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August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A 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.2012-01-07July 29 20082008-07-29July 14 20092009-07-14A photograph of an open stone-paved courtyard beside a temple wall with a teal painted door and a carved stone pillar at left. Four people in orange or saffron robes stand together, two women and two men, one holding a rudraksha-style mala; a man in white clothes and a shirt stands at left, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands at right with hands joined in namaskar toward the group. Green foliage hangs over the wall at upper right. No deity murti or ritual activity is visible beyond the greeting.2010-01-18 +1 copiesOutdoor scene at a temple entrance with dark carved columns and stone walls. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala on the left looks upward. In the center, a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe walks barefoot alongside another man in orange, followed by people in white and light clothes. On the right, an older bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti with a purple sash walks beside a man in a light shirt. A blue signboard with Tamil text hangs on the left wall. Several other people walk behind the group.2008-07-29 +1 copiesAugust 11 20092009-08-11May 07 20122012-05-07A photograph of a procession walking barefoot through a stone-pillared temple corridor at night. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a white forehead mark wears a saffron-orange robe and holds his hands together. Around him, men in saffron and orange garments and white dhotis walk alongside, with a man in a white shirt and dhoti and another in a pink shirt behind. Carved granite pillars line the passage, and a metal grille and wooden counter are at the left edge.2009-01-29July 14 20092009-07-14A photograph inside a temple corridor with painted walls and a painted ceiling. In the centre, a figure in an orange-saffron robe and an orange turban walks barefoot, wearing a long garland of red and white flowers. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and an orange shawl walks in step. Around them, several men in white shirts and white dhotis and a shirtless man with a sacred thread follow along the corridor. Along the right wall, painted panels show deities, and a blue sign below them carries Tamil text. The stone floor shows a patterned border. A partly visible shirtless man stands at the left edge in a green cloth.2007-08-17A photograph of a colourful, tiered South Indian temple gopuram covered in painted sculptures of deities and figures, with an open gateway below and a blue-and-white sign on the left. Several men walk out of the gateway along a concrete path. Two central figures wear saffron/orange robes; the taller one has long dark hair and a central figure in saffron appears with an orange shawl, while a bare-chested man in a yellow and purple dhoti walks beside them. A man in white kurta stands at left and a woman in a maroon sari and a woman in a blue patterned sari are at the right edge. The man in the saffron robe with long dark hair is an appearance-based a person, walking with the group as a devotee and visiting dignitary.2008-07-29 +1 copies