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A crowd of devotees gathers outside a blue-and-white temple entrance under a strand of triangular pennant flags. Many men wear white shirts and trousers, while women wear saris in pink, orange, green and white. A girl in a yellow and pink dress stands near a wooden barrier of poles that separates the queue. A small green-domed shrine and a white boundary wall with decorative finials appear in the background, with a tree and palms beyond. A signboard on the temple entrance shows a red and yellow banner.

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February 15 20092009-02-15February 15 20092009-02-15A dense outdoor crowd of devotees gathers in front of a colourfully decorated temple gopuram with a painted deity figure, while banana leaves and strings of green leaves hang overhead. Many women in sarees in yellow, blue, purple and white stand with palms pressed together in prayer, some with vibhuti or kumkum on their foreheads. Men in white shirts and dhotis move among them, and a few hold flowers. Smoke rises from a fire in the background among trees. No single person is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.2006-11-05February 15 20092009-02-15Large outdoor procession on a village street in Tamil Nadu, with a dense crowd of devotees filling the road. In the centre a decorated red and gold chariot or palanquin with a red canopy is pulled by white horses, and a figure in orange-saffron clothing stands within the carriage area, but no facial or identity-based identification is made. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk alongside, some bare-chested, and women wear orange, cream and pink saris, some carrying items. A uniformed police officer in khaki and a dark cap walks near the front. Banana leaves frame the left side, and a temple gopuram with colourful sculptures and orange flags stands in the background, with a small shop sign and a parked white vehicle visible.2008-07-28February 15 20092009-02-15A 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.2012-05-18August 03 20092009-08-03July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20092009-02-02A dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis surrounds a dark car outside a blue-and-orange temple entrance with a small signboard. A woman in an orange-red sari and a white flower garland in her hair leans toward the car roof, and a bare-armed woman in a yellow sari with jasmine in her hair stands in the foreground. Palm trees, a string of small pennant flags and several temple spires stand behind the crowd on a sunny day.2009-02-15