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A photograph of a covered temple walkway with a red carpet runner, where a man in a long saffron-orange robe with a white and red flower garland raises his right hand in greeting to a crowd of devotees lining steel railings on both sides. Beside him, a second monk in orange robes and a white-clad priest walk along the path. Ahead stands a shrine with a deity murti decorated with garlands, framed by red and gold drapery and an ornate arch. Devotees on the left wear white shirts and checked shirts with hands folded in namaste, while on the right older women in saris and a child stand with palms pressed together. Orange and red decorative banners hang from the roof.

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A crowd of devotees stands behind metal railings in a roofed temple hall, many with palms pressed together in anjali. In the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes with a white and red flower garland around his neck raises his right hand in blessing toward the crowd, smiling. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in white stands near a golden shrine lit by hanging lamps. In the foreground, another saffron-robed sannyasi holds an orange cloth and offering tray. Behind them, a deity murti adorned with garlands stands in a red-and-gold shrine arch with red curtains. Several women in saris, one in yellow and one with grey hair, join the devotees at the rail.2010-08-14A photograph inside a covered temple hall with a corrugated roof and exposed steel trusses. Along a central red carpet, two saffron-robed monks walk toward a shrine with an ornate golden arch, where a deity murti sits with garlands and flanking figures. A third man in white dhoti stands behind them. Devotees line both sides behind metal railings, several with palms pressed together in namaskar, including an older woman in a white and yellow sari and a woman in pink. Red curtains frame the shrine and decorative striped pillars stand at the edges. One saffron-robed figure appears to carry an offering or item, and the scene reads as darshan procession in an ashram-style temple.2010-08-14A photograph inside a covered walkway in an ashram-style temple. In the centre, a person with long dark hair wearing a saffron-orange robe stands with palms together and hands raised in greeting, beside another saffron-robed attendant holding a brass plate. Along metal railings on both sides, devotees in white clothes stand with hands folded in namaste. A decorated deity murti with flower garlands sits in an ornate golden shrine arch at the far end, with red and orange drapes and a tall pillar nearby. The people on the left wear white shirts and dark tops; the women on the right wear white saris and shawls.2009-12-15December 16 20092009-12-16December 06 20092009-12-06A photograph inside a covered temple courtyard with a corrugated roof. In the centre, a man in saffron robes with long dark hair holds a plate and performs a blessing with raised hand toward a row of devotees. Beside him, another saffron-robed man in an orange shawl holds a tray. Behind them, a shrine with a golden arch frames a deity murti with garlanded figures and a red backdrop. Devotees stand along metal railings on both sides, including older men in light shirts and women in white and blue saris, some with folded hands. Orange cloth hangs at the left, and the scene suggests a darshan or abhishekam blessing line.2009-12-16December 21 20092009-12-21A photograph of a temple darshan in a covered shrine hall. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand at the centre before a gilded deity murti with a golden arch, flanked by orange curtains. The man on the left holds a small object while the man beside him, with a bare upper body and wrapped orange cloth, holds a brass tray. A crowd of devotees lines a metal railing on both sides, many with palms pressed together in namaste. Women wear white saris and one wears a red sari, and a man in a red sweater stands at the left edge.2009-12-17December 16 20092009-12-16A photograph inside a covered temple walkway with a red carpet running down the middle. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron robe and a long yellow and pink marigold garland, and presses his palms together in greeting as he walks. Beside him, a bald man in an orange robe with a red border carries a folded orange cloth. Devotees line both metal railings on the left and right, some in white dhotis and shirts, hands folded in namaskar. Ahead, a deity murti stands in an illuminated shrine. Orange curtains and hanging decorations frame the hall.2010-08-15A photograph of a darshan line inside a decorated pandal with orange drapes and painted pillars. A central figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair walks down an aisle, smiling and raising one hand toward the crowd. Beside him an older man in white clothing with an orange shawl stands at right, and devotees line metal barricades on both sides, some with folded hands in greeting. Visible people include men in white and striped shirts, a child in a red shirt, and women in pink and salmon saris with gold bangles. a person: the central figure has long swept-back hair and saffron robes, giving him a sannyasi presentation, while the other figures are devotees and attendants.2010-01-17December 29 20092009-12-29