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A daytime outdoor scene at a South Indian temple entrance with a colourful gopuram-style facade painted with figures and turquoise, pink and yellow ornamentation. A group walks down a dusty dirt path past a white staircase, and many people in white dhotis and shirts line the steps and walk along the road. In the centre, a figure in an orange saffron robe with a green-and-orange garland, bare-footed, is flanked by people in white. Another person in orange robes walks at left, and a figure in white with a red-orange shawl walks near the centre. Several people carry steel vessels and buckets near the temple wall, and a hillside rises in the background.

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Outdoor street scene in front of a colourfully painted temple gopuram-style entrance with columns and sculpted figures above. A woman in a saffron-orange robe with a garland of mixed flowers walks barefoot on a dusty dirt road, flanked by men in white dhoti-and-shirt attire, several with lanyards. Another barefoot figure in orange robes walks at the left edge. Behind them, a man in a white shirt and a man in a dark green shirt walk, a few onlookers stand near steps, and a tiled-roof building and hillside trees appear in the background. Several plastic containers sit on the ground near the temple steps.2010-02-17Outdoors on a dusty dirt road beside a colourful gopuram-style temple entrance with painted deity figures and pillars. A central figure in a saffron-orange robe, with long dark hair and a marigold garland over the shoulders, walks barefoot in the middle of a group. Around them men in white shirts and dhotis, some with lanyards, and a man in a green shirt walk alongside, with a woman in white and an orange shawl nearby. Bystanders stand under the temple roof and on steps at right, and a tiled-roof building and hillside trees sit in the background.2010-02-17A photograph taken outdoors at a South Indian temple complex, with a gopuram-style carved temple tower and a mountain behind it. A line of men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stands on a floor decorated with colourful kolam patterns. In the foreground on the right, a person with long dark hair wearing an orange sleeveless top and a garland of yellow, purple and white flowers faces away from the camera with hands raised in a gesture of reverence. Next to them, a figure in orange robes with a shaved head also has hands raised. A bald man in white clothes and a shoulder bag stands among the line. Devotees crowd the temple entrance on the left, and a banner hangs from the temple archway.2010-01-08November 11 20082008-11-11A photograph of a temple courtyard with a decorated gopuram and a distant hill behind it. On the ground is a colourful rangoli kolam in red, green and blue. A line of people stands in front of the temple: a bald man in white shirt and dhoti on the left, and several men in white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow shawls, one with a rudraksha-style necklace. A man in a white kurta with a black shoulder bag stands near the centre. On the right, a figure in orange saffron robes wears a long garland of yellow, white and red flowers over the shoulder, with long dark hair; another person in orange stands further right. Garlands of green leaves hang along the temple colonnade, with coloured banners nearby.2010-01-08Photograph outside a South Indian temple gopuram with a tiered stone entrance tower painted with deity figures and a mountain rising behind. A procession of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing saffron or orange shawls, walks across a paved courtyard. Near the centre, a person in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching shawl with an orange head covering walks with hands folded in front, a possible sannyasi, and the appearance is uncertain. Other participants carry garlands and wear green-and-white badges. Behind them, people move through the temple doorway toward a deity shrine. Several bystanders in colourful clothes stand in the foreground, and a small shrine niche sits on the right wall.2006-09-24December 08 20112011-12-08March 17 20182018-03-17Outdoor photo of a group walking barefoot along a paved hilltop road in bright daylight. A central figure in an orange saffron robe with a long red and white flower garland walks at the front, with long dark hair, flanked by people in white kurtas and white dhotis, some wearing orange scarves and lanyards. Two women in cream and gold-bordered saris and a woman in a cream sari follow. Behind them stands a construction site with bamboo scaffolding and a hillside, and a roadside signboard with Tamil text. Appearance-based label: a person, walking at the centre in saffron robes with long hair and a garland, though the identification is uncertain from appearance alone.2010-02-17December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08A photograph at a South Indian temple gateway with a tall gopuram covered in painted sculptures behind it. A bald man in orange saffron robes with a gold necklace and a flower garland of yellow and white blooms stands at left, with one arm outstretched. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shirt wears a yellow shawl, and a sannyasi in orange robes with a rudraksha-style mala walks at centre. Several people in white and orange clothing follow along a stone path, and a small shrine with figures is visible at left.2010-01-08