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Night photograph of a festival crowd in front of an illuminated temple gopuram-style structure decorated with yellow and red floral garlands, strings of lights, and a large lit Om symbol on a tower. Several people are seen mostly from behind or in partial profile in the foreground: one wears a saffron-orange cloth draped over the shoulder, another wears a bright yellow-orange garment with curly hair, and others wear white shirts and orange wraps. A white-robed man stands on the right.

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December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photograph of a crowded temple gathering in front of a lit, decorated temple gopuram-style structure at Tiruvannamalai. Strings of white and red fairy lights outline the roofline, with a tall illuminated pillar or flagstaff rising above, bearing a glowing red Om symbol. Yellow, orange and maroon marigold garlands hang along the front. In the foreground, a dense group of devotees stands close together; a man with long dark curly hair wears a golden-orange cloth, and other men wear orange or saffron shawls and white clothes. Some faces are partly visible; no figure can be confidently identified from appearance, so the central figure is described only by role as a devotee.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees pressed together in front of an illuminated temple gateway at a festival. The shrine structure is strung with lights and decorated with yellow and maroon bunting and red-white zigzag trim, with a tiered gopuram-like top lit in multicolour bulbs. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts, some in yellow or orange shawls, while women in saffron and red saris are visible at lower left and centre. Motion blur suggests a procession moving through the crowd. A printed copyright line is at lower right.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photograph of a crowd walking past a brightly illuminated gopuram of a South Indian temple at Tiruvannamalai, its tiered tower outlined with strings of white and coloured lights. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts and a woman in a saffron-orange shawl move through the foreground, with a strong glare from a street lamp on the right. Festival decorations of lights and bunting frame the temple entrance and a lit pavilion on the left. Faces are mostly turned away or indistinct, and no one can be clearly picked out as a person.2006-12-04Night photo at a temple festival, with a lit temple tower and gold flagstaff topped by an illuminated ornament behind a row of carved sculptures and a marigold-garlanded canopy strung with fairy lights. In the foreground, a man seen from behind has long, curly dark hair and wears an orange-gold cloth draped over his bare shoulder. Beside him, a younger man in white clothes wears an orange scarf and a rosette ribbon on his chest, and an older man in white stands at the right edge, with a crowd of devotees behind them. The scene is evening darkness and lights, with a bright red-and-white illuminated design on the tower.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photograph of a dense, blurred crowd at a temple festival, with strings of lights and a lit temple gopuram-style structure in the background. In the foreground a young man with dark hair and an orange-brown garment stands among devotees, and a bald man with glasses is visible on the right. Many people in shawls and traditional clothes press together. Lit festoons and a blue-and-yellow canopy decorate the temple entrance.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04