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August 06 20092009-08-06August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01Photograph inside a stone temple corridor at night. A man in an orange-red robe and orange turban, wearing a long garland of white and pink flowers and green leaves, walks forward with his face lifted upward. Beside him a shirtless young man in a gold-brown cloth and white dhoti walks barefoot. Behind them devotees in white dhotis and shirts follow, one bearded man wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. A tall gopuram-style corridor opens behind, with painted stucco figures and a Vaishnava-style vertical tilak symbol above the doorway. Tamil notice boards hang on the pillars.2007-08-17December 08 20112011-12-08Outdoor scene at a temple entrance with dark carved columns and stone walls. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala on the left looks upward. In the center, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe walks barefoot alongside another man in orange, followed by people in white and light clothes. On the right, an older bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti with a purple sash walks beside a man in a light shirt. A blue signboard with Tamil text hangs on the left wall. Several other people walk behind the group.2008-07-29 +1 copiesDecember 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A photograph inside a carved stone temple corridor with ornate pillars and sculpted figures. Several people walk through the passage: a man in a dark checked shirt in the left foreground, a man in white with a red forehead mark near the centre bottom, and a woman in a bright orange-red sari with a gold necklace walking beside a man in orange robes wearing a rudraksha mala and gold chain, who has a shaved head and bare upper body. Another person in orange robes is further back. Beside the path is a white notice board with handwritten text in Tamil script, and a garland hangs on a pillar. Several onlookers in white and shirts stand near the edges.2012-07-24Outdoor photo at the Sri Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai. A young man in saffron-orange robes and a long orange-and-white flower garland walks forward at the centre, smiling, with his hands held out, while a group of devotees in white dhotis and shirts surround him. Two other saffron-robed sannyasis walk nearby, one with long hair and beard. Behind them stands a temple shop with a red banner reading Arunachaleshwarar Temple, and colourful gopuram carvings rise at the right. a person appearance-based label applies to the central saffron-robed figure with long hair, a garland and a smile; his identity cannot be confirmed from the image alone.2009-08-06December 20 20112011-12-20July 24 20122012-07-24A procession walks down a stone-pillared temple corridor with carved granite walls and a tall gilded pillar or flagstaff at the centre. Men and women in white dhotis and shirts, many with rudraksha malas and small rosette badges, move forward in a dense group. A figure near the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl over white clothes and a long rudraksha mala. Behind him a person in a bright orange turban and orange garment walks among the crowd. On the right a sign board reads in Tamil and English, and a notice panel hangs on the wall. Several people in the foreground are cut off by the frame.2007-08-17