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April 29 20182018-04-29Photo 11716752A photograph of a temple doorway with a yellow rectangular sign bearing red Tamil script above a dark wooden door frame. Above the sign, carved stone figures in relief decorate the wall, some painted with orange-red pigment. The sign reads a dedication in Tamil. No people are visible in the scene.2012-05-21May 31 20122012-05-31Entrance to a stone temple gateway at Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, with a colourful painted upper frieze of deities and figures in red, orange, gold and blue above a dark doorway. A Tamil name board reads Sri Arunachaleswarar above the threshold. A metal railing and a steel-framed walkway lead into the dim interior, where a single figure in white stands partway inside near a golden doorway. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2012-02-08Inside a temple corridor, devotees queue at a barred metal gate beneath a painted panel of a goddess seated on a pink lotus flanked by two white elephants with red-and-gold cloths. A bald man in saffron robes stands at left beside a woman in an orange-red sari with a flower-decorated head, both facing the gate. Several men in white shirts and a boy in a green t-shirt wait nearby. Dark wooden boards with Tamil text line the walls, and framed painted scenes hang above. A sign above the gate reads Sri Andal. Visible people number six to twenty.2012-05-31Photograph of a whitewashed arched entrance sign against a clear blue sky, with red-painted Tamil letters and a circular emblem reading 1971 above. The sign reads Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam Skanda Shashti Mandapam, a shrine-hall name. A thin power line crosses the frame, and the lower part of the sign is in shadow. No people are visible.2018-03-17A man with long dark hair and bare chest, wearing an orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist, walks barefoot through an open temple gateway. He wears a long garland of pink and yellow flowers around his neck and a rudraksha mala across his chest. The grey and white gateway has ornate gold-coloured finials on top and tall pillars. Behind the entrance, two dark stone deity murti stand in niches on either side of a yellow-walled courtyard, with a bare tree and greenery visible beyond the doors.2014-07-01A woman seen from behind, wearing a rust-red cloth wrapped over her shoulder and a long garland of green leaves, pink and yellow flowers, performs aarti with a lit oil lamp on a brass plate holding red and white kumkum/vibhuti. She faces a small shrine niche with a green-robed deity murti decorated with flower garlands, set within a gilded arch. Chains hang from the low stone ceiling on both sides, and a partial figure of another person stands at the right edge.2014-07-01A close photograph of a weathered wooden signboard mounted on a dark, peeling wall of a temple. The board has a deep red and gold background with a shivalinga illustration on the left and a small gilded deity shrine image on the right. The text identifies the shrine as Sri Marakathavalli Mukteeswarar Thirukkoyil, under the Sri Meenakshi Sundareswarar temple. No people are visible; the sign is the sole subject.2009-08-31October 10 20062006-10-10A woman seen from behind, wearing a red-orange saree draped over her shoulder, a green leaf garland around her neck, rudraksha beads, and a red-orange rudraksha bead bracelet, holds a lit oil lamp on a brass plate with red and white kumkum/vibhuti offerings while performing puja at a small shrine recess in a stone wall. Inside the niche stands a Shiva lingam wrapped in white cloth and decorated with marigold garlands, flanked by hanging chains and a brass lamp. The scene is dimly lit with the flame as the main light source.2014-07-01