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Night photograph inside a temple corridor with rough stone walls. A pink banner with Tamil lettering reads ஸ்ரீ கைச்சின்னேஸ் at the top. An elderly man with a shaved head, wearing a red-and-gold headband, a white jasmine and pink flower garland and rudraksha beads, stands at the centre smiling, surrounded by devotees. A bald man in an orange shawl with a gold necklace stands in the foreground, another bald man in an orange garment and gold chain is at lower left, and a bare-chested elderly man with white hair and a beard wears a white dhoti and a long beaded necklace. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis and a woman in a light patterned sari crowd the scene, with oil lamps glowing in the background.

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A photograph of a temple scene at night under a pink banner reading in Tamil and English 'Sri Kaichinneswarar' with partial text above. A shaved-headed man in a red-striped garland and flower garlands stands center left with hands folded. Beside him, a bare-chested older man with white hair and beard wears a white dhoti and an orange cloth draped over his shoulder, with a beaded necklace, hands joined in reverence. Devotees crowd around, including a bald man in orange at left and a woman in a white blouse with folded hands at right. Warm lamplight illuminates the stone temple walls.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18A dim stone-walled temple interior with a pink signboard above bearing Tamil script and a name line. A bare-chested man with long dark swept hair and a neck bead garland stands at centre, holding a lit oil lamp on a brass tray toward a shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron garment. The priest wears a white floral garland, a beaded neck ornament and a red forehead mark, and his palms are pressed together. Around them stand shaved-headed men in orange cloth and rudraksha malas, plus onlookers in the background. The scene reads as a temple lamp ritual.2012-05-18Interior temple doorway at a Shiva shrine, with a pink signboard above reading in Tamil 'Sri Kaichinneswarar' and 'Velvalai Nayaki Udanaya'. Several men crowd the entrance; a bald man in an orange-saffron garment with a rudraksha-style bead mala stands centrally, flanked by bare-chested men wearing beaded necklaces and a woman with a jewelled headband. Dim lamps glow beside the doorway, and garlands are visible at the right edge.2012-05-18Crowded temple scene with a dim stone wall behind a pink banner printed in Tamil script reading ஸ்ரீ கைச்சின்னே (Sri Kaichinne). A man in front wears a red floral headband, white vibhuti tripundra and a bead mala with a small gold pendant, with a red bindi, and looks to the side. Around him, shaved-headed men wear saffron cloth, gold-banded white dhotis and gold necklaces, and one older man in white with a rudraksha mala stands at right. Garlands are visible at the right edge. Some people are partially visible, and the atmosphere is tight and busy. The a person candidate is the front man in saffron with a rudraksha mala and red headband; the appearance is only partly clear.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesApril 29 20122012-04-29 +2 copiesA photograph taken in a dim temple hall with stone pillars. At centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha-bead headband, white and red forehead markings, a white flower garland, and a large ornate gold-and-red medallion with rudraksha malas. Beside him, a shaved-headed elder in white-marked forehead and a rudraksha headband, wearing a white flower garland, has a hand on the central man's arm. Around them, several men in white shirts and an orange-robed attendant press close, some smiling.2012-05-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple hall where a younger man with long dark hair, a red-and-white forehead mark, a rudraksha-bead headband and layered gold ceremonial necklaces in orange-saffron robes pours or offers from a metal vessel into the cupped hands of an elderly bald man in an orange shawl and white jasmine garland with a rudraksha headband. Several other men in orange and white robes, rudraksha malas and a woman in a cream sari stand nearby while a crowd watches in the background. Pillars, a lamp and a visible camera crew frame the scene. Appearance suggests Swamiji (probable) as the long-haired figure with gold necklaces and rudraksha headband, performing the ritual as the central officiant, though this identification is uncertain.2012-06-05A photograph inside a dim stone temple shrine with rough granite walls. A pink signboard above shows Tamil script reading the name of a temple lord. A bare-shouldered man with a dark bun and a red-and-gold beaded headband stands in the centre with his back to the camera, wearing a saffron-orange cloth and a beaded rudraksha-style necklace, while a bald man in orange-saffron robes and heavy gold beaded necklaces stands at right near a wall, and several shaved-headed priests in orange and saffron garments press close around him. One priest at right wears a white-and-gold headband and a garland and gestures with raised palms. The crowded devotional scene suggests darshan or a ritual visit at a sacred site. a person cannot be confidently identified from appearance.2012-05-18