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Blurred exterior of a temple-style guest house building with a sign reading Govindarajaswamy Guest House above a stepped entrance. A carved stone deity relief of Ganesha sits over the doorway, with lit oil lamps hanging inside the dark entrance. Several people climb or descend the stone steps, including a figure in a pink shirt and a woman in a pink sari. In the foreground, three young men in saffron/orange robes walk toward the camera, the central one smiling, with a red tilak mark visible on the left man's forehead. No one in the foreground is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance, and the scene shows ordinary devotees and ashram-linked attendees near a temple entrance.

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Exterior of a temple entrance with an ornate grey-white stone gopuram-style shrine above the doorway, a carved deity figure in a niche, and a gilded kalasha finial. Warm lamps light the open doorway where devotees climb stone steps. People in everyday clothes walk up and down, including a woman in a pink sari and a man in a white shirt. A blue signboard above reads Srivaraswami Vasati Bhavanam Guest House. Large modern cream building with blue-tinted windows stands behind.2008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04Outdoor photograph at a large South Indian temple gopuram, its tall whitewashed tower with ornate sculpted tiers and a gilded top rising behind a brick-and-white wall lit with lamps. In the foreground a man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi wears a saffron-orange shawl over a red undershirt, looking down as he walks. Beside him a younger man in white ritual clothes wears an orange shawl and a long rudraksha mala. To the left an older man in white with glasses and a woman in white with an orange shawl and red bindi stand in the crowd; devotees and onlookers fill the courtyard, and strings of lights hang across the sky. Swamiji (probable): the man in the orange shawl and red undershirt with long hair and a bindi matches the page's Tirumala visit, shown with saffron clothing, long hair and a rudraksha-adorned companion.2008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04A photograph of a tall white temple gopuram covered in carved sculptures and strung with decorative lights, rising beside a blue-walled shrine with painted deity reliefs. In the foreground, several men in saffron-orange robes stand together on a paved walkway; the central figure with long dark hair wears an orange shawl draped over his shoulder, and a companion beside him wears an orange shawl and a red-orange garland-like cord. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left, a woman in a blue sari walks behind the group, and a smiling woman in a red sari stands at right beside metal barricades. A canopy with red-and-white striped poles shelters an area on the right.2008-09-04Photograph at dusk of two young men in saffron-orange sannyasa wraps walking across a paved courtyard before a illuminated temple gopuram tower covered in painted sculptures, with lights strung along the top. The man in front on the right, with a red tilak on his forehead, wears an orange wrap over a red shirt and holds the wrap's end in his hand, smiling and looking down. The taller man on the left wears an orange wrap over red clothing. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts moves through the area, and an older man in white with a gold-bordered dhoti stands at the right edge. Lit shrine niches with deity figures line the temple wall. The temple shown is Tirumala.2008-09-04A photograph outside a large white gopuram temple tower with carved figures and strings of lights. In the foreground, several men in saffron-orange robes walk along a paved path; one in the centre wears a long orange wrap draped over his shoulder and has long dark hair, another beside him wears a rudraksha mala, and a younger man in orange looks down. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left, and a smiling woman in a red and orange sari stands at right. Blue barricades and a striped canopy line the walkway beside the temple wall.2008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04