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April 13 2018

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A photograph of a long queue of devotees, mostly women, lined up for darshan at an indoor hall. Metal barrier railings guide the line along a pale floor. Women in white saris with light borders, cream and green saris, a brown printed sari with a gold blouse, a pink sari, and a red top stand or walk in the queue, many wearing gold necklaces and carrying handbags or a black shoulder bag. Several people wear name badges on their clothing. A purple balloon-like decoration is visible at the upper left, and a crowd of additional devotees, some in white shirts and white dhotis, stands farther back behind the railings.2010-02-14Outdoor photo of a paved walkway at a temple complex on a sunny day. Under a pink and white cloth canopy on poles, a crowd of devotees walks and gathers. Several men wear orange and saffron robes and a long-haired man in a dark robe stands near the centre. Women wear colourful saris in purple, green, pink and orange, and a woman in the foreground wears a white sari with blue patterning. A man in a white shirt and jeans carries yellow cloth bags. A black iron gate stands at right, with trees and lamp posts behind.2018-04-13A photograph of a crowd walking along a covered pathway under a white canopy with floral and streamer decorations, flanked by green banana leaves and trees. In the foreground, a woman in a cream and floral sari with a red forehead mark and a striped white wrap walks beside a man in a white shirt, dark-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala. Behind them a blonde woman in a white top and a woman in a red salwar kameez walk alongside a older man in white with a white shawl. On the right, several women in saffron-orange sarees with hands pressed in anjali stand facing the group, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti raises an arm at the far right. Saffron-clad attendants fill the background, and a camera on a tripod is visible at right.2017-12-16December 14 20162016-12-14A photograph of a procession walking barefoot across a stone-paved temple courtyard at dusk. Several people in orange and saffron clothing lead the group. In the centre, a man in a deep orange robe wears a long strand of gold-coloured beaded garland and a white forehead mark, with a sash draped over his shoulder. Beside him, a man in orange wears a rudraksha-style mala and a bare upper body with a light cloth. Behind them, women in orange and salmon saris and men in white dhotis follow, some carrying white bags and garlands. Yellow metal barricades, wooden scaffolding and a pink temple gopuram-style building with arched windows form the background. Visible people number about 20, including those partly out of frame.2012-10-12A photograph of a temple corridor with ornately painted pillars in red, green and white, and a wire mesh fence on the left. A shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, holding a bundle of yellow flowers, walks forward with a group of people in orange and saffron robes, one woman in a pink sari, and a woman in a blue sari with a black blouse in the right foreground. A man in a white shirt walks among them. Several other people are visible behind the group near the pillars. Visible people number about ten, so the count is 6-20. No identifiable a person cues are present, so the a person field is set to unsure.2012-01-07Devotees walk along a long colonnaded corridor of a temple, with red pillars, a wooden-beamed ceiling and scaffolding at right. At centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and wrap with a gold-and-beaded necklace and walks barefoot. Beside him, a younger man in saffron robes with a beaded mala carries a tall golden staff. Women in saffron-and-pink saris, a woman in white, and a bare-chested man in white trousers and a belt move among a crowd. Green and pink cloth hangs from a pillar at left.2009-01-15Outdoor photograph of a crowded temple procession moving along a stone-paved courtyard beside a long colonnade of carved stone pillars with a red-and-white barrier. In the foreground, several men in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside saffron-clad sannyasis. A shaved-headed man in saffron robes and rudraksha beads leads, another in orange with a headband and beaded necklaces walks beside him, and a woman in saffron sari and beads follows. Other devotees in white and colourful saris line the colonnade, and a man in white dhoti walks barefoot in the middle. The swami figures are not clearly identifiable by appearance, so no identification is made.2012-05-31June 03 20162016-06-03A procession of devotees walks barefoot across a stone-paved temple courtyard toward a gateway topped with two stone bulls. At the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a large ceremonial mala of wooden beads and gold-toned necklace, walking with his hands folded in greeting. Around him, men and women wear saffron and orange robes and sarees, while others wear white dhotis and white sarees, and a few hold their palms together in namaskar. A pink-washed temple wall and a tall gopuram appear in the background under an overcast sky.2012-10-12July 07 20142014-07-07December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04