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A group of men walks through a covered temple courtyard past a white metal gate, with tropical plants and a thatched roof overhead. In the centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange garment and a long rudraksha mala, and gestures as he walks. Beside him on the left, a bearded man wears white ritual clothes with an orange shawl and a pendant. On the right, a man in an orange shawl and dhoti walks with his hand on his chest. Several bare-chested and white-dhoti-clad men follow behind. A Tamil-language sign with a painted border hangs in the background.

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November 27 20062006-11-27November 27 20062006-11-27November 27 20062006-11-27November 27 20062006-11-27November 27 20062006-11-27November 27 20062006-11-27A group walks along a covered temple veranda with tiled floor past a blue-walled shrine whose gold-framed entrance bears Tamil script. In the centre a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and a rudraksha mala, carrying a small object and walking barefoot. Beside him a bearded man in a saffron shawl over white clothes walks with a white necklace visible. Behind them several bare-chested men in white dhotis and saffron wraps, a man in an orange shawl over a light robe, and men in white shirts and dhotis follow. Potted plants and palm trees line the right side. Several people are visible, including partially visible ones behind the front group.2006-11-27November 27 20062006-11-27A photograph of a procession walking barefoot along a paved temple courtyard past ornate pillars and a doorway. A central figure in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with long dark hair and a wooden rudraksha mala around his neck, walks forward with eyes lowered; the appearance is consistent with a person candidate, though this is uncertain. Beside and behind him, a bearded man in white with an orange shawl and a second man in orange-saffron robes walk alongside, followed by devotees in white dhotis and bare-chested men wearing gold chains and sacred threads. A man in a white shirt bends forward at the lower right edge, and other attendants in white and orange stand in the background.2006-11-27Photograph at an ornate temple doorway with carved gold-and-brown wooden frames and a painted pillar with lotus capital in pink, green and blue. A long-haired man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a shawl stands at centre, with several men behind him: one in white dhoti with a sacred thread, a shirtless man with a white tilak, and a man in orange cloth at right. A bearded man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala walks at left. a person (long hair, orange robe, rudraksha mala) is the central figure, shown walking out of the temple entrance with attendants.2006-11-27A photograph of a barefoot procession walking along a paved temple walkway past a tall tree trunk on the left. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a dark rudraksha mala wears an orange saffron robe; appearance-based candidate Swamiji (probable) walking at the front. Beside him, a bearded man in an orange-brown cloth, and behind them several men in white and saffron dhotis or robes, some bare-chested with sacred threads. On the left, men in white shirts and a woman in a yellow sari also walk. The colourful temple gateway with striped painted pillars and carved entrance is behind them, with a signboard visible on the right.2006-11-27November 27 20062006-11-27