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March 11 20182018-03-11March 11 20182018-03-11September 23 20122012-09-23Night-time outdoor scene in front of a stone temple wall with a tiered gopuram covered in painted deity sculptures, lit by a bright lamp. A large crowd of devotees sits and stands on a paved courtyard; many men wear white shirts and dhotis, women wear saris in red, blue and green. On the right, on temple steps, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on a cloth, and a second person in orange sits nearby, while devotees face them. Bamboo scaffolding and a yellow railing line the left side.2012-04-05A night view of a South Indian temple courtyard with a stone pillared hall (mandapam) on the right, its roof lined with white bull (nandi) sculptures and a tall gopuram tower rising in the background under a dark sky. Several people walk across the paved courtyard: a woman in a pink sari and a man in a white shirt near the centre, a woman in a blue sari at left, and a man in white dhoti near the centre-right. A thatched bamboo canopy stands at left beside a small shrine with a lit entrance. Carved columns with sculpted figures line the hall, and a cable and a small lamp hang overhead.2012-04-05February 06 20172017-02-06September 23 20122012-09-23Dim interior of a temple hall with carved granite pillars rising on the right, their relief sculptures of rearing figures and mythic beasts visible. Above, a painted wooden ceiling with coloured floral and geometric panels. A tall brass pillar-lamp stands at left beside a wall plaque. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand in a group at the lower right, one wearing a bald head and gold bracelet, others gathered near the pillars; in the centre a figure in orange-saffron robes stands near a blue metal railing, raising a hand. Devotees crowd the central passage.2007-08-17A photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and dim lighting, where a group stands with hands pressed in anjali. In the centre, a man in orange robes and an orange shawl with a gold necklace stands with palms joined. Beside him, a bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his torso holds a lamp area in a white dhoti. On the right, a person in orange robes and a gold necklace presses palms together, and another in orange with a rudraksha mala and a headscarf stands nearby. A woman in a green and gold sari with gold bangles folds her hands on the left, and several men in white dhotis and a uniformed officer in khaki stand in the background.2009-01-14April 05 20122012-04-05Night view of a carved stone temple gopuram-style entrance with a lit lamp on the wall and a dark doorway. A group descends the stone steps from the shrine: two men in saffron/orange robes lead, one in a dark orange wrap with a visible rudraksha-style neck garland, followed by men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris (green, pink, purple). Several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk on the paved courtyard in the foreground. The scene is lit only by a few lamps and the carved stone exterior is visible.2011-09-09A photograph of a crowd gathered in a stone temple courtyard. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts stand among the pillars of a stone colonnade with carved capitals and a painted teal and red roof trim. A man in a light tan shirt and a man in white stand near the centre-right. Women in red and pink saris are visible in the background. A loudspeaker is mounted on a pillar at left.2007-01-12