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A street procession in Madurai with a decorated elephant draped in a red, green and yellow embroidered cloth fringed with gold. Uniformed police in khaki and dark caps line the route and walk beside the elephant. In the foreground a bare-chested man with rudraksha malas raises a hand, while a woman in a white sari with an orange border presses her palms together in namaskar. Other women in white and purple saris and a man in white stand among the crowd, and a white police vehicle is parked behind. Shops with shutters and signboards line the street.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph at a temple street outside the Arunachaleshwara complex in Tiruvannamalai. A large elephant's trunk extends across the foreground, its tip touching the hands of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them stand uniformed police officers in khaki and a khaki-shirted official, along with several men in casual and white clothes. On the right, a figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and heavy garland of flowers, bowing and smiling toward the elephant. Temple gopuram towers and a colourful dome rise in the background, with carved stone pillars on the right.2010-01-08Outdoors at a stone temple entrance, an elephant reaches its trunk toward a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a heavy garland of green leaves, red and white flowers and yellow marigolds, plus a gold necklace and a red tilak. An Indian mahout in khaki stands at the left holding a stick, and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red belt is nearby. A man in white shirt and dhoti and several saffron-robed devotees stand in a crowd of onlookers near carved pillars and a gopuram-style temple wall. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, wearing the saffron robe, long hair and garland, honoured by an elephant at a temple visit.2010-01-08January 08 20102010-01-08Photo 11734212 +1 copiesA photograph of an elephant's trunk raised in the foreground beside a smiling man in saffron-orange robes, draped with a thick garland of yellow, white and red flowers and green leaves. He wears a gold necklace, a red bindi and has long swept-back dark hair, and a bare arm reaches toward the trunk. Uniformed police officer in khaki with a belt and a man in white dhoti stand nearby among a crowd, with a carved grey stone temple gopuram and pillars behind them. The scene suggests a temple welcome with an elephant. Swamiji (probable) is the saffron-robed man with long hair, gold necklace and flower garland, welcomed by the elephant.2010-01-08June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph at the entrance of a temple with a painted, sculpted gopuram gateway and a sign reading Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple. A tall gray elephant with a colorful tasseled headdress stands at the right edge. In the center, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands near the doorway while a woman in a white sari with a red border stands before a man in white ritual clothes whose back is turned, a figure in orange robes is at the left. Several men in shirts and dhotis stand around the entrance, including one in a yellow shirt and red-bordered dhoti and another in an orange-and-green garment at the right. A bright interior corridor with lights is visible through the open doorway. a person is not identifiable in this image.2009-08-08June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesPhoto 117322242010 - Photo Album