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Outdoor temple procession scene at a street-side temple entrance. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair wears a red-orange cloth and a thick red flower garland, and holds his hands over a decorated brass kalasha with flowers and a coconut, while two men in purple and white dhotis with white markings on their arms and chests reach toward it. Beside them, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a green border stands among people; a musician in orange plays a long wind instrument. Crowd members in shirts watch from behind, and police officers stand in the background beneath a green canopy with a banner of text.

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April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesJanuary 16 20182018-01-16A street procession at a temple entrance in Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with white vibhuti stripes on his arms and chest, wearing rudraksha malas and an orange-and-red dhoti, holds marigold and flower petals in his hands. Beside him, a man with a yellow-and-pink marigold garland and rudraksha beads sits with palms pressed together in prayer. Behind them, sannyasis in saffron and orange cloth, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings stand among devotees. A girl in orange holds a plate with an oil lamp and flower petals. Stone temple walls and a green gate frame the scene.2018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29 +2 copiesA man with long dark hair and a full beard stands in a rust-red ochre robe, wearing a long garland of white jasmine and orange and purple flowers over his shoulders, with rudraksha malas on his arm and neck and a gold chain at his throat. He holds his palms together in namaskar, facing a bare-chested priest in a reddish-brown dhoti who holds a silver tray or plate toward him. Behind them a colourful festoon canopy hangs overhead, and a crowd of devotees in orange robes and white clothes watches from the background at night. The scene suggests a ritual offering in a temple setting.2017-10-19February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesA photograph inside a temple courtyard in Kerala with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and gold-bordered white shawls, many bare-chested. In the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe wears a long red-and-white flower garland and a dark crown-like headdress with pink lotus flowers, and receives a ritual welcome from a bare-chested man in an orange sash who wears a rudraksha mala. A man in a white shirt presses his palms together at left, and a yellow bucket and steel railings stand at right. a person: the central bearded figure wears a pink lotus crown, a red-and-white garland, a dark rudraksha-style necklace and a rust robe, but the appearance cues are only moderately distinctive, so this candidate is uncertain.2018-05-08Photograph of a ritual offering at an outdoor-style temple or pavilion setting during the Avatar Day celebration. A long-haired figure in a rust-orange turban, rust-brown cloth and gold-bordered dhoti and a long white-and-red floral garland faces away from the camera, extending a hand toward a silver tray of fruit, vegetables and a bundle of grain stalks. A bearded man in a green and orange silk shawl with a rudraksha and crystal mala holds the tray. Beside him, an older man with white hair and beard in a white and orange dhoti, and several other devotees in saffron-yellow garments, stand in the crowd. A golden trident-topped standard is visible above.2016-12-23January 12 20092009-01-12