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A group of devotees sits on a dark stone temple floor in front of carved stone pillars and a carved stone shrine wall, apparently during evening worship. In the foreground, a bald man in a saffron robe with a gold-beaded necklace sits with hands joined, facing away. Beside him, a woman in an orange sari with a gold necklace sits and holds a long white ceremonial fan or chamara. Around them, women in orange and red saris and men in white shirts kneel with hands in anjali, and a cameraman in a white shirt films with a video camera at left. A bald priest in white dhoti stands in the background at upper left. The setting is a temple courtyard with a dark stone shrine wall at right.

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December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A night-time photograph at a stone temple entrance with carved dark pillars. In the centre, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, with a gold-bead mala and gold armband, sits cross-legged with palms pressed in anjali. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in orange robes with a beaded mala sits with hands folded. Behind them, saffron-clad women and a white-clad man sit in prayer with joined palms. The scene suggests a devotional prayer or temple worship with devotees seated on a dark stone floor.2011-12-20Night photograph at a stone temple courtyard with carved grey pillars. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing orange-saffron robes, a gold-beaded mala necklace and gold armlets, sits cross-legged on a dark floor with palms pressed together in prayer. Beside him a bald man in orange robes and a beaded necklace sits with hands folded. Several women in orange saris and orange shawls sit nearby, some with hands joined in namaskar, and a figure in white sits at the left edge. Orange and white stone architecture rises behind the group.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night photo at a stone temple courtyard in Tiruvannamalai where a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, a thick beaded mala and gold armband sits cross-legged on a dark floor with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside him a shaven-headed priest in orange robes and gold necklace sits with hands folded in his lap, and behind them devotees in orange and white sit with hands joined near carved grey pillars and a stone doorway. A white-clad elderly man sits at left with palms together. The scene suggests a devotional gathering at a temple shrine, with the robed figures seated on the ground.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20