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Outdoor photograph of a South Indian temple procession at a colourful gopuram with tiers of painted deity sculptures. A crowd of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts with some women in saris, stands gathered in front of a gilded palanquin or shrine carrying two decorated deity murtis with garlands. Smoke rises from the front of the shrine. A white van decorated with a garland and a portrait is parked in the foreground beside a metal gate. Palm trees and a red-tiled shrine structure stand behind. A portrait printed on the van reads Nithyanandam. Dozens of people are visible.

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October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25Outdoor 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.2006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25May 18 20122012-05-18October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25October 10 20062006-10-10A photograph of a colourful multi-tiered South Indian gopuram temple gateway painted in blue, green and yellow with carved sculptural panels, rising above a tall orange-red dhwajastambha flagstaff. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow border walks along a sandy path toward the entrance, while a small group of people stands near the gate and two uniformed police officers in khaki stand on the grass. A white public bus with lettering is parked to the left beside palm trees. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.2012-05-18May 16 20122012-05-16