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Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple with a gold gopuram tower in the upper right and a tall beige compound wall behind. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and shirt, a woman in a yellow garment in the foreground with her hair in a bun, and a man with a white forehead mark and red bindi stand close. Behind a copper-and-gold railing, several devotees in pink, green and striped clothing watch and walk along a red-and-white striped barrier.

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April 29 20182018-04-29March 01 20182018-03-01April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29March 11 20182018-03-11May 13 20182018-05-13A photograph of a procession outside a temple with red and white painted walls. In the centre, a man with a beard and long dark hair wears a dark maroon robe, a red and white flower garland, and a rudraksha-style mala, holding a tall golden staff with a star-shaped finial and a rope tied to it. On the left, a bearded sadhu with matted hair piled on top wears an orange cloth and a long rudraksha mala. A young man in a grey polo shirt looks at a phone. To the right, bare-chested men in white dhotis with coloured borders walk alongside, and a man in a yellow shirt stands behind. Several more people are visible in the background.2018-03-17January 16 20182018-01-16Outdoor street procession in Tiruvannamalai with a crowd of devotees pressed behind orange-painted barricades beside a stone temple wall. In the centre, a man with a trimmed beard and swept-back dark hair holds his palms together in anjali, wearing a maroon-brown robe, a long garland of yellow, white, pink and red flowers, and rudraksha bracelets. Around him devotees have white vibhuti bands and red tilak marks on their foreheads; one in front wears an orange garment and rudraksha mala. Several people visible, mostly partially framed at the edges.2018-01-16A photograph of a bare-chested man with a dreadlocked hair wrap studded with rudraksha beads, white tilak on his forehead, gold earrings and a gold necklace, wearing a deep red shawl over his shoulder. He is seated and looking downward with a faint smile, while around him several people in orange and red clothing stand close, including a woman in a yellow-and-orange garment with rudraksha strands and a bare-chested man with a sacred thread. Background shows a red curtain, an air conditioner unit and a ceiling light. The scene appears to be a devotional gathering.2018-05-13Outdoor photo on a red-tiled temple walkway beside a cream colonnaded temple hall under a bright blue sky. A bearded man with long dreadlocks wears a maroon-brown draped robe and many layered rudraksha malas, walking barefoot and smiling. Around him are several men with matted hair and bare upper bodies in white and orange dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and vibhuti on their foreheads, and one carrying a folded red cloth. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks in the foreground at right, and a man in a white shirt stands at left. Ornate orange-and-gold railings and a pink lamp post frame the scene. The group appears to be walking through a temple precinct.2018-04-29