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November 11 2016

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A dim stone temple corridor lined with tall pillars, with a crowd of devotees pressing forward behind a palanquin draped in red, green and yellow cloth. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands at the centre, with a man in a khaki uniform and hat nearby. Devotees in saffron, blue and white clothing fold hands along the pillars, and a golden kalasha stands at right.2016-11-11 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA dim, pillared temple corridor at night with a long row of carved stone pillars decorated with figures on both sides and a painted ceiling. A glowing golden palanquin or shrine with a deity murti sits at the far end. Dense crowds walk toward it. Foreground devotees include a bare-chested man wearing a rudraksha-style necklace and a woman in a white sari with a lanyard, and a man in a white dhoti and shirt. Several saffron-clad figures move among the crowd. Many people wear white or orange garments. Some lift their hands in prayer near the left edge. The mood is a temple procession.2009-07-13A photograph inside a long colonnaded temple corridor with carved pillars topped by lion-like brackets and fluorescent lights overhead. In the centre, a golden palanquin or ratha glowing with lamps and garlands is carried forward along the passage. Ahead of it walks a line of devotees, including a bare-chested young man with long light hair wearing a rudraksha mala and white dhoti, a man in a yellow garment, several people in saffron and orange robes, and women in white saris with orange shawls. Onlookers stand along the left wall, some with hands folded in prayer, and a man in a blue shirt stands at right. The scene reads as a temple procession.2009-07-13April 29 20182018-04-29A photograph of a crowded interior hall with tall pillars wrapped in patterned fabric in blue, yellow, red and white, with orange and yellow fringed hangings. Many men and some women stand or sit on the floor in the foreground and along a long stone walkway, some in white shirts and dhotis, others in darker clothes. A man in a white shirt walks through the centre. Bright daylight glows through an archway at the far end, where a shop front is visible. No identifiable a person appearance is present in the scene.2012-06-04A crowded stone temple corridor with carved granite pillars and a flat ceiling lit by fluorescent tube lights. Many men in white shirts and dhotis press together, several raising video cameras and a still camera toward the centre. In the right foreground a bald, bare-chested priest in a white dhoti wears a long garland of beads and gold-coloured ornaments and carries a metal tray with flowers and offerings. Behind him a man in white holds a folded cloth. The scene suggests a temple visit with media recording, though no clear a person candidate is distinctly identifiable by appearance.2012-05-18 +1 copiesJuly 13 20092009-07-13A photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and dim lighting, where a group stands with hands pressed in anjali. In the centre, a man in orange robes and an orange shawl with a gold necklace stands with palms joined. Beside him, a bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his torso holds a lamp area in a white dhoti. On the right, a person in orange robes and a gold necklace presses palms together, and another in orange with a rudraksha mala and a headscarf stands nearby. A woman in a green and gold sari with gold bangles folds her hands on the left, and several men in white dhotis and a uniformed officer in khaki stand in the background.2009-01-14January 07 20122012-01-07A dim temple interior with stone pillars and a crowded procession moving through. A cameraman in the foreground films with a handheld video camera, and many men in white shirts and dhotis press around. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near the centre, and a woman in a pink saree with gold jewellery is beside them. A man in the upper centre raises a mobile phone to take a picture. Tubular pipes run along the ceiling beams.2012-05-16