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December 25 20052005-12-25December 25 20052005-12-25December 25 20052005-12-25January 03 20182018-01-03A large crowd walks in procession along a paved lane in front of a towering white gopuram of a South Indian temple, with ornately painted colourful tiers on a small shrine structure in the centre. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, some with garlands; a few women wear saffron and orange saris. A figure in a saffron sari with a long braid and a garland walks near the front of the group. Stone pillared halls, shop shutters and other painted temple shrines line the street, and a dated timestamp reads 24 12 2005.2005-12-25October 16 20062006-10-16March 11 20182018-03-11January 12 20072007-01-12August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01Photograph of a South Indian temple gateway with a tall gold-plated flagstaff rising above an ornate, painted sculpted roofline crowded with figures in turquoise, red and cream. A crowd of men and women, mostly in white shirts and dhotis or saris, presses in front of the hall. A green metal cage encloses a shrine area, with a gilded small shrine and a wooden board of Tamil lettering at right. A bare-chested priest with a sacred thread appears at left. No identifiable a person appearance is visible among the people.2006-09-24Photograph of the colourful gopuram entrance of Kanjanoor Agniswarar temple, with tiered painted towers in pink, blue, green and yellow, a white bull carving with a deity figure on the gateway shrine niche, and orange-and-blue pillars flanking the doorway. In the foreground a crowd of about ten men in white dhotis and shirts, a girl in a patterned dress, and uniformed police stand near the entrance. A large banner on the left shows a saffron-robed figure with a crown or turban and garlands beside a smiling devotee; the figure's appearance is not clearly confirmed from the image.2012-05-16Large crowd of devotees moving in a procession in front of a massive white gopuram temple tower with a smaller colourful painted gateway tower in the centre. Most men wear white shirts and dhotis with black cords around their necks, and some hold folded hands. A figure in the centre-right wears a deep orange-red robe with a yellow sash and a long gold bead necklace, walking with hands clasped. Other figures wear orange saffron robes. A large black stone bull statue is visible in the gateway under the tower. Overcast sky above.2005-12-25