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December 20 20112011-12-20A dense crowd of devotees fills a temple gateway during a procession. In the centre, a golden palanquin-style deity vehicle with a decorated golden crown-like canopy and a gilded bull-like figure is carried forward under an arched temple gopuram entrance. Banana plants flank the entrance. In the foreground a man in a pink shirt holds his palms pressed together in anjali, and several men wear white shirts and vibhuti-marked foreheads. Women in saris stand among them. Colourful painted temple carvings, a yellow banner and a pink signboard are visible. The crowd is large, with many people partially visible.2011-12-20A crowded temple procession moves through a gateway with painted pillars and sculpted figures on the rooftop. Banana plants flank the entrance. At centre, a large ornate processional vehicle carries a decorated deity murti beneath a red and gold radiating halo, with a bull figure in front. Dense crowds surround it: men in white dhotis and a man in a white turban, women in saris, and uniformed police near the vehicle. A yellow vehicle sits at left beside a banner. Many people, in front of a temple gate.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A dense outdoor crowd surges through a street in front of an ornate South Indian temple gopuram-style gateway with painted sculptural figures. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with white head cloths and sandalwood or vibhuti marks, press forward, while women in saris and salwar are mixed among them. On the right, a decorated temple procession vehicle with a bull mount and a painted deity murti under an ornate arch stands among banana plants. A man in an orange-saffron garment appears at right with a shaved head, and a yellow auto-rickshaw and parked vehicles are visible at left. Blue and white shop signs with Tamil script line the street.2011-12-20A dense crowd of devotees fills a narrow temple street, many in white dhotis and shirts, others in pink and blue saris and salwar. In the centre a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala looks ahead among the press. Behind the crowd a golden ceremonial ratha or palanquin, adorned with a bull figure and a colourful canopy, is carried past banana trees and a temple gopuram. Uniformed police officers and orange-robed sadhus are visible among the people. The scene conveys a festival procession at a South Indian temple.2011-12-20A crowded outdoor temple procession under a pillared covered walkway with woven palm-leaf screens. At the centre, a deity murti is carried on a palanquin decorated with a dense garland of yellow and orange flowers and a red-and-gold canopy on a pole. Devotees press close, many holding up mobile phones to record. A uniformed police officer in khaki and a cap stands at left, and a man in an orange shirt at right joins his palms in greeting. Some people wear white dhotis and shirts; others wear blue and white.2022-12-01A large crowd fills a temple street lined with white stone pillars and carved dark stone figures during a procession. At the centre, a figure seated on an elevated palanquin wears a gold crown and red-and-gold clothing, and is surrounded by heaped garlands of yellow, orange and white flowers. Men in white shirts, orange and saffron cloths and white dhotis press around the palanquin, and a cameraman with a video camera films from the left. Overhead, strings of orange marigold garlands and red, white and green bunting hang between the pillars, and a tiered white shrine structure stands in the background. The scene reads as a temple festival procession.2008-02-18Dense crowd of devotees surrounds an ornate temple shrine structure with cream-coloured carved pillars and an arched canopy draped in orange and red garlands. Inside the shrine, a deity murti is decorated with garlands and ornaments. In front, several men in white dhotis and shirts and a few in saffron or orange cloth move among the crowd, and a woman in a white sari with a flower in her hair stands at centre. Gopuram-style temple towers with painted sculptures rise behind the shrine, and small stalls with blue and pink tarpaulins line the left edge.2006-09-24August 06 20092009-08-06