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Photo inside a small temple shrine with a corrugated metal roof, wooden beams, and weathered whitewashed walls. A bare-chested man with long, dark, swept-back hair wears a red-orange cloth and a rudraksha-style mala with gold ornaments; he is bowing with both palms pressed to his forehead. A younger man in orange robes holds a gold-coloured bowl. Behind them stand several men in white dhotis and shirts, one in an orange shawl with a green bag, and an older man in an olive shirt on the left. A silver trishul sits in the foreground. The appearance of the figure in red-orange cloth with the long hair and gold necklaces is a probable match for a person, but the image is not a clear identification.

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July 13 20092009-07-13A dim, yellow-walled temple interior during a water ritual. In the centre, a long-haired man with wet hair, wearing an orange-saffron garment and a rudraksha-style mala, stands with palms pressed together while another man in red-orange clothing pours from a gold kalasha vessel. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at left beside a water pipe. A trident-like brass staff is visible at upper centre. A photographer raises a camera above the crowd of devotees in orange and red garments. Appearance cues for the central long-haired figure are suggestive but the scene is dark and partly obscured, so identity is uncertain.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A photograph of a darshan line under a tent canopy with metal trusses. A long-haired man in an orange saffron garment and rudraksha mala, with a bare upper body, holds a gold-tipped ceremonial staff and places his right hand on the head of a man in a striped green shirt. Beside him, a shaved-headed attendant in orange robes holds a polished silver tray. Devotees with folded hands and women in saris stand behind a metal railing.2010-10-30Outdoor-style tent event with a metal scaffold roof. A man in an orange robe, with long swept-back dark hair and a dark rudraksha mala necklace, raises his right hand over a line of devotees and holds a gold-tipped ceremonial staff. In front of him, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes holds a large silver bowl. Devotees along a metal railing, several with palms pressed together in namaskar, lean forward to receive blessing. Men in striped shirts and a woman in a blue sari stand among them. The image is a photograph.2010-10-30July 13 20092009-07-13December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of a temple scene under a corrugated metal roof with wooden beams, carved stone pillars visible at left. A young man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a saffron-orange cloth, holds a raised arm and sprinkles water from a vessel onto a group. He wears rudraksha malas and a gold ceremonial necklace; he is smiling. Water sprays onto a man in an orange shirt with glasses and a pendant, and onto a bald man in a white dhoti. At left, a woman in a blue sari with gold trim holds cupped hands out to receive water, and another woman in a brown top with a white shawl holds a water bottle. A man in a grey shirt stands behind. The 'probable' a person candidate is the young man in saffron with long swept-back hair, rudraksha and gold necklace, who is performing the sprinkling as the central figure.2009-07-13A photograph of an outdoor ritual bathing at a stone-walled temple area. A man with long wet dark hair, bare-shouldered in a red garment, bends forward while water is poured over his head from a large steel vessel held by a person at the top left, with a yellow rope hanging nearby. Beside him stands a man in an orange garment with a dark wrap and a rudraksha mala, and at right a bespectacled man wearing an orange turban, orange robe and a garland, holding a small brass cup. Behind them another person in white raises a ceremonial item. Water streams down in droplets. Three to four people are visible.2009-07-13Temple scene with a decorated palanquin-like shrine draped in red and maroon cloth, garlanded with pink and red flowers, holding a golden figure. An elderly bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a striped shawl stands at left, extending his hands toward the shrine. Beside the shrine, a man in orange-saffron robes with a gold-bordered wrap and gold garland raises his joined hands overhead in worship. Another man in saffron robes with a gold garland stands with folded hands. At far right, a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a bearded man with long hair in orange clothing stand near the shrine, with more devotees in the background and a stone pillar at left.2012-06-05August 09 20072007-08-09June 03 20162016-06-03