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A photograph inside a stone temple hall at Arunachaleshwara, with dark stone deity murtis in the foreground, some draped with red and blue cloth. A central figure with a long beard and white flower garland, wearing a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Around him stand devotees in orange and saffron garments and gold-bead necklaces, a man in a teal shirt, and a uniformed police officer in khaki on the right. Pillars and a metal gate frame the background.

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Photograph inside a temple hall with stone pillars and a wooden-railed enclosure. In the centre, a man with a long dark beard and a white-and-red flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a deep maroon-red dhoti or robe. Around him stand devotees and attendants in saffron-orange shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, and a uniformed police officer in khaki on the right. A teal-shirted man stands at left. In the foreground are dark stone lingams and Nandi-like figures with red and yellow cloth draped over them, indicating a shrine. Several people are visible, and the scene reflects a temple visit with devotional greetings to the shrines.2017-02-06 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple hall with dark stone pillars and a wooden ceiling under a fluorescent tube light. In the centre a bearded man with a long gold-accented cloth draped over his shoulders, wearing a white garland of flowers, stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him stands a man in a white dhoti with a white shawl and orange-red beaded necklaces. Behind them several devotees in teal-green shirts and orange-red garments crowd forward. On the right a uniformed police officer in khaki stands with hands folded. In the foreground are several black stone lingams and Shiva forms, some draped with red, white, green and yellow cloths, with marigold and flower offerings. The image shows a temple visit to shrines inside the Arunachaleshwara temple setting.2017-02-06 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple shrine with dark stone lingams wrapped in red, blue and white cloth in the foreground. A man in a brown dhoti-style garment with a white and red flower garland and tilak on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron shirts and white dhotis stand close, some with rudraksha malas and gold chains, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands at right. Red-painted wooden framing and an old stone pillar surround the scene, with a tube light overhead. Candidate: a person cues are limited to the garland and central position, so appearance is uncertain.2017-02-06Photo inside a temple shrine with dark stone pillars and a wooden ceiling. A man with a white tilak on his forehead, dressed in a maroon-brown dhoti-style garment, presses his palms together in namaskar while wearing a white flower garland. Behind him, devotees and men in white and orange garments wear marigold and gold-coloured garlands. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at right. In the foreground are several black stone shivalinga with red, white, pink and green cloth wrapped around them.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesFebruary 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a temple shrine of a stone temple hall with carved pillars and a wooden ceiling. In the centre, a man in a saffron-brown dhoti-style garment with a white cloth over his shoulder and a long white flower garland stands with palms joined in namaskar, with a vertical white tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and an ornate gold-and-bead necklace also holds his hands together. Two uniformed police officers in khaki stand nearby, and several men in teal and white shirts stand behind a row of black stone lingams draped with red, pink, white and green cloth and ribbons. The scene suggests a devotional visit during a temple ceremony.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesInside a temple shrine hall with dark stone pillars and an orange-painted wooden ceiling, a central man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a red-and-white flower garland. Behind him a bearded man in an orange-and-gold garland and a khaki-uniformed police officer stand among a group of devotees in saffron and white. In the foreground are black stone Shiva lingams and deity murtis, some draped in red and blue cloth, with a yellow-wrapped kalasha-like object near a pillar. Several onlookers in teal and white shirts crowd the doorway, and a camera operator is visible behind the group.2017-02-06 +1 copiesFebruary 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a stone temple corridor at night, with lamps glowing on the carved pillars and walls. At the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long multicoloured flower garland, hands pressed together in namaskar, walks through a crowd. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti with a gold necklace and a bald man in a rust-brown cloth with a gold chain follow. On the left, men in teal sports shirts with a yellow lamp emblem move through the crowd, and on the right a uniformed police officer in khaki stands watch. About 15 physical people are visible. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the role is described as a devotee in a rust-brown robe with a garland.2017-02-06