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September 24 2006

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A photograph at the entrance of a temple with a painted, sculpted gopuram gateway and a sign reading Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple. A tall gray elephant with a colorful tasseled headdress stands at the right edge. In the center, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands near the doorway while a woman in a white sari with a red border stands before a man in white ritual clothes whose back is turned, a figure in orange robes is at the left. Several men in shirts and dhotis stand around the entrance, including one in a yellow shirt and red-bordered dhoti and another in an orange-and-green garment at the right. A bright interior corridor with lights is visible through the open doorway. a person is not identifiable in this image.2009-08-08Outdoor photograph at a temple entrance with a carved stone gopuram-style facade behind a crowd. A central bearded man in reddish-brown cloth, with a red and orange flower garland and a ceremonial staff, is surrounded by many shirtless men with long matted hair, rudraksha malas and white body markings, plus a man in white dhoti holding a fan-like object. A decorated elephant with a rider stands at right, and uniformed police are nearby. Several people are paying respects and touching the central figure. The a person appearance cue is only partial (garland and robes, no clear distinctive hair or crown), so identity is uncertain.2018-03-17Outdoors at a stone temple entrance, an elephant reaches its trunk toward a smiling man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron robe and a heavy garland of green leaves, red and white flowers and yellow marigolds, plus a gold necklace and a red tilak. An Indian mahout in khaki stands at the left holding a stick, and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red belt is nearby. A man in white shirt and dhoti and several saffron-robed devotees stand in a crowd of onlookers near carved pillars and a gopuram-style temple wall. Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, wearing the saffron robe, long hair and garland, honoured by an elephant at a temple visit.2010-01-08A photograph at a temple street outside the Arunachaleshwara complex in Tiruvannamalai. A large elephant's trunk extends across the foreground, its tip touching the hands of a man in a white shirt and white dhoti. Behind them stand uniformed police officers in khaki and a khaki-shirted official, along with several men in casual and white clothes. On the right, a figure with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and heavy garland of flowers, bowing and smiling toward the elephant. Temple gopuram towers and a colourful dome rise in the background, with carved stone pillars on the right.2010-01-08January 02 20082008-01-02March 17 20182018-03-17Outdoor photo at a temple entrance: a group of men stands in front of an ornately carved, whitewashed gopuram-style facade with a red-brick gateway. A bearded man in the centre wears a dark maroon robe and a long rudraksha-style necklace, holds a decorated golden vel-style staff wrapped in red and white flowers and a garland, and smiles at the camera. Around him, men wear white dhotis, one has a yellow waistcloth, and a shirtless man at left wears a red-and-yellow dhoti with a rudraksha mala. Several men have long braided hair, and one man in a white shirt sits atop a grey elephant at the right edge. Paving stones are in the foreground.2018-03-17Outdoor photo at a temple entrance with a large crowd. A man in the centre wears a dark maroon robe with a red and white floral garland and holds a tall golden trident-like staff with ornamental tassels; he smiles broadly. Beside him a uniformed officer in khaki stands behind. On the left, a bare-chested young man wears a saffron-yellow cloth over white dhoti with a beaded rudraksha-style necklace; an older man in a red-orange dhoti wears a white beaded mala. On the right, a bare-chested bearded man with long dark matted hair wears a beaded necklace over a white dhoti with a green-and-gold border. A young man in white dhoti and shawl stands in front. Behind them, an elephant is visible beneath the temple gateway with a man seated on its back, and carved stone pillars and ornate gopuram walls rise in the background.2018-03-17March 17 20182018-03-17 +1 copiesA decorated temple elephant stands in a temple courtyard between stone pillars carved with figures. Its forehead is painted with white tripundra-style markings, a red dot, and white eye rings. In front of it, bare-chested priests and men in white dhotis gather, one holding a flower garland of yellow and orange blossoms. A drummer in a white shirt and a man playing a long wind instrument stand at left in white dhotis and checked shirts. Onlookers in white and blue shirts watch from the right, and a woman with folded hands stands at the far right. The scene suggests a temple procession with the elephant at its centre.2006-09-24Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam +1 copiesSeptember 24 20062006-09-24