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A photograph of a covered temple corridor with pink-orange pillars and large painted female statues in green, pink and yellow saris holding lamps and offerings. Several people sit on the floor and steps along the colonnade, including a man in a white dhoti and shirt seated at right and a woman in red sitting on the ground. A young boy in a maroon shirt walks in the foreground while a man in white dhoti and shirt stands near him. Fluorescent lights hang from the ceiling and colourful notice boards are visible on the right wall. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

July 13 2009

A photograph taken in a stone temple corridor with carved pillars and a colourful gopuram-style shrine at left. A young man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala, a silver necklace and a red-orange headband, walks centrally with his hands together. Men in white and cream shirts, including one with a lanyard and another with a pen in his pocket, escort him closely on both sides. A bald man in an orange cloth stands behind, a small child in a plaid shirt is at far left, and other devotees in white and dark clothing stand further back.

A photograph inside a stone-pillared temple hall at Srivilliputhur, with a painted frieze of deity murtis along the wall above. Several men walk through the hall in white dhotis and shirts and bare feet. In the centre a man in saffron cloth with a garland and a bare-chested man in a green-and-white lungi stand out. Another man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks toward the camera, and a man in an orange shawl holds a camera at right. The scene is dim and a blue pipe runs up a pillar.

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May 18 2012

2012-05-18 +1 copies

January 16 2018

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.

A dense crowd fills a colonnaded temple corridor with richly painted ceilings in pink, green and yellow circular motifs and carved stone pillars with lion brackets. A uniformed police officer stands among devotees near the centre. On the right, a bald man wears a white dhoti with bare upper body and a shaved-headed priest in orange clothing stands beside a young man in an orange shawl and gold necklace. Women in red and devotees in white shirts press around them. Behind the crowd, a carved stone shrine doorway with a hanging bell is visible. Many people are visible, with more partially hidden at the edges.

October 15 2008

A photograph inside a long stone temple corridor with carved pillars, lit by daylight from an opening at the far end, with shops and stalls along the right. A man in the centre wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, a long gold-beaded garland, and a white tilak, with hands joined at chest level, walking in procession. Beside him a bald man in an orange robe holds a rudraksha mala. To the left a young man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body walks with hands folded. Around them devotees in white shirts, pink striped shirts and traditional dress crowd the aisle, many with rudraksha malas. The scene suggests a temple procession. a person appearance-based label applies to the central figure wearing saffron clothing and gold garland.

A photo taken in a long, pillared temple corridor with carved, painted columns and fluorescent ceiling lights. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a pink-and-white flower garland, walks barefoot at the centre beside a shaved-headed man in an orange cloth and a man in white dhoti with a gold border. Men in white shirts, one wearing a rudraksha mala and holding a bouquet of red and yellow flowers, and a man in a pink shirt walk around them, with a woman in a red-and-white garland further back. A metal gate and a small shrine area are visible at right. a person (saffron clothing and garland) is in the centre, while the visible cues are not distinctive enough to confirm his identity.

2012-09-11 +1 copies