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Photograph of a covered temple colonnade in Kerala with a shimmering silver tinsel canopy overhead. A black car decorated with a red and white garland is parked at the centre while a crowd of devotees gathers around it. Several men are bare-chested wearing white dhotis with gold borders and orange-saffron cloths, and some wear garlands. Women wear saris in blue, gold and maroon. Shops on the left sell pooja articles, and a priest in orange cloth stands near the car. A person inside the car is partly visible, and the setting appears to be Chottanikkara Temple.2018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08May 08 20182018-05-08A festive outdoor procession on a stone-paved path lined with people. In the centre, a man with an ornate orange-and-gold turban and a long white garland stands near a dark car, flanked by attendants in saffron and maroon robes. Many umbrellas in red, pink, green and purple, with fringed borders, are held aloft over the procession, and a white ceremonial parasol appears near the car. Women in orange, red and green saris and men in white dhotis line both sides, some with hands folded in greeting. Strings of lights hang from a covered building at left, and palm trees and greenery fill the background.2016-12-03A crowd procession moves past a decorated arch topped with a white horse-drawn chariot sculpture and pink-and-cream painted pillars with figures. Beneath the arch, a large banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and a woman with hands pressed together. A black SUV with a white windshield sign reading NITHYANANDAM leads the group. Behind it, several men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas walk, one in white ritual dress, while many dhoti- and shirt-clad devotees and onlookers press forward on the street.2014-06-22A crowd presses around a dark car at the entrance of a building with a tin-roofed overhang and red brick pillars. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a yellow and red flower garland and a saffron wrap, smiles and reaches toward the open car window. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-and-saffron cloth with a rudraksha-style necklace leans in. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis wearing red shawls and marigold garlands reach forward, while other devotees watch from behind and a few women in pink and green sarees stand nearby. Festoons of green leaves and red-and-white flowers decorate the doorway at right.2014-07-03A smiling man with long dark hair and a red bindi walks forward beside a dark SUV, wearing a long white and red flower garland, rudraksha mala with gold beads, and saffron-orange robes with yellow borders. Behind him a woman in an orange sari and a saffron-robed man follow, and at right a bald man in saffron cloth carries a silver tray with a pot, yellow flowers and green leaves. A large umbrella-like canopy and palm trees stand in the background, with a white signboard on a brick wall. a person: the central figure has long swept-back hair, a bindi, a garland and rudraksha-and-gold adornments, consistent with the page's reference to his arrival.2013-04-30July 03 20142014-07-03 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd gathered in front of a temple entrance with ornately painted pillars and a dark inner corridor. In the centre, a smiling man wears an orange robe, a red-and-white floral garland, a rudraksha-style necklace, a red headband and white tilak, and stands beside a dark car with a windshield. To his left, a bare-chested priest in orange holds a cord and a shaved-headed man in white stands near him. On the right, an older bare-chested man in orange with white beard and glasses raises a finger and holds a long wooden pole with a fringed canopy above. Several other men in white and orange stand behind, and a red sign is visible on the windscreen. The scene appears to be a procession or public arrival outside the temple.2012-06-05May 13 20132013-05-13July 01 20142014-07-01