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March 17 20182018-03-17March 17 20182018-03-17February 07 20172017-02-07 +3 copiesA photograph inside a crowded temple corridor with ornately carved stone pillars and hanging lamps. A dense procession of shaved-headed men in orange-saffron cloths and rudraksha malas moves forward, many carrying ceremonial staffs and tridents. In the centre, a bearded man wearing a black turban and a garland of mixed orange and pink flowers holds his hands together in front of his chest, with a tall staff topped with a metallic finial raised beside him. Devotees and onlookers, including a child in pink, stand along the walls and background, with colourful banners and a blue information board visible on the right.2018-04-29 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05April 29 20182018-04-29A crowd of shaved-headed and long-haired men, many bare-chested with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms, moves through a street before a stone temple gopuram carved with sculptures. In the centre, a bearded man wearing a red and white flower garland and a rudraksha-style necklace holds a golden trident-topped staff with a white cloth. Beside him, a man with a wrapped white headband carries a red and white cloth, and on the right a man with long hair, rudraksha malas and a white dhoti holds a mobile phone. Some devotees wear orange and saffron garments, and a small sign and stalls appear in the background, with a deity murti visible on the temple.2018-03-17February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesA crowded temple scene with devotees pressing close in a narrow stone passage. In the centre, a bare-chested, white-bearded man in white dhoti with a white shawl, hands folded in anjali, stands near a tray of flowers and offerings. To his right, a man in a maroon-red cloth and rudraksha beads holds his hands together. On the far right, a figure with a tall dreadlocked head-wrap, rudraksha malas and layered beaded necklaces, hands in anjali, bows forward. Other men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees surround them, and a green-and-gold temple gopuram pillar appears behind. A few people hold up phones or cameras overhead.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29February 07 20172017-02-07April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copies