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February 18 20082008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18A dense crowd presses around a silver-clad structure at a temple event. A bald man in an orange saffron robe with a bare upper body and glasses stands at center, surrounded by devotees in white dhotis and shirts. Several saffron-robed monastics stand nearby, and a uniformed police officer in a peaked cap is visible at left. A man in a white shirt reaches toward the structure while others gesture with raised hands. Flower garlands hang on the silver pillar at upper right.2008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18A dense crowd fills a long stone-pillared temple corridor during a procession at a temple event. Uniformed police in khaki caps and shirts push through the throng, one in the foreground facing the camera. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts, while several monks wear orange and saffron robes and orange or pink turbans. A red-draped palanquin or ratha-like carried object with garlands moves through the center. Tall black deity murti figures stand along the pillars, decorated with white and orange garlands, and a tall brass lamp stand. Strings of flowers hang from the ceiling. The crowd presses closely, with many people holding phones and cameras aloft.2008-02-18Night photograph of a crowded outdoor festival scene with many devotees pressing forward. In the centre, a bald, bespectacled man in an orange and saffron turban and orange shawl, wearing a white garland of flowers, stands with hands folded in a namaste greeting beside brass oil lamps lit on the ground. Several uniformed police officers in khaki stand nearby. Other people wear white kurtas, saris in red, orange and blue, and one man in a white dhoti. A tall rusted metal pole with a coiled wire wrap rises in the foreground beside a large yellow floral canopy. An orange flag with a white Om symbol hangs at the lower right. Green lights illuminate the trees above, and a banner with a portrait hangs in the background.2009-11-30A dense street procession crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis packs the frame around a decorated chariot. In the left foreground a man wears a bright orange turban and orange shawl over white, with a garland of yellow and green flowers draped across his shoulders. Several men hold white flags and an orange-and-white canopy overhead, and a few raise their hands in front of the ornate ratha with garlands and floral festoons. A photographer's video camera appears at the left edge.2006-09-24A crowded street procession with a central figure in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange turban, long dark hair, and a dark rudraksha mala around the neck, smiling as he walks forward. Behind him, men in orange and saffron clothing and orange turbans walk in the crowd, some holding a long wooden pole. Around them, many men in white shirts and white dhotis, police officers in khaki uniforms with caps, and people raising mobile phones fill the frame. Above the crowd are a decorated silver palanquin-style structure and a yellow and green fringed canopy with tassels. The scene is a religious procession with devotees and officials moving through a dense street crowd.2011-05-24A dense crowd fills a covered colonnade of white stone pillars at a temple, with marigold garlands strung along the arches and a small pale shrine or palanquin with pink and yellow flower garlands at right. Many devotees wear saffron and orange robes or white dhotis and sarees; several uniformed police officers in khaki stand at left beside a dark deity statue draped in marigolds. Hands are raised and folded in greeting as people press toward the center of the procession, where a man in white clothes stands among the crowd.2008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18A dense crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts packed around a central figure walking beneath a multicoloured ceremonial parasol with red, yellow and green embroidered panels and tassels. The central figure wears a saffron-orange turban, an orange garment and a white flower garland, with palms pressed together in greeting. Many devotees on all sides reach toward him, some with hands raised or folded. Another man in a white shirt and a rudraksha-style necklace stands nearby. Several elderly men wear glasses. Bystanders in the back wear colourful shirts. Appearance-based candidate: Swamiji (probable), identified by the saffron turban, orange robe, garland and the crowd attending him as a central figure.2004-10-03