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Photograph 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.2006-09-24March 04 20202020-03-04Evening 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.2011-12-20March 13 20202020-03-13Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamA photograph of a large group seated in prayer on stone paving inside a temple courtyard with high stone walls and a gopuram top visible at right. In the foreground left, a man with long dark hair wears a white kurta with a red-orange shawl and holds a camera, beside garlands of yellow and pink flowers. Center, men in white dhotis and white shirts sit with palms pressed together. Right, several men and women in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sit in namaskar on a patterned mat. Behind them, a crowd of devotees in white, red and yellow clothing stands along the walls under palm trees. Scattered petals lie on the ground.2010-01-08March 04 20202020-03-04A photograph of a temple courtyard with a decorated gopuram and a distant hill behind it. On the ground is a colourful rangoli kolam in red, green and blue. A line of people stands in front of the temple: a bald man in white shirt and dhoti on the left, and several men in white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow shawls, one with a rudraksha-style necklace. A man in a white kurta with a black shoulder bag stands near the centre. On the right, a figure in orange saffron robes wears a long garland of yellow, white and red flowers over the shoulder, with long dark hair; another person in orange stands further right. Garlands of green leaves hang along the temple colonnade, with coloured banners nearby.2010-01-08Outdoor temple courtyard with a seated crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, many with palms pressed together in prayer. Some wear orange and saffron cloth. A man in the centre-right wears a saffron shawl and sits among the group. Behind them are a columned colonnade with pink-and-white trim, a carved temple gopuram at left with painted figures, a pink shrine structure at right, palm trees and a rocky hill under a grey sky. Standing onlookers line the back, including women in saris. A cameraman is visible near the centre.2006-09-24A photograph taken outdoors at a South Indian temple complex, with a gopuram-style carved temple tower and a mountain behind it. A line of men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stands on a floor decorated with colourful kolam patterns. In the foreground on the right, a person with long dark hair wearing an orange sleeveless top and a garland of yellow, purple and white flowers faces away from the camera with hands raised in a gesture of reverence. Next to them, a figure in orange robes with a shaved head also has hands raised. A bald man in white clothes and a shoulder bag stands among the line. Devotees crowd the temple entrance on the left, and a banner hangs from the temple archway.2010-01-08March 04 20202020-03-04A photograph of a group of devotees seated on a stone floor within a temple, with carved stone pillars behind them. Most are women in white and cream traditional cloth with gold borders, some in a rust-red sari, and a few men in white. Many have their palms pressed together in namaskar, and several wear flower garlands and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A yellow cloth bag sits in the foreground beside a woman in white trousers and shirt, and scattered petals and marigold garlands lie on the ground. No person with long hair, saffron or ornate robes, or a crown is visible, so no a person candidate is present.2020-03-04