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A decorative entrance arch at an outdoor temple event reads MAHA KUMBHABHISHEKA in red letters on a yellow panel, with WELCOME in blue above and a purple Ganesha figure with pink and teal framing at the centre. Two side pillars are decorated with stylised purple and pink peacocks. Beyond the arch a large orange Ganesha statue stands among green trees. A silver SUV and a parked scooter sit on a dirt road, and a few people in white and light clothing stand near the car. A blue sign at right reads TRIMURTHY TEMPLE. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in this scene.

November 25 2009

A colourful decorated festival entrance arch stands on a dusty open ground under a hazy pale sky with palm trees behind. The arch is covered in yellow, pink, purple, green and black patterned panels with lettering reading NITHYANANDAM above ANANDOTSAVA 2010 and HEARTY WELCOME on the arcs. A small portrait is set in the top centre beneath an Om symbol. Two side pillars feature striped and flame-like designs with hanging garlands. A silver sedan is parked at the left, and a few scattered tools and construction debris lie on the ground to the right. No people are visible.

2010-01-04 +1 copies

A photograph of a decorated ceremonial gateway at a Kumbhamela site, painted in red and orange with ornate scalloped roofline and pillars. A banner across the arch reads a welcome message in Kannada, with a row of yellow and green pennants strung beneath it. Beyond the arch, a dirt road leads into a hazy sunlit scene with trees, parked vehicles, a three-wheeler auto-rickshaw and a roadside banner. Several people walk through the gate in the foreground and middle distance, including a child and several adults in dhotis, shirts and saris, with a woman in the lower left corner.

A crowd of devotees surrounds a silver car as it arrives at a temple gate. A person seated in the front passenger side wears an orange saffron garment and a thick garland of yellow and white flowers, and raises a hand in greeting. Flower petals are scattered over the car's bonnet and windscreen. Two decorated parasols with multicolored panels, tassels and blue bird emblems are held aloft over the path, and a yellow signboard stands by the gate. Men in white shirts and dhotis press forward, some holding cameras, while others raise their hands. Green trees and a painted boundary wall with a banner frame the scene.

May 08 2016

A street scene at the entrance of a colourful blue and white temple-style gateway labelled in Hindi and English as Nithyananda Peetham, decorated with painted deity panels, red pennants and a sculpted figure. Crowds of devotees walk past parked white and black cars. Women wear yellow, pink and printed saris and salwars; men wear white shirts and caps. On the right, a tall statue stands beside an ornate canopied palanquin with red and orange drapery and red flags. Several people are visible in the crowd.

A crowded outdoor temple scene at the entrance of a South Indian temple gopuram-style shrine. Above the entrance, a colourful stucco Ganesha murti is seated centrally among rearing and reclining bulls and figures. The doorway is draped with pink and white flower garlands and framed by two potted banana plants with large green leaves. Many devotees and men in white dhotis and shirts crowd the entrance, some with pink and yellow saris and flowers in hair. A small hill rises behind the temple under a pale sky. The people appear to be gathered for darshan or a procession.

Outdoor temple entrance decorated for a festival, with a gopuram-style shrine topped by a colourful stucco sculpture of a seated Ganesha flanked by bulls and figures. Strings of white and pink flower garlands and green leaves hang across the front of the shrine, with banana plants and tinsel on the pillars. Priests in orange-brown cloths stand near the sanctum doorway, with a metal lamp stand in the foreground. A dense crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts presses forward, many with hands raised and some holding flowers. A number of people are partly visible at the edges of the frame.

November 24 2006

Outdoor photo at a decorated temple entrance with yellow banners reading WELCOME and SRI ANANDESHWAR TEMPLE, with garlands, banana plants and red-and-white painted steps. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with long dark hair raises a hand in greeting, and a man in white shirt wears a visitor badge. Several people in white dhotis and saris line the path, a drummer with a drum stands among them, a child in a blue top and others watch, and a man crouches near the path. Devotees in white and orange stand near the temple doorway, which is hung with banana bunches and greenery under a clear blue sky.

January 12 2009