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A crowd of devotees stands outside a South Indian temple entrance decorated with banana stalks, mango-leaf toran and a white-and-orange striped awning. A yellow signboard in Tamil reads the temple's name. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis stand inside the gateway near a small shrine with garlands and a kalasha. Men in shirts and women in saris and salwar kameez with children watch from the street. Gopuram towers rise in the background. No one clearly matches the described a person appearance.

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A crowded street scene outside a temple entrance with red and white striped walls, a yellow signboard reading in Tamil that names the Arulmigu Sri Devivembil Amman Thirukovil, and a yellow-canopied wooden palanquin stand. Dense crowds of devotees mill about, with several women in saris, one in a yellow sari and one in a blue sari, and men in shirts. Some women have hands joined in prayer. Banana plants and green leaf festoons decorate the striped awnings above. The pictured figures are ordinary devotees and onlookers; no identifiable a person appears in the frame.2006-10-30June 24 20142014-06-24November 01 20062006-11-01December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04November 05 20062006-11-05A temple gateway of a Mangalambika/Mangalaiyamman shrine with a colourful tiered gopuram-style roof crowned by painted deity figures and lions. A printed banner above the entrance reads a Tamil dedication to Arulmigu Mangalaiyamman Thirukkoyil. Standing female figures in green and red flank the doorway. To the right a black board carries a yellow poster with a small photo of a bald man in white, with Tamil text. In the foreground a crowd of about ten people sits and stands, including older women in saris, a woman in blue, and men in shirts. No deity is named in this frame beyond the temple banner.2006-11-01A crowd of villagers stands in front of a blue-walled temple shrine decorated with hanging mango-leaf and green foliage swags strung across the entrance. A red signboard with white Tamil lettering is mounted above the doorway, flanked by painted deity figures on green and red pillars. In the foreground, women wear saris in teal, white, maroon and blue, some with forehead vibhuti marks and beaded necklaces; men wear white and pale shirts. Orange and red flags hang at the left and right edges, and warm sunlight flares across the scene.2014-06-24October 30 20062006-10-30Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered on a village street during a temple procession. A small decorated ratha/palanquin on the right is hung with garlands of red, white and green flowers, with deity figures inside it. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand in the crowd; one man in white holds a flag-like pole. On the left a temple gateway with painted deity figures and a stone bull sits beside a yellow wall, and tall coconut palms and a clear sky fill the background. A framed portrait of a saint-like figure is held up near the procession, and a blue-and-white flag is visible.2006-10-16February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowded temple courtyard with pale yellow colonnades and a gopuram-style entrance topped with painted sculptures on the left. Devotees gather around a central procession under a multicoloured striped umbrella, with a long saffron-and-yellow banner with a red emblem carried on a pole at right. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris and salwar, and children move through the crowd, and a uniformed police officer stands at the lower right. No individual can be clearly identified as a candidate, and the central umbrella figure is not clearly visible.2012-05-18November 01 20062006-11-01