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December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai

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December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Photograph of a temple courtyard with high grey and salmon-coloured walls and palm trees behind. In the foreground, a long-haired man in an orange-saffron robe with a green leaf garland and a dark beaded necklace stands beside a weathered grey stone platform, smiling. Facing him, a bald man in an orange robe with a gold chain stands with his back to the camera, while a man in a white shirt wears a pink rosette badge and a woman in a red-and-maroon sari with a pink badge stands at right. A cameraman with a video camera is at right, and a line of devotees in white and coloured clothes waits along the back wall. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, green garland and beaded necklace. The other figures are shown as priests, devotees or attendees.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Outdoor photograph at a temple courtyard with a tall pale brick wall behind. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist stands with palms pressed together in prayer, bowing over a worn grey stone structure. He wears a gold necklace and gold armbands. Around him, several saffron-robed sannyasis stand, one on the left holding a small silver vessel and wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind them a large crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, plus women in orange and white saris, stands with hands folded in devotion. A thatched bamboo shelter and a pink temple building appear in the background.2012-08-17 +1 copiesJanuary 08 20102010-01-08A photograph of a temple courtyard with a worn stone pillar and a carved stone lion-like figure at its base. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe bends forward, reaching toward the base of the stone structure, while another man in saffron-orange with a white cloth over his shoulder stands beside him. Nearby, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange shawl and a woman in a red sari with a bag watch, and others walk in the background near pink temple buildings. Coloured rangoli kolam designs decorate the stone floor at left and a few people are visible further back.2006-12-04Outdoor temple courtyard scene beside a stone wall and a pink-painted boundary wall with palm trees behind. On the left, a stone fire pit or lamp structure holds a small flame. In the foreground, a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style necklace and a shaved head holds a brass plate of flowers and offerings, while several white-clad men sit in front of him with hands folded in prayer, wearing white dhotis and orange-gold borders. A standing man in orange with long swept-back hair and a garland is at the right, with another orange-robed figure beside him. A large crowd of onlookers, many with cameras, stands behind a low barrier. Several figures in orange and white appear to be performing a ritual or puja at the temple shrine.2010-12-29Photograph at a stone temple courtyard in Tiruvannamalai. A long-haired figure in an orange saffron robe leans forward over a carved granite structure with a lion-like stone sculpture and red-stained base, possibly making an offering at a shrine. Beside them a man in an orange robe stands partly visible. Several men in white shirts and dark trousers and a uniformed security guard in khaki stand along the courtyard, watching. A high grey temple wall with gopuram towers and palm trees is behind them.2006-12-04December 29 20102010-12-29December 30 20092009-12-30A figure in orange saffron robes bends forward at a stone shrine, hands pressed to the carved granite ledge, kneeling on a leopard-print mat on a stone-paved courtyard. Behind them a crowd of around twenty devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded in prayer, with some in orange clothing and others in white saris. A pink-walled temple building, palm trees and a bamboo-and-thatch canopy frame the scene, with a brass oil lamp on the right.2012-10-12