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January 12 20072007-01-12Outdoor photograph at a temple courtyard with a tall pale brick wall behind. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist stands with palms pressed together in prayer, bowing over a worn grey stone structure. He wears a gold necklace and gold armbands. Around him, several saffron-robed sannyasis stand, one on the left holding a small silver vessel and wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind them a large crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, plus women in orange and white saris, stands with hands folded in devotion. A thatched bamboo shelter and a pink temple building appear in the background.2012-08-17 +1 copiesAugust 21 20062006-08-21A dim, unfinished brick hall with a crowd of many people gathered around a central group of saffron-robed monastics. Around them devotees in white dhotis, saris in yellow, green and teal, and a woman in red and orange stand close together. A dark wall board and small wall niches are visible behind. Many people, too many to count precisely, fill the frame.2011-10-07January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12August 17 20122012-08-17December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts presses along a stone temple wall carved with reliefs. At centre, a man with long dark hair wears a bright saffron-orange turban and a saffron shawl, and holds his hands in anjali mudra with a smile. He wears a rudraksha-style mala and a gold necklace. Around him, men in white shirts and white dhotis stand close, several with vibhuti or kumkum marks on their foreheads, and some hold orange cloth. The atmosphere suggests a temple procession or ratha yatra, with a few women and older men visible in the back. Probable Swamiji is the saffron-turbaned man at centre, identified by appearance cues including the saffron turban, shawl, and long hair.2006-09-24Photograph of a temple courtyard with high grey and salmon-coloured walls and palm trees behind. In the foreground, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe with a green leaf garland and a dark beaded necklace stands beside a weathered grey stone platform, smiling. Facing him, a bald man in an orange robe with a gold chain stands with his back to the camera, while a man in a white shirt wears a pink rosette badge and a woman in a red-and-maroon sari with a pink badge stands at right. A cameraman with a video camera is at right, and a line of devotees in white and coloured clothes waits along the back wall. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, green garland and beaded necklace. The other figures are shown as priests, devotees or attendees.2006-12-04Outdoor temple courtyard scene beside a stone wall and a pink-painted boundary wall with palm trees behind. On the left, a stone fire pit or lamp structure holds a small flame. In the foreground, a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace and a shaved head holds a brass plate of flowers and offerings, while several white-clad men sit in front of him with hands folded in prayer, wearing white dhotis and orange-gold borders. A standing man in orange with long swept-back hair and a garland is at the right, with another orange-robed figure beside him. A large crowd of onlookers, many with cameras, stands behind a low barrier. Several figures in orange and white appear to be performing a ritual or puja at the temple shrine.2010-12-29August 06 20092009-08-06