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A framed painting hangs on a stone wall, showing a grey elephant with a raised trunk offering a flower or leaf to a dark stone Shivalinga on a black pedestal. The lingam is garlanded with a white, red and pink flower garland and bears a small white emblem. Behind it stand a large green tree and a herd of elephants in a forest clearing with a stream. The painting has a dark caption band beneath it with Tamil text and a copyright line. No people are visible.

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A large grey temple elephant with decorated tusks, bells hanging from its neck and yellow flowers on its head stands in a dim stone temple corridor, its trunk extended to touch the hand of a person in an orange robe. The orange-robed figure, seen from behind with dark hair tied back, bends forward. A second man in a white shirt and light lungi stands behind the elephant near a stone pillar, with the elephant's handler holding a long stick. The blue-grey pillars and dark ceiling of the corridor frame the scene.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13 +1 copiesAugust 02 20082008-08-02June 05 20122012-06-05A photograph inside a temple hall shows a large grey elephant with white forehead markings and a pink-edged ear, its trunk extended toward a smiling man in a saffron-orange robe with a white-and-green flower garland and a long rudraksha-style bead necklace, his forehead marked with white tilak. a person is at the right, reaching out toward the elephant. A mahout in a white shirt and green lungi holds a long stick beside the elephant. Several men in white shirts and dhotis and women in orange saris stand behind, with stone pillars and a framed picture on the wall.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13January 08 20102010-01-08A photo inside a stone temple hall at Arunachaleswara temple, Tiruvannamalai, with carved granite pillars and a painted ceiling. A temple elephant with a bell on its neck and a striped green-yellow cloth draped over its back raises its trunk toward the crowd. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands in the foreground, gesturing with an outstretched hand, while a bare-chested man in an olive shirt and white dhoti stands beside the elephant and a man in a striped shirt and red dhoti reaches toward its side. Other men in white shirts and trousers and a woman in a yellow sari with a blue bag watch from the right. A drummer in white stands behind them on a floor decorated with colourful kolam patterns.2009-08-06June 05 20122012-06-05July 13 20092009-07-13August 02 20082008-08-02November 09 20062006-11-09