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Outdoor view of a small Hindu temple entrance with a blue-grey gateway framed by red and cream decorative trim, painted deity figures and a sculpted lion on the roof above. Several men stand in front: a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha-style necklace on the left, an older man in white shirt and dhoti with a white moustache beside him, and a man in an olive shirt at the doorway. A woman in a teal sari walks inside, and a man in a red-and-white checked shirt and checked lungi stands to the side. A white-clad man in the right foreground is seen from behind. Parked motorbikes and a white boundary wall complete the street scene.

June 05 2012

Outdoor view of a stone temple courtyard with weathered granite pillars on the left and a tall gopuram covered in painted sculpted figures at upper right. A cream crenellated wall runs along the right side. Inside a barred enclosure in the centre, several people in white and coloured clothing gather near a small shrine area, some seated on the ground. A stone bull or nandi-like carving rests at lower left. Visitors in saffron, pink, and white saris and shirts walk along the paved path on the right under a bright sky.

June 02 2012

2012-06-02 +1 copies

A crowded indoor healing camp under a veranda with turquoise-painted pillars. A man in a white shirt and white trousers stands with his back to the camera, bending over a seated man in a white shirt and black cord necklace whose head is covered by a light orange cloth. A middle-aged man in a white shirt with a dark rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits at right and rests his hand on a child's head. A woman in a patterned floral dress holds a young child on her hip at left, and a man in a striped shirt stands behind them. At far right a man in a grey-green checked shirt and dark trousers watches, and a man with a camera is partly visible. Several more people, including a woman in a blue sari near the back, fill the background.

A photograph inside a covered temple corridor with a teal-painted wooden beamed ceiling and a tube light fixture. On the left, two men in white dhotis and white shirts stand with hands folded, one wearing a rudraksha-style bead necklace and the other an orange-brown shawl. Centre, a bare-chested priest with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and body wears an orange dhoti and holds his hands together in greeting, beside another bare-chested man in an orange dhoti with a garland. On the right, a woman in a red sari with a gold border and a gold arm band faces the group, her hair in a bun with a garland. Behind them, ornately painted deity shrines and a man in a teal shirt and white dhoti stand near the wall. The scene is an ashram-style visit with greeting and devotion.

March 01 2018

Photograph inside a temple corridor with polished yellow-brown stone walls and a carved stone pillar. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds a small paper cup in one hand and a green shawl hangs over his shoulder, while a man beside him in a white shirt and green shawl sips from a small cup and carries a green plastic bag. Behind them, a row of men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a light green shirt bending forward, stand near folded colourful mats on the floor. The scene suggests a temple gathering with people taking refreshments.

2012-05-11 +1 copies

August 08 2009

Interior hall of a stone temple with carved pillars, ornate brackets and a dark sanctum entrance beyond. Steel vessels and yellow containers stand on the grey granite floor near the central pillars. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and checked lungi stands at the front centre, facing the shrine. Other devotees walk around the hall: a woman in a blue sari on the left, a man in white on the left, and two shirtless men in green lungis on the right. Framed deity pictures hang on the pillars. Blue and white signboards line the left wall.

June 24 2014

A photograph inside a stone temple entrance with a blue-painted wooden gate and low hanging lamps on the walls. In the foreground a man in a yellow shirt and white dhoti walks toward the camera. Behind him a man in white dhoti walks barefoot, and a figure in a long orange-red robe with a dark rudraksha-style mala walks through the gateway, flanked by another person in orange. Several people in white and yellow follow down the passage toward a colourful decorated shrine area with a wooden beamed ceiling. The scene reads as a temple visit, with no visible sign of a homa or aarti.