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April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28Evening crowd at the East Tower Entrance of a South Indian temple, beneath a long white canopy with red and blue trim and hanging floral strings. Devotees and men in white dhotis and shirts move through metal barricades, and a uniformed police officer stands at the right. A woman in a red sari and another in a pink sari walk near the center, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands among them. Green and white directional signs point to the entrance, with a Tamil-language sign reading East Tower Entrance on a board. Illuminated pillars and a lit inner hall are visible beyond.2018-04-28April 29 20182018-04-29July 24 20122012-07-24August 06 20092009-08-06A dense crowd of men and some women moves through a stone temple gateway toward a tall gopuram visible in the distance. Several musicians in white dhotis and shirts play brass horns and trumpets near the centre, and a man in a saffron-orange turban stands among them. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks beside the procession. Many people wear white, beige and checked shirts, and a few have sacred marks on their foreheads. A long yellow cloth or pole is carried on the left. Blue-painted gates stand open on either side of the arch, and carved stone panels line the walls.2006-09-24A photograph inside a stone-pillared temple corridor with carved columns and ornate brackets. A blue and white sign reads 'Tower Entrance' with Tamil text above it, and a red and yellow barrier with a Tamil sign stands at the left. Several devotees walk toward the camera; a woman in a red saree and a man in a white shirt are prominent in the centre, and others in white dhotis and mixed clothing move through the passage. A metal gate with decorative scrollwork lines the path, and dried palm fronds hang on the right. Pedestrian crowd is visible, with a figure partly seen at the right edge.2018-04-28Crowded temple entrance with a large throng of men and women pressing forward. A man in a white shirt and a bare-chested elderly man with a white cloth and rudraksha mala stand near a basket at center. A bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a red-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala stands at right, and a man in orange robes wears a heavy garland of yellow flowers and green beads and a gold bracelet. Police officers in khaki uniforms are visible in the background, and a bright doorway with ornate carved pillars lies behind the crowd. A bare-backed priest in a yellow-bordered dhoti with a sacred thread is seen in the foreground.2012-01-07May 06 20122012-05-06 +1 copies