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A photograph of a procession outside a carved stone temple gopuram with tiered sculpted panels. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair and a red bindi wears a saffron-orange robe with a gold-yellow border and a heavy gold bead necklace with a gold pendant. Behind and beside him, men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the crowd; one man on the right wears a dark beaded mala and an orange rosette, and another in the background wears a saffron shawl. Swamiji (probable) is present as the centrally placed figure in saffron robes with long hair and gold necklace, leading the procession.

A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with gold border, a multi-strand gold necklace of bead-like ornaments, and a vertical tilak on his forehead, smiles and raises a hand while walking past a yellow metal barrier at a stone temple entrance with carved granite pillars. Behind him stand a shaved-headed attendant in a white dhoti with gold border and a bearded man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala, and a man in pink shirt and white dhoti is at right. A Tamil-script sign on the barrier reads a temple name. Signage and photo credit are visible at right.

Outdoor photograph at a stone temple gateway in Tiruvannamalai, with a carved white gopuram tier and dark granite walls behind a crowd. In the centre, a man with long, swept-back dark hair stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing an orange shawl over an orange garment, a yellow sash, and a heavy gold necklace with a pendant. He has a red tilak on his forehead. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts wear black rudraksha malas; one holds a bundle of pink flower garlands. A man in a cream shirt has a grey moustache and red tilak, and a man at right in white holds a flower garland. Several people stand close together in a dense crowd.

December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai

Outdoor photograph of a procession at a Hindu temple with a tall white gopuram carved with deity figures above dark stone pillars. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange robe with a gold-bordered yellow shawl, a gold pendant necklace and rudraksha-style beads, and holds his palms together in namaskar while walking. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts walk closely; one at left holds a red and yellow flower garland. Several men wear orange or white garments and spectacles, and the crowd fills the foreground. The pale sky and cables appear above the temple roofline.

August 06 2009

January 12 2007

January 08 2010

Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with stone pillars and a gopuram-style structure at left. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over the body and a long ornate garland of beads and flowers around the neck; he has a red bindi and is stepping forward with hands near his waist, with devotees pressing close. Nearby, a man in an orange robe with a red-bead rudraksha mala holds a mobile phone, and several shaved-headed men in white dhotis and white shirts with sacred threads stand around. A man in a blue striped shirt presses his palms together at lower left, and a man with a thick moustache in a white shirt stands at left. Stone steps and a dark stone wall with metal railings form the background. Many people are visible, mostly partially cropped at the edges.

January 14 2009

Photograph of a street procession outside a South Indian temple with a white gopuram sculpted with deity figures. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange and yellow shawl over bare shoulders, with a red bindi and a gold ornate necklace, stands with palms pressed together in greeting and smiles. Around him, men in saffron and white dhotis and shirts, one in white with a rudraksha mala and a red sash, and a young woman with a bindi crowd the path. Garlands of flowers are visible at the lower edge. A figure described with distinctive long hair, saffron clothing and a gold necklace is a person candidate; the image shows the procession moving beside the temple, with a shop signboard at right.

September 09 2011