03-17September 06 20172017-09-06A close photograph of a bare-shouldered man in profile with swept-back dark hair and a short beard, eyes lowered, receiving a heavy garland of purple globe amaranth, pink lotus buds, yellow marigolds and white flowers with green leaves draped over his shoulders. A blurred second man in a white dhoti and shawl with a red tilak stands behind on the left. Warm lamplight glows in the soft background. The garlanded man is bare-chested with a ceremonial necklace-style garland and no visible saffron robe or rudraksha mala, so the cues are insufficient to suggest a person.2016-10-09