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Photo of a stone temple shrine entrance with a painted ceiling panel in green, orange and blue concentric rings. A priest in red-orange dhoti and white upper cloth bends forward at the right, his bare shaved head visible and wearing a long beaded necklace. Inside the dark sanctum a small garland hangs on a deity murti, with an oil lamp glowing at the base. Grey stone pillars frame the scene, with a metal pot tied to a pillar at left.

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A photograph of a temple courtyard at Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, a person in an orange-saffron robe with a draped orange shawl and gold bangles bends forward, pressing their forehead and hands against a dark stone shrine structure. The shrine has carved stone pillars, a small lion sculpture, and a ceiling painted with a concentric rainbow-coloured circular medallion. A tall cylindrical stone lingam-style object with a white cloth wrap stands inside the shrine. Bamboo scaffolding and palm trees are visible behind, along with pink-painted temple walls. The person's face is not visible and no identification is made from appearance.2012-10-12Photograph of a stone temple shrine entrance in Tiruvannamalai. A green ceiling panel painted with a large concentric circular medallion in red, orange, yellow, blue and white sits above granite pillars. Beneath it, a dark shrine niche holds a deity murti decorated with a strand of flower garland. Carved stone figures and a carved lion-like guardian figure flank the entrance, and a stone pillar with wooden support beams is at left. No people are visible.2011-05-17A photograph of a stone temple shrine in a courtyard at Tiruvannamalai, with a small pillared stone structure topped by a colourful carved gopuram-style canopy and sculpted figures. Three people stand near it: a figure in long flowing orange robes with long dark hair walks away from the camera on the left, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace holds a small metal bowl in the centre-right, and a shaved-headed man in orange and yellow cloth with white tilak stands on the right. Behind them are long pink-trimmed colonnaded corridors and palm trees under a pale sky.2012-10-12December 22 20102010-12-22Photograph of a temple shrine with a stone pillared canopy and carved walls. Under a gold-tinted arch, a Shiva lingam or abhishekam stone is being bathed while a devotee in a red-orange dhoti bends over it, pouring liquid. Standing to the left, a man in an orange robe and a second man in a white dhoti with a gold-trimmed red shawl and beaded necklaces watch. Large marigold and multicoloured garlands decorate the deity murtis and pillars, and small figurines and offerings lie on the wet stone floor. Some figures are statues rather than people, and a shawl-wrapped figure stands at the right edge. Ritual abhishekam appears to be underway.2016-03-07January 13 20152015-01-13August 04 20132013-08-04A photograph at a temple courtyard showing a shaved-headed man in an orange saffron wrap bending low over a stone platform with a carved lion-like base, reaching toward an offering or carved stone figure at its foot. A second man in orange with a white cloth draped over his shoulder stands behind him, with a woman in a red sari and another woman beside them. Several onlookers and a uniformed officer stand in the background among pink temple walls and arched gates, with a brass pillar at right.2006-12-04October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13A temple shrine interior with grey stone pillars carved with a seated deity relief at upper right. A long-haired person in a red-orange robe stands at centre, reaching toward a lit oil lamp on a stand beside a black Shivalinga, which is draped with multicoloured marigold garlands. Several men in red-and-gold dhotis and shawls stand behind, one holding a red-and-white bundle and another a decorated kalasha pot. Brass lamps and a small deity murti sit at the lower edge, with a few devotees' heads visible in the foreground.2015-01-13A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple shrine with a painted pink, blue and green gopuram-style facade, sculpted lions and a deity murti on top. A man in an orange dhoti and orange head-cloth, bare-chested with a white flower garland, stands with palms pressed together in prayer at the left. Another man in white clothing stands partially visible at the edge. Rose petals lie on a stone table in front, with small brass oil lamps and a fruit offering nearby. The open-sided roof is corrugated metal.2006-11-25