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Night photograph of the entrance to a small Hindu temple, the Sri Vetri Vinayagar Thirukoil in Tamil, with a bright yellow signboard above a blue-painted facade decorated with yellow flower rosettes. Above the entrance, a shrine niche holds a Ganesha murti flanked by smaller painted figures on the roofline. To the left, a blackboard lists dates and ritual timings in Tamil. Three men in white shirts and dhotis stand near the doorway, one in a red-trimmed shirt, and a glowing lamp hangs overhead. Inside, a small altar with flower offerings is visible.

Crowded outdoor temple scene at dusk in Tamil Nadu. A decorated temple gateway with painted colourful sculptures on its roof is framed by two tall banana trees with leaves. A yellow signboard with Tamil script hangs above the entrance. Many devotees in white shirts, saffron and green saris, and white dhotis press around the doorway; a bare-headed elderly man with a white beard and white clothes stands near the front. Orange flags hang at the right edge. No identifiable central figure is clearly visible, so no a person candidate is marked.

Night photograph of a crowd gathered outside a Tamil temple entrance beneath a yellow-orange banner. The banner shows printed deity images with flower decorations and Tamil script naming the Tiruvenneeswarar temple. Many devotees stand close together, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, along with women in saris, including a woman in a pale green sari and a woman in a brown patterned sari holding a plastic bag. A man in a blue shirt stands in front. Bamboo poles and a white cloth barrier frame the entrance. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.

A photograph of a colourfully painted temple gopuram facade in Tamil Nadu at dusk, with a tall banana-leaf and palm-frond arch framing the entrance. Painted figures and sculptures in red, green, blue and gold crowd the tiered tower, and a deep-yellow banner with Tamil lettering hangs on the front. A crowd of devotees, many women in orange and yellow saris and men in white shirts, stands and moves near the doorway, with one lit flame glowing at the threshold. An orange flag stands at the right edge beside a painted guardian figure.

Night photograph of a crowded temple entrance with a lit gopuram-style shrine above a yellow Tamil-script signboard. A man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a red mark on his forehead stands near the centre-right, looking toward the camera, while others in yellow and white shirts and saris crowd around the doorway. Oil lamps and illuminated lights glow over the scene, and a deity murti is set in the niche above the entrance.

February 07 2017

2017-02-07 +1 copies

November 05 2006

Night photograph of a temple courtyard with a lit Ganesha shrine under a Tamil signboard reading Vinayakar. Two priests in white dhotis and orange-brown shawls stand at the left and centre, holding flaming lamps, one raising a flame toward a deity image lit warmly at left. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing sit on the right beside a wooden cabinet. Green and white tiled walls, painted sculptures on the roofline, and an orange-gold cloth screen complete the scene.

2009-08-02 +1 copies

Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees gathered under a yellow and red banner at a temple entrance. The banner, in Tamil, announces a Thiruvenieswarar temple in Pondicherry, with painted deity images at each end. Wooden poles frame the gate. Women and girls wear saris and salwar in orange, red, pink, blue and green, many with vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads and flowers in their hair. A man in a white shirt stands centre, and an elderly woman in a magenta sari is in the foreground. A young girl in an orange and red dress holds an offering near a small child carried on a hip. Several children are visible in the crowd.

A crowded street scene outside a temple entrance with red and white striped walls, a yellow signboard reading in Tamil that names the Arulmigu Sri Devivembil Amman Thirukovil, and a yellow-canopied wooden palanquin stand. Dense crowds of devotees mill about, with several women in saris, one in a yellow sari and one in a blue sari, and men in shirts. Some women have hands joined in prayer. Banana plants and green leaf festoons decorate the striped awnings above. The pictured figures are ordinary devotees and onlookers; no identifiable a person appears in the frame.

August 02 2009

2009-08-02 +1 copies

A temple gateway of a Mangalambika/Mangalaiyamman shrine with a colourful tiered gopuram-style roof crowned by painted deity figures and lions. A printed banner above the entrance reads a Tamil dedication to Arulmigu Mangalaiyamman Thirukkoyil. Standing female figures in green and red flank the doorway. To the right a black board carries a yellow poster with a small photo of a bald man in white, with Tamil text. In the foreground a crowd of about ten people sits and stands, including older women in saris, a woman in blue, and men in shirts. No deity is named in this frame beyond the temple banner.