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Outdoor photo at a temple entrance with a yellow-and-red-roofed building behind a metal railing. A woman with long curly dark hair wears an orange sari with a gold border and gold bangles, and has her back to the camera. Beside her, a bald man in an orange dhoti and shawl with white markings on his forearm walks toward the carved temple gateway. Men in white shirts and light trousers stand around, and a man in white dhoti and shirt walks at left. A bald man in orange in the right foreground holds white flower garlands. A microphone is held at lower left by a hand. The scene shows a visiting group approaching the temple.

A photograph inside a temple shrine. A man in an orange saffron robe with long, swept-back dark hair and a smile places his hand on the bowed, bald head of an older man in white clothes and glasses who kneels at a railing. Behind them stands a man with a white forehead mark and a bare chest. On the right, a second man in an orange robe and long hair holds a flat orange cushion tray. Behind them, a deity murti is decorated with yellow and magenta marigold garlands, and a brass lamp and a round fan-like object are visible. Several men in white shirts stand at the left edge.

Photograph of a ritual scene at a temple or ashram. A bare-chested figure in saffron-orange dhoti and wrap, with white paste or powder smeared on the shoulder and arm, stands with his back to the camera while another man in white kurta and red-orange shawl with a rudraksha mala leans in to apply white paste to his head. Two more men in white and orange-red garments stand at left, one with a rudraksha mala, and a brass vessel and ornate gold decorations are visible behind. A tall headdress with red and yellow flower garlands is at upper right. Some figures appear to be attending a puja or abhishekam.

A photograph taken under a white tent with a purple draped backdrop decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. In the centre, a bald man in saffron-orange robes steps forward beside a red-cushioned chair with gold-tinted frame. To his left, a man with long, swept-back dark hair wears an orange top with a rudraksha mala hanging at his chest. Further left, a bald man wrapped in a light saffron shawl stands near a yellow canopy. On the right foreground, another bald man in orange robes faces away. A woman with her hair tied back, wearing a white sari with a red border, stands near the chair. Several other saffron-clad sannyasis are partly visible at the edges.

A photograph inside a South Indian temple corridor with richly carved stone pillars, painted colourful gopuram-style ceiling and green makara figures. A man with long dark hair, white forehead markings and an orange saffron robe with a gold necklace stands at centre, hands folded at his chest, listening to a bare-chested priest in the foreground who holds a small object. Beside them stands an older bearded man in orange robes with glasses and a rudraksha-style mala, and a white-clad attendant. Several onlookers in white and dhoti-style clothing crowd the frame. a person: the central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron robes and ornate gold and bead necklaces, consistent with the page's description of him attending this temple visit.

May 09 2012

2012-05-09 +1 copies

A photograph of a covered temple courtyard with a red-painted wall and a decorated shrine behind. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and shawl with a heavy gold bead necklace, smiles while raising his right hand toward a man in a white shirt with folded hands. The man in white, on the left, presses his palms together in namaskar, and another man in white bends forward. On the right, a shaved-headed priest in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a silver tray. Behind them, a large decorated deity murti with gold and red drapery is visible, with other devotees in white and orange around. Appearance-based label: a person, the long-haired figure in orange with the gold bead necklace, giving a blessing.

2010-11-06 +1 copies

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July 24 2012

A photograph of a line of devotees in a temple colonnade, shot from behind and from the side. In the foreground a shirtless man with a white and brown cloth draped over his shoulder and brown rudraksha armbands stands with his back to the camera. Beside him a bearded man wears a yellow and white dhoti and has white ash markings on his chest and arms. On the right, a bearded sadhu with long dreadlocked hair and a rudraksha mala wears an orange shawl and orange-red cloth, and a second man with a headband and gold necklaces stands beside a woman holding a green and red offering. Several other people in white and orange clothing fill the background under a tiled roof.