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A night-time photograph of a crowd walking through a temple corridor lit by bright lamps, with a glowing Sri Nithyanandeshwara sign overhead. In the centre, two elderly men in white kurta-style clothing walk barefoot, one gesturing with raised open palms, and a man in white dhoti holds a tray with a yellow flower offering. Around them devotees in white, cream and saffron-coloured saris stand watching, a man in a checked shirt and dhoti is at left, and a young man in a light green shirt holds a camera. Corridor shrines and framed deity images line the walls.

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A photograph taken inside a temple hall with warm lighting, showing a crowd of devotees behind several men in front. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shirt with white hair and glasses holds a large woven basket of pink and yellow flower petals, as if for an offering. Beside him, a man in a peach shirt with a white forehead band holds petals in his hands. To the right, a bearded man in white with a rudraksha mala and a second man in white with a mala stand near a man in white shirt photographing with a camera. Behind them, women in saris and men in white and light shirts stand near painted pillars with yellow and blue decoration and a painted deity figure. Many people are visible in the background.2006-10-30October 30 20062006-10-30Photograph inside a temple hall at night, with a crowd of devotees gathered near a pillar. In the foreground an elderly man with a white beard and a rudraksha mala wears white dhoti and shirt and carries a brass plate with a yellow cloth over it, while a man in white clothes beside him holds another tray. Women in colourful saris and a girl in a yellow dress watch, and several men in white dhotis and shirts stand behind them. A woman in a blue sari holds a yellow flower, and a woman in a pink outfit takes a photograph. Background shows lamps, a painted pillar with a deity figure, and a wall notice. Watermarked archive image; the scene appears to be a temple ritual offering.2006-10-30Interior of a South Indian temple hall at dusk, lit by a bright warm lamp on the right and tube lights above. A group of around twenty devotees, mostly in white and cream dhotis, kurtas and saris, stand and walk along a stone floor past carved pillars painted blue and red with a standing deity figure on the left. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti in the centre-right gestures with his hands, while an elderly man in a peach shirt and cream dhoti stands nearby. Women in blue and orange saris stand at the left edge.2006-10-30October 25 20062006-10-25April 05 20122012-04-05August 09 20102010-08-09May 08 20122012-05-08October 23 20062006-10-23February 07 20172017-02-07Photograph of a crowded temple corridor at night with a dense group of devotees and onlookers. In the centre, a bare-chested man wearing an orange-saffron cloth and a gold leaf crown-like headband with a gold chain stands facing an older bald-headed man in a white dhoti and cream shawl with a red garment and white beads, who gestures with one raised hand. Nearby a woman in a cream sari with a red shawl holds a brass vessel, and a man in a white shirt stands behind. Several saffron-clad men wear gold-ornamented necklaces, and a uniformed police officer is visible at the back. Stone sculptures and a dark signboard with text line the wall.2012-05-08August 02 20082008-08-02