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Outdoor temple courtyard with a stone wall of large cut blocks behind a group of devotees lined up behind red metal posts. A woman in an orange sari with a red border, her back to the camera, holds a brass bell and a small flame or oil lamp for an arati-style offering. Around her, participants in white clothes and red lanyards stand with palms pressed together, including a man in a black shirt holding a lamp, a man in a white shirt with a bag, an older man in a pale yellow shirt, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border on the right. Bare feet and white garments mark the ritual setting.2016-03-14July 08 20122012-07-08June 17 20092009-06-17 +1 copiesOutdoor photo of a crowd of devotees in white and orange at a ritual gathering. In the centre, a young man in a sleeveless saffron-orange cloth stands with palms pressed together in anjali, a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame held before him. To the left, a woman in white with a yellow shawl also holds her hands in prayer, and a bearded elder in white wears a rudraksha mala. Around them, men and women in white clothes hold long wooden poles with orange flags. A young man in an orange cloth with a red-and-white forehead mark stands at the lower right, holding an object. Several people are visible in the background with their hands folded.2009-01-20December 29 20102010-12-29Photograph inside a stone temple corridor at Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a person with long dark hair wears an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, hands pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, a vertical tilak on the forehead and a gold necklace. Beside them a figure in an orange wrap with a gold necklace and a tilak stands with hands folded. To the left, men in white kurtas with red shawls and a grey-haired man in glasses stand close together. Behind them, people in orange and red clothing move through carved pillared halls and a stone pathway. The scene suggests devotees offering prayer at a temple shrine.2010-01-08December 22 20102010-12-22February 14 20072007-02-14December 06 20112011-12-06February 14 20072007-02-14May 13 20142014-05-13July 27 20082008-07-27