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A photograph inside a temple colonnade with a dark tiled floor and pink pillars. A green signboard reads in Tamil 'Ear Boring Place'. In the centre, a figure in an orange robe and a long beaded necklace walks forward, while beside them a woman in an orange sari with a garland stands near another figure in orange. Around them, men and women in white dhotis, white shirts and white saris, plus a man in a striped shirt, follow or stand nearby, and a woman in a cream sari and orange shawl stands at right near a camera operator. An ornate small shrine and gopuram-style structure appear at right. Roughly a dozen people are visible.

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August 11 20092009-08-11A photograph of a procession walking along a covered temple corridor with stone pillars and painted panels of deities. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe and an orange turban wears a long garland of white and pink flowers and walks with hands folded. Beside him, a man in an orange shawl and white ritual dress walks with hands joined. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, women in white and cream saris, and a bare-chested young man in a brown cloth walk along the stone floor. Some participants wear round ceremonial badges. A dark floor mandala is visible near the centre, and a man in a blue shirt stands at the right edge.2007-08-17April 11 20122012-04-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd walking through a stone temple colonnade with carved pillars and a dark doorway opening onto a distant courtyard. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and saffron robe, wearing a long garland of yellow and white flowers and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, walks with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, a woman in a blue sari with yellow blouse, and a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and bead mala move through the procession. Loudspeakers are mounted on the pillars. The visible people number more than twenty.2006-09-24August 11 20092009-08-11September 11 20122012-09-11 +1 copiesJuly 13 20092009-07-13January 30 20092009-01-30A procession moves through a stone temple corridor with white carved pillars and a painted ceiling. In front, a man in orange robes holds a tall ceremonial staff with a trident top and a flower garland. Behind him, a man in red-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a smiling expression walks centrally, flanked by a barefoot man in white dhoti holding a pink cloth and several men in orange and saffron robes. Women in white and yellow-and-red saris and devotees in yellow and white follow along the corridor toward a doorway.2009-07-13July 29 20082008-07-29August 06 20092009-08-06November 11 20082008-11-11