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June 05 20122012-06-05A night procession photo in a temple corridor showing a golden wooden palanquin draped with white jasmine garlands and orange marigold strings, mounted on a yellow wheeled cart. A man in a checked shirt with a mustache stands in front in the foreground, a second man beside him has a white tilak on his forehead, and several people crowd behind the palanquin. Ornate gold and red canopy panels and stone pillars frame the scene, with a colourful decorated banner at the left edge.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesCrowded temple corridor with carved stone pillars and sculpted figures along the walls. In the centre, a golden ornate palanquin or deity shrine with a tiered roof sits decorated with flower garlands in red and white. Devotees in saffron and orange robes and white clothing crowd around it, some with hands folded. Several people in the foreground are seen from behind, and a few women in white stand at the right. Attendants in white stand near the shrine. The scene suggests a temple procession or darshan at Madurai Meenakshi Temple.2009-07-13Night procession photograph of an ornate golden palanquin decorated with white jasmine garlands and orange and yellow marigold garlands, strung with lights. Inside a golden shrine canopy sits a seated murti of a saint or deity draped in green and yellow cloth and garlanded with red and white flowers, with a red-and-white patterned backdrop behind. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand and walk around the palanquin, some carrying a white chamara fan, and a green stage light glows on the right. Temple pillars with painted panels frame the scene and devotional photographs are displayed on a stall at right.2012-06-05July 13 20092009-07-13November 01 20062006-11-01A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a silver-covered processional deity murti of a saint, seated on a golden palanquin (palakku) draped with white cloth and garlanded with white jasmine and pink and red flower garlands, a golden crown-like headdress on the figure, and coconuts placed at its base. An elderly bearded man in a white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and forehead marks, holding an orange-yellow cloth, leans in at left. A young man in a grey t-shirt stands behind the palanquin, another man in a dark maroon garment stands at right, and a gold-framed mirror and ornate red-cushioned seat are visible. Blue and orange decorative canopy fringe hangs overhead.2012-06-05July 13 20092009-07-13Night-time photograph of a festival scene at a temple shrine decorated with a deity murti draped in garlands of pink, red and yellow flowers, with string lights and a red cloth behind. In the foreground a man in a light blue shirt stands near an oil lamp held by a man in white. A man in white kurta with a pendant necklace stands at the shrine, and several women in white saris with flowers in their hair fold their hands in prayer. Several onlookers in white and light clothing surround the shrine. Printed copyright text overlays the lower right corner.2006-09-30