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A crowded temple corridor with carved stone walls and a painted gateway topped by white elephant figures. In the centre a bearded man with long dark hair wears a red-orange robe and a large multicoloured flower garland, his hands pressed together in greeting. Around him robed men wear saffron and orange cloth, many bare-chested with white and ochre tilak on their foreheads and beaded necklaces; one man on the right holds a wooden staff. A uniformed security officer in white and blue stands in the foreground beside metal railings, and the crowd moves through the passage toward the shrine.

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April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29February 06 20172017-02-06April 29 20182018-04-29April 28 20182018-04-28April 29 20182018-04-29Photo inside a temple corridor with carved stone pillars. In the centre, a bearded man in a dark turban and rust-brown robe smiles while holding a golden ceremonial staff or key, his neck and shoulders draped in a thick garland of white jasmine, red roses, pink flowers and green leaves, with a colourful tassel attached. Behind and to his left stand several men in orange-brown and white attire, one bare-chested with a rudraksha mala, white shawl and yellow-striped dhoti, with white sacred ash marks on the forehead. Hands and staffs are visible among the crowd. The a person reading is unsure: the central man's appearance has some cues but the face-based identity cannot be confirmed, so he is described by role as a devotee in procession.2018-04-29A photograph inside a stone temple corridor with carved granite pillars and a lamp overhead. A bearded man with long swept-back hair and white tilak marks wears a brown-red cloth draped over his shoulders and a large white and red flower garland; he smiles and gestures toward a group. Behind him, several saffron-robed attendants wear rudraksha mala necklaces, one holding a small red bag. On the right, a man in a khaki uniform with a cloth bag stands beside a bald man wearing a gold chain and earring and a yellow garment. A man in a white and blue sports shirt stands at left, facing the group.2017-02-06Photograph inside a stone temple corridor at night, with lamps glowing on the carved pillars and walls. At the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long multicoloured flower garland, hands pressed together in namaskar, walks through a crowd. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti with a gold necklace and a bald man in a rust-brown cloth with a gold chain follow. On the left, men in teal sports shirts with a yellow lamp emblem move through the crowd, and on the right a uniformed police officer in khaki stands watch. About 15 physical people are visible. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the role is described as a devotee in a rust-brown robe with a garland.2017-02-06A photograph inside a temple corridor at night, with bright ceiling lights and stone pillars behind an orange metal gate. A bearded man with long swept-back hair and white tilak on his forehead wears an orange-red ceremonial garment and a long white and red flower garland, with gold necklaces and bangles, smiling and pressing his hands together in greeting. Beside him a shirtless man wears gold garlands and a rudraksha mala. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand alongside, one holding the arm of a man in a teal shirt with a yellow emblem in the foreground. Several other devotees crowd the passage. Swamiji (probable): the bearded man with long hair, orange garment, flower garland and gold ornaments is the.2017-02-06