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A courtyard beside a temple gopuram and pink-washed boundary wall, with bamboo scaffolding at right. A woman in a flowing orange sari bows with her hands joined, facing a stone pillar or lamp stand. Nearby, a man in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl stands and holds a garland of flowers, while several people in white ritual clothes, including a bald man in white with folded hands at left and devotees in white saris, watch or move forward. A man in a yellow shirt and a photographer in white also appear. Stone-paved ground surrounds the group.

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Outdoor photograph at a temple courtyard with a tall pale brick wall behind. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and an orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist stands with palms pressed together in prayer, bowing over a worn grey stone structure. He wears a gold necklace and gold armbands. Around him, several saffron-robed sannyasis stand, one on the left holding a small silver vessel and wearing a rudraksha mala. Behind them a large crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis, plus women in orange and white saris, stands with hands folded in devotion. A thatched bamboo shelter and a pink temple building appear in the background.2012-08-17 +1 copiesDecember 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph of an outdoor temple-precinct gathering at dusk. A person with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe, a multi-strand yellow-beaded garland and a white forehead marking, smiles while a man in white shirt and dhoti holds up a gold-bordered yellow silk shawl toward her. Around them, devotees in white and orange shawls crowd closely, and a man in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala stands at right beside a video camera. Behind them stand temple walls with a dark pillared entrance and a pink-and-yellow gate structure. The person in orange, whose role is not printed, is the central figure receiving the shawl.2008-08-02A procession walks through a stone temple passageway lined with carved sculptural panels, bright daylight visible at the far end. Around him, men in white dhotis and white shirts and women in white and light-blue saris follow, several wearing rudraksha-style mala necklaces. A bare-chested man in a red-brown dhoti and another in white dhoti walk nearby, and a cross-section of devotees stands at the margins, with a small seated figure in white at the left edge.2009-08-11A figure in orange saffron robes bends forward at a stone shrine, hands pressed to the carved granite ledge, kneeling on a leopard-print mat on a stone-paved courtyard. Behind them a crowd of around twenty devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded in prayer, with some in orange clothing and others in white saris. A pink-walled temple building, palm trees and a bamboo-and-thatch canopy frame the scene, with a brass oil lamp on the right.2012-10-12A photograph of a temple courtyard with a granite stone wall and a gopuram visible above. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair wearing an orange saffron garment and gold-edged sash bends forward over a stone pillar or stone structure, reaching out with one hand toward it. Behind and to the left, a group of people in white traditional clothing and saffron-coloured garments stand on the paved ground; one man on the left wears a white dhoti with a red floral garland. A bamboo scaffolding frame stands along the temple wall. A cameraman in white clothing films on the right. Pink-painted temple buildings and palm trees fill the background.2011-09-09A crowd moves through a temple corridor with stone pillars and a gold-canopied palanquin bearing a deity murti at the top left. In the centre, a young man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a white forehead band and a long multicoloured flower garland, walks barefoot. Nearby, an older man in white dhoti and shirt and a woman in a red sari with a white shawl walk among devotees. On the left, women in white saris with gold borders and red-marked foreheads walk with an older woman in dark glasses. A cameraman in a cream shirt films from the lower right. Gopurams rise in the background.2009-08-06May 22 20122012-05-22Outdoor photo at the entrance of a white temple with ornate carved pillars and a gopuram-style tower behind. A long-haired person in an orange robe and bare feet stands with back to camera, hand raised to head in greeting. Before them, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti holds a silver tray with red fruit and a coconut, while another priest in a shawl and white dhoti stands beside him. A woman in an orange sari with dark shawl presses palms together at left, and a man in a dark hoodie watches at right. Green shrubs line the path. The orange-robed figure shows long curly hair, and the page identifies this as a person, but the figure is seen from behind and the description remains uncertain.2006-03-23May 22 20122012-05-22 +1 copiesDecember 15 20062006-12-15