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A white stone temple gopuram with tiered carved figures rises above a doorway decorated with marigold garlands and a hanging floral ball. In front, a group of men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the steps, while two saffron-robed figures in the foreground walk out of the temple entrance. One wears a saffron robe and garlands and carries a bunch of items, with a white-clad attendant beside. Footwear lies scattered on the ground and a woman in white with an orange shawl stands at the right edge. Blue sky frames the tower.

Outdoor photograph of a group walking along a dirt path beside a white marble temple with carved pillars and a dark doorway decorated with hanging marigold garlands. A tall figure in an orange-saffron robe with a matching orange turban stands near the center, with a person cue of a saffron turban and saffron robe, alongside other saffron-clad sannyasis and men in white dhotis and shirts. Orange bunting is strung along the temple wall, and a scaffold rises at upper right. Many people in the background, among them a child in the left crowd. Counted visible people: roughly twenty.

February 17 2008

February 17 2008

A photograph of a large ornate gopuram, the tiered stone temple gateway, with carved sculptures and pale stucco figures rising under a clear blue sky. In the foreground on a paved courtyard, a group of about eight to ten men walk toward the viewer, most in white shirts and dhotis, one in an orange lungi with a bare torso, and a figure in an orange turban with a saffron-and-magenta garment and ornate neck garland stands out among them. To the right, an elderly bald man in an orange shawl and white dhoti walks alone.

February 18 2008

A rooftop temple scene under hazy sky beside a pale tiered gopuram wrapped in bamboo scaffolding. A small grey stone shrine with a flowered garland on its top stands on a white-draped platform, with a second stone shrine behind it. A crowd of around two dozen people in saffron robes, white dhotis and white shirts gathers around the shrine, with several saffron-clad sannyasis and a man in white holding a red-draped object near the centre. Some onlookers in the background photograph the scene. a person candidate is not clearly identifiable from appearance here, so no specific identification is made.

Outdoor photograph at the entrance of a grey granite temple with a doorway framed by gold-coloured panels and marigold garlands hanging on the walls. Several men stand on the steps in conversation. A figure in a long saffron robe with a white beard stands at left-centre, beside a man in an orange turban and saffron robe wearing a beaded necklace. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti stands at right, and others in white shirts and dark trousers stand behind. A man in an orange robe holding a bag stands at the bottom left. Inside the doorway a small deity murti is visible above a hanging decoration. Several men are visible, so the scene is photographed from the front with no printed name visible.

Photograph of a tall, ornately carved gopuram temple tower of pale stone, its sculpted tiers crowded with figures and topped by small kalasha finials, with an open entrance doorway below. In the foreground a group of men in white shirts and white dhotis walks across a paved courtyard toward the gate. A figure in an orange-saffron robe with a red-and-orange head wrap and a garland walks at the centre of the group, and to the right an older bearded man with white hair wears an orange shawl over a white dhoti and walks barefoot. The figure in the saffron robe and head wrap is a sannyasi-style figure, with appearance cues that are not distinctive enough to confirm identity, so the a person field is unsure. Clear blue sky and utility wires are visible above the temple.

February 17 2008

A group of devotees in saffron and orange robes walks outdoors toward a towering whitewashed gopuram of a South Indian temple, its tiers covered with carved sculptures. An orange umbrella is held over a central figure in orange robes wearing a gold necklace. Other saffron-clad followers, a man in white dhoti and shirt, and a bald-headed monk in orange flank them, with palm trees and a bright blue sky overhead.

Photo of the ornately carved white gopuram of Arunachaleshwara Temple in Tiruvannamalai, seen from below through a dark stone gateway. Several figures stand at the entrance: a man in white dress shirt and dhoti on the left, a bald man in an orange robe in the centre-left, and a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe with a white garland at the centre-right, who appears to be holding hands with the bald man. Two more men in white and a figure in a lighter shirt are partly visible at the frame edges. Overhead, power lines cross the sky. A dark plaque is mounted on the gateway wall to the right.