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December 20 20112011-12-20A large outdoor crowd fills the courtyard in front of a tall white gopuram of a temple, with palm trees and a hill behind it. Most of the dense crowd wears white clothing, with some in saffron and bright saris. At left, a few saffron-robed sannyasis stand near a covered pavilion whose signboard reads Sri Arunachaleswarar Mandapam.2010-12-29A large seated crowd fills a stone-paved courtyard in front of a pink temple wall with carved stone pillars and a gopuram top. Many people wear white dhotis and white shirts, while women wear saris in yellow, orange, purple and cream. A woman in a cream-and-gold sari sits at right near a girl in a red dress with a braided ponytail. Coconut palms and a gopuram spire appear behind the wall.2011-12-20Evening outdoor gathering in a temple courtyard before a gopuram tower, with a decorated canopy hung with marigold garlands in orange and yellow over a shrine area. Dozens of devotees sit on the stone ground in white and saffron clothing, many women in white saris and orange or yellow sarees, some with flower garlands. Uniformed police officers stand near the shrine, and a palm-lined mountain rises behind the temple walls.2011-12-20November 29 20112011-11-29A large outdoor crowd fills a temple courtyard in Thiruvannamalai, mostly people dressed in white, with some in orange and multicoloured saris. Many stand packed together facing a small ornate canopied shrine structure topped with a deity figure, with a red-and-white sign reading in Tamil. Tall palm trees and a gopuram tower rise behind pink-walled colonnades. A saffron-robed figure stands near the centre of the crowd.2010-12-29December 20 20112011-12-20Photo 11683881 +1 copiesA dense crowd of devotees gathers in a temple courtyard in front of a tall white gopuram tower and a long colonnaded pillared hall. Most people wear white clothing, with some in orange or saffron and bright saris. A raised balcony pavilion above the gateway carries a small figure and a decorated canopy, with a signboard reading Sree Aruna Mandapam beneath it. Palm trees and a low hill sit behind the complex under an overcast sky.2010-12-29Photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard with a tall white gopuram tower on the left and a rocky hill with palm trees behind a colonnaded pillared hall. A bald man in a white dhoti and white shirt with an orange shawl stands at the left, palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a large seated crowd. Many devotees sit on the ground in white and cream clothes, hands folded in prayer, while others stand along the colonnade in white shirts, dhotis and saris. A camera operator stands in the middle right. Orange-robed sannyasis sit at the lower right. A small shrine with deity murti and painted figures sits atop the pillared structure. The setting is an outdoor temple courtyard, as the crowd sits in devotion during a ritual gathering.2006-09-24December 29 20102010-12-29A dense outdoor crowd fills a temple courtyard in front of a pillared pavilion with a small shrine canopy at its centre, topped by a figure and a signboard with Tamil text. Most people wear white clothes, with some in orange, pink and green saris and shirts. A tall gopuram tower rises at right and palm trees line the background. In the middle of the crowd, a figure in saffron-orange robes stands near the shrine, though the face and details are too distant to confirm any identity.2010-12-29