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Outdoor photo of a group walking along a stone-paved path beside a carved dark stone temple wall with tiered niches. In front, a bearded man with glasses wears an orange shawl and dhoti and holds a long decorated staff wrapped in yellow and pink thread. Beside him, a younger man with long swept-back hair wears an orange robe and a long beaded golden garland with a purple cloth draped over his shoulder. Behind them are men and women in white and orange, including a man in white with a rudraksha mala, and a woman in white with a red bindi. Green trees and sunlight fill the background.

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A photo of a group walking barefoot across a stone-paved temple courtyard, past yellow barricades with Tamil signage and uniformed police and guards in the background. A central figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange garment with a gold border and a marigold garland, and holds a small orange object. Around them, men in white dhotis and shirts, one carrying a long ceremonial staff, and a shaved-headed youth in white walk alongside, with a man in a white shirt and a boy in a white shirt also in view. Pillars and a pink wall mark the temple architecture.2011-12-08Photograph of a procession walking along a pink temple wall at Tiruvannamalai, with white stone figures of animals on the roofline and a hill and palm trees behind. In front, a bald man in orange robes with a red-trimmed shawl, gold beaded necklace with a pendant, and a tilak walks barefoot. Beside him, a long-haired figure in orange robes wears a thick garland of yellow and white flowers and a gold necklace, with a white forehead mark. Behind them, other orange-robed attendants and a man in white dhoti and shirt with a shoulder bag walk among a crowd. The ground has a painted kolam pattern in yellow and red.2010-01-08March 11 20182018-03-11Several men in saffron-orange robes walk barefoot along a paved temple lane lined with coloured floor kolam designs. In the foreground a bald man with a red bindi and white forehead markings wears a gold and bead necklace and a pendant, holding a folded pink cloth. Beside him a man in an orange robe wears a gold necklace, and at the right a young man wears a long garland of yellow and white flowers and a gold chain over an orange robe. Men in white dhotis and a beige-clad man with a white shawl are behind them, along with a bald man in white and a photographer with a camera. Pink temple walls, white sculpted animal figures on the roofline, palm trees and a gopuram tower frame the scene under an overcast sky.2010-01-08Photograph of a group walking across a stone-paved courtyard in front of a tall, ornately coloured gopuram temple tower with a stone wall and a sculpted lion-like figure on top. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl wears a long gold-coloured garland and a purple-bordered wrap, walking with head slightly bowed. A bare-chested man on the left wears a white dhoti and a gold pendant, another bare-chested man in a red dhoti with purple border on the right has a beard and holds his arm, and a man in white clothes with an orange shawl walks behind. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, some carrying orange cloth, surround them, and a bright sky fills the upper background.2009-08-11September 13 20102010-09-13May 24 20122012-05-24Outdoor scene under coconut palms with a bamboo-and-wood canopy frame. In the centre, a figure with long dark hair swept back, a red tilak on the forehead, a rudraksha mala and orange robes walks barefoot across hexagonal tiles toward a white and red striped platform. Beside and behind him, several saffron-robed monks follow, one holding a small object. To the right, a line of devotees in white dress stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them, a white-robed figure stands near a blue tarpaulin and a low white wall. Bare sandy ground with dark scorch-marks and a banana plant lies in the background.2010-09-13March 11 20182018-03-11A photograph of three men walking together on a polished marble floor inside a building with pale yellow walls. The central man has long dark hair swept back, a red bindi and white tilak on his forehead, and wears an orange-saffron garment with a white shawl draped over his shoulders. He holds his hands joined at his chest and wears a pink flower garland and a rudraksha mala. He is flanked on the left and right by two shaved-headed men in orange-saffron robes with gold borders, each wearing rudraksha malas and white tilak marks. A man in white dhoti and shawl is partially visible at the far right edge, and several people stand in the background.2012-08-20Outdoor photo of a temple visit on a paved courtyard in daylight. A central man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a large yellow marigold garland, and a gold necklace, with gold bangles on his wrist. Walking beside him is a bald man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, and to the right a bald priest in white dhoti with a red-beaded mala. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with rudraksha malas, surround them, and a man in a beige shirt walks at left. Behind them a camera operator in white films the procession. Temple gopuram-style ornate architecture and a pink building appear in the background, with a ceremonial staff visible among the group.2011-12-08Three men in saffron and orange ochre garments walk barefoot along a paved courtyard beside a temple building with white pillars and a gopuram in the background. The man on the left has white marks on his forehead, a white and red garland and a rudraksha mala, and holds the hand of the central man, who wears a dark headband, a white jasmine and red rose garland, a rudraksha mala and gold-trimmed orange cloth. The man on the right has a grey beard, a pink flower garland and a red cloth with gold border, holding a folded green-and-white cloth. Behind them several more people in orange and white clothing and a uniformed police officer walk in the crowd.2012-05-24