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October 10 2006

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A photograph of an outdoor temple scene. In the foreground, a crowd of devotees stands with palms pressed together in prayer, including a woman in a black top and green skirt, a woman in a red shawl, and women in yellow and light blue saris. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands near a colourful gopuram-style shrine topped with painted figures of elephant-headed deities. A golden pillar and gilded hand-shaped railing frame the left side. A man in a light shirt stands at the right, and a woman holds a child at the far right. A man bare-chested in a white dhoti works near a pillared pavilion in the background.2006-10-10December 10 20092009-12-10A temple courtyard with a stone pillared mandapa on the right, holding brass oil lamps on a raised platform beside a decorated deity shrine with flower garlands. Hanging banana leaves and red and orange cloth drapes frame the scene. Several people in white dhotis and white saris, some in saffron, walk and stand under a tented shelter, a few carrying white plastic bags. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in this frame.2009-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 19 20102010-07-19October 10 20062006-10-10Outdoor temple consecration scene under a yellow and orange canopy with banana leaves and mango-leaf garlands. A standing man in a white shirt and dark trousers watches at left. Beside him a priest in white dhoti and orange-red shawl stands near golden lion sculptures. At right a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red-gold cloth holds a microphone, and another man in saffron-orange robes stands near him. In the foreground two bare-chested men kneel before flower-decorated offering trays and a kalasha-style vessel during a puja. Colourful deity sculptures and a Ganesha figure adorn the temple roofs behind.2009-11-25Devotees gather in an open temple shrine before a large deity murti of two goddesses in blue and orange-red saris, adorned with garlands and a crown, with a golden arch behind them and maroon curtains at the sides. In front, a seated figure in orange robes and a long white-and-orange flower garland receives the crowd, with brass lamps on either side. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a man in a yellow shirt gestures at the left. Several people are partially visible in the foreground, and a carved stone panel with a seated figure is at the left edge.2008-08-07July 07 20102010-07-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotional gathering at an outdoor shrine with a stone canopy and red-and-gold pillars. Inside the shrine, a golden-arched niche holds a deity murti decorated with garlands and pink-and-red cloth. Standing in a line before a stone platform, several people wear white dhotis with gold borders, and some are bare-chested with a sacred thread. A man in a white shirt holds a red-bordered shawl, and women in saffron and orange saris stand near metal barrier posts. A kalasha and small offerings are on the platform, and a floor kolam design lies on the ground. Several children in white dhotis stand in the foreground.2016-04-03Outdoor temple courtyard scene with a tall, multi-tiered gopuram covered in painted sculptures on the left and a white temple wall with red and white stripes. A golden canopied shrine houses two deity murti adorned with garlands, with a decorated golden palanquin-style platform in front. Several framed portraits stand near the shrine, including one of a bearded man in a white headdress and another of an older man. A large crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, plus women in saris, stands and sits around the courtyard, while a group of priests in white and saffron seated before a fire-pit and offerings performs a puja. Palm trees fill the background.2006-10-25Photograph of a temple shrine with a colourful multi-tiered gopuram-style facade in pink, green and yellow, with a dark doorway framed by pink pillars and lion sculptures at the base. Inside the doorway, a priest in a yellow-gold dhoti and a second robed attendant perform puja before a lit lamp and deity murti. In the foreground, several people in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a figure in an orange robe with an orange turban and a flower garland stands among them, with a large black shivalinga-type stone and a pot with flowers placed on the stone ledge. A camera operator records the scene on the right, and a uniformed police officer stands at the left edge.2006-11-25July 19 20102010-07-19