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November 11 2008

November 11 2008

Outdoor street procession in front of a temple gopuram with a pink wall and a rocky hill behind. A man in an orange turban and saffron-orange robe, wearing a large yellow and red marigold garland, walks with palms pressed together in namaste. Around him are men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing orange shawls and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A man in a white kurta holds a green cloth bag. On the right a cameraman with a video camera films the procession, and a man gestures with his arm. Overhead hang power lines and palm trees are visible.

Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with a pink-walled building and bamboo scaffolding overhead. A long-haired figure in a red sleeveless top and orange dhoti stands with their back to the camera, facing a bearded man in orange robes with a rudraksha-style mala and a saffron shawl, who stands at right with hands folded. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, several in orange shawls, watch and fold their hands; a cameraman films at left, and onlookers stand behind a bamboo barrier at right. a person cues are not sufficiently distinctive here, so the figure is described by role only.

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November 11 2008

Outdoor temple courtyard with a marble floor and a stone wall with arched openings behind. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a shrine doorway. Beside him an older man in an orange shirt and white dhoti stands with hands folded, and a row of devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls stand behind. On the right, a bare-chested priest in an ochre dhoti holds a brass aarti plate with lit oil lamps toward a red-and-gold shrine entrance hung with a red and white flower garland. A yellow metal box with a Tamil inscription sits in the foreground, and a video camera is mounted at the right edge.

A photograph at a temple courtyard of a ritual exchange. A shaved-headed elderly man in orange robes holds a brass tray toward a bare-chested man in orange dhoti with rudraksha mala and tilak marks, who receives it with both hands. Around them, devotees in white shirts and dhotis wear orange shawls and stand with folded hands. A woman in white holds a camera. A yellow box with a marble floor and a pink-and-white garland hanging overhead complete the scene.

A photograph of devotees at a shrine entrance with a yellow-framed doorway and a grille inscribed with repeated mantra text. A priest in a bare-chested pose with a light cloth wrapped at the waist stands at the right, holding a lit lamp and offering toward the inner shrine. Several people in orange and saffron shirts and wraps stand in a line on a white marble floor, several with hands folded in prayer. One woman in an orange sari wears a white flower garland and holds her palms together. An older man in a peach-coloured shirt and dhoti stands with hands joined at the centre. Green trees and a low stone wall with arched openings are behind, and a small metal table holds a lamp on the left.

Outdoor photo on a flat concrete rooftop of a temple under construction, with rows of white ornamental finials along the parapet and a stone shikhara-style tower at top. A large group of men in saffron and orange robes stands clustered at left near a wooden scaffold ladder, some wearing orange shawls and one with a red-orange headwrap. In the center, a saffron-robed figure with a bare head and orange wrap stands facing away with hands together, near another orange-robed person. At right, a bare-chested worker in white dhoti and a man in white with a red-bordered cloth stand near a large white sheet on the roof. A man in white dhoti and shirt holds a camera-bag strap at upper right, and figures in yellow and white dhotis appear at the edges.

December 08 2011

A crowd walks through a temple courtyard toward a gopuram in the background. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, white forehead markings, a saffron-orange robe and several layered gold-toned beaded necklaces walks at the centre, flanked by bald men in saffron-orange robes and gold necklaces. Behind them a man in a white kurta and a woman with light hair follow. At the right, a priest in white dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl holds a rope and a ceremonial staff. A cameraman with a video camera is at the lower left. Stone pillars, a shrine with painted deity figures and a tall temple tower frame the scene.