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February 08 2012

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Entrance 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.2012-02-08June 05 20122012-06-05A group walks down a stone-floored temple corridor lined with iron grilles and painted pillars showing female deity figures in yellow and red. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and a dark-haired saffron-robed sadhu lead a procession, with a man in white dhoti and white shirt, a man in a striped yellow shirt, and a uniformed police officer in khaki following. A woman in a blue sari with floral print stands in the foreground, and a woman in green sari walks on the left. Fruit offerings are displayed at the right. Black Tamil-language signboards hang on the walls.2012-09-11February 08 20122012-02-08March 17 20182018-03-17February 08 20122012-02-08Exterior of a stone temple entrance with a dark doorway framed by carved stone pillars and bamboo scaffolding lashed across the facade. Two purple-and-yellow posters with Tamil text and deity images are pasted on the wall beside the door, and a small framed notice sits at lower right. Several people in white dhotis and white clothing walk toward and through the entrance, with a woman in a white sari bordered in gold and a red blouse among them. A brass oil lamp stands on a pole at lower left, and a parked car and motorbike are at the edge of the frame.2012-02-08February 08 20122012-02-08Interior of a stone temple hall with carved granite pillars and a low ceiling lit by hanging bulbs and a ceiling fan. At the far end a golden-framed shrine doorway glows, with a few figures standing in the distance near the sanctum. In the right foreground an elderly man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti and white upper cloth, standing with his back to the camera and facing the shrine. Metal railings and a blue-painted cart or platform line the walkway.2012-02-08Night photograph of the eastern gateway of the Arunachaleswarar temple in Tiruvannamalai, with a tall gopuram-style facade carved with standing divine figures above. A long orange banner hangs across the top of the entrance, its black Tamil lettering reading the temple's name. Inside the open yellow-and-green grilled gates, a corridor leads back under lit ceilings and a red neon sign. A barefoot man in a pink shirt and white cloth walks toward the viewer with a grey beard, while a few devotees stand in the background and at the lower edge. A man in a light shirt stands at the far left near the gate.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07Interior of a South Indian temple corridor with stone pillars and a colourful painted arch above a shrine entrance flanked by white lion-like sculptures and brass lamps. Several men in white dhotis, many bare-chested, walk along a grey stone floor past metal railings; one older man with grey hair and a white cloth over his shoulder wears a rudraksha-style beaded chain. A man in a red-and-white cloth holds a garland, and others in white and saffron-toned cloth move through the procession toward the sanctum, which is lit and decorated with flowers. Bright tube lights line the ceiling.2018-04-29