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Dense crowd of devotees walks through a temple corridor lined with grey carved pillars toward a golden palanquin lit by strings of orange lights, carrying a deity murti dressed in red and gold with garlands. A man in a red shirt wears a large gold and rudraksha necklace; nearby figures wear orange and saffron shawls, white dhotis and kurtas, yellow and green saris, and sandalwood or vibhuti markings on their foreheads. A trident-topped staff and a flower garland hang beside the palanquin, indicating a procession. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance cues; the figures are devotees and attendants in procession.

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A temple corridor procession at night, with a golden palanquin carrying a decorated deity murti draped in flower garlands and lit by oil lamps at the top left. Robed participants walk toward the camera in a dense crowd. A bare-chested young man with long hair and rudraksha beads wears a white dhoti and a name badge. A man in a red robe with a large rudraksha mala walks at centre, and a figure in orange robes with a white headband walks nearby. A man in orange with a shaved head and tilak leads a group, some carrying ceremonial staffs. Women in white and red shawls, men in white dhotis and a blue checked shirt, and a man in an orange shirt complete the crowd. Carved pillars line the stone walls.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13A dim temple corridor with white pillars during an evening procession. Devotees fill the space; a lit deity murti decorated with garlands and lights sits in a golden shrine niche at upper left. In the centre, a man in a red robe with a gold necklace and rudraksha mala walks at the front, with a man in orange robes beside him holding a long silver staff topped with a trident, and a bare-chested man near a woman in a maroon sari. Other men wear white dhotis and orange or yellow shawls; a young woman in a white sari with a tilak walks in front. Garlands hang from the staffs.2009-07-13A large crowd of devotees processes through a stone-pillared corridor of a South Indian temple, following an ornately decorated palanquin-style shrine (ratha) lit with warm lamps, with a deity murti seated inside draped in yellow cloth and garlanded with flowers. Many people wear white dhotis and shawls, women wear sarees in purple, pink and blue, and a man in an orange robe with a saffron head covering stands at the left near a silver trident (trishul) decorated with flower garlands. Carved lion figures decorate the pillar tops. The palanquin is brightly lit with tassels hanging from its sides.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13Night procession inside a temple corridor. Centre: an ornate golden palanquin-style shrine (ratha/palanquin) lit by strings of golden bulbs, draped with red-and-white flower garlands, carrying a deity murti dressed in garlands and a golden canopy. Around it a dense crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and white head bandage, and a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha-style mala and white head covering. Pillars and dim lamplight frame the scene.2009-07-13