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Photograph of a crowded temple-side passage with a dense group of people moving through an entrance. In the foreground a man in white shirt and dhoti carries a woven basket of fruit on his head. Nearby a woman in an orange top and a red shawl walks beside a man in a white shirt. A bald man in orange robes holds a garland of yellow flowers, and a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap stands among the crowd. Behind them devotees in white and orange press toward an open doorway beneath a painted pillar, with a metal gate and a notice board on the right.

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A candid photo of a crowd moving through a temple entrance with stone walls and a doorway. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in an orange-and-saffron robe holds a yellow flower garland, and beside him a woman in orange and a woman in a light pink sari with white markings walk with the group. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk through the crowd, a man in a white shirt on the left carries a basket on his head, and onlookers in colourful saris and shirts watch and raise cameras or phones in the background. The scene is busy and motion-blurred, with a yellow-trimmed building to the right.2012-01-07A crowded temple entrance procession in South India. Many devotees and officials in white shirts and dhotis press through a stone gateway with a blue door. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands center right. On the right, a bald man in saffron and orange robes wears a yellow-and-green flower garland and bare-chested ash markings, walking beside a woman in red and orange saris. A woman in orange sari with a rudraksha mala stands at center. A man on the left carries a woven basket on his head. Several people in white and orange clothing fill the foreground.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A crowded temple courtyard with a blue-walled entrance and orange-painted columns, under a corrugated roof. In the centre, a bare-chested, bearded sadhu with matted hair and a wrapped orange-brown cloth walks forward. Beside him, a man in saffron robes wears a marigold garland and holds a rudraksha mala, with a smaller saffron-clad attendant behind. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks ahead of the group. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis, and cameramen filming, surround the procession, and a garlanded offering tray is carried above the crowd. The swami in the saffron robes is a person by appearance, with saffron clothing, ornate garland and mala, but he is not clearly identifiable, so his status is unsure.2012-01-07A crowded temple interior filled with devotees in white shirts and dhotis, many with bare shoulders and some holding baskets. At the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with a green-and-white flower garland is being attended by a bare-chested priest with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala, who stands beside a yellow-draped table holding fruit, flowers and a plate of offerings. Behind them a metal grille with ornate scrollwork separates the group from more worshippers. The orange-robed figure shows distinctive saffron clothing and a garland, but the face is not clearly visible, so the identity is uncertain.2012-01-07A crowd in a temple corridor with a wrought-iron gate on the right. Two saffron-robed sannyasis walk forward with hands folded in anjali; the one in front holds a small orange cloth and wears a rudraksha mala. Uniformed police officers and men in white shirts stand among devotees in the background, some with palms pressed together.2012-01-07A crowded temple interior with a dense throng of men and some women pressing toward a grilled gate on the right. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand among the crowd. At center, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron/orange robe and a rudraksha mala, and is surrounded by several shaven-headed priests in saffron and pink-red dhotis or wraps, some bare-chested with beaded malas. A man in a white shirt with a mala stands at left foreground. Stone pillars and a wrought-iron grille frame the scene, with a yellow-topped counter at right.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A blurred photograph of a procession moving along a covered temple corridor beside a yellow stone temple wall with pilasters. In the foreground, a shaven-headed man in saffron robes walks away from the camera with a long yellow flower garland draped over his shoulders. To the left, a cameraman in saffron robes films while a man in white dhoti and shirt carries a tray of yellow flowers. Behind them, several people in saffron and white clothing and a uniformed police officer in khaki walk together, with more devotees visible in the background.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07May 31 20122012-05-31