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Photograph of a crowded open courtyard at a South Indian temple complex with two tall white gopuram towers rising behind a wooded hillside. Many people in mostly white clothing walk across the stone paving, including men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris. A small shrine with a sculpted roof and a stone pillared pavilion stand in the middle, and carved stone pillars line the right edge. A few people in the foreground wear white and light shirts. The date stamp 24 09 06 appears in the lower right corner.

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A large crowd of devotees moves across a stone-paved courtyard in front of a South Indian temple. Most men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and several women wear saris in pink, green and bright hues. A few figures in orange or saffron cloth stand at the lower left. On the left, a multi-tiered painted shrine with colourful sculpted figures sits beside a small open pavilion. Two tall white gopuram gateway towers rise in the background above green trees and a hill. On the right, a carved stone pillar wall shows relief figures of deities and animals. The sky is overcast.2006-09-24Photograph of a large crowd walking through a stone-paved temple courtyard beside a granite temple wall carved with figures. Many people, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, with women in saris, move toward a stone open pavilion with a bull statue on its roof. A tall white gopuram rises in the background above green trees and rocky hills. A yellow metal barrier stands at right, and a parked wheeled cart with colourful frame sits at left. No one is identifiable as a person in this view.2006-09-24A crowded outdoor photo at a South Indian temple complex. A tall whitewashed gopuram tower with carved sculpted tiers rises in the background above green trees and a rocky hill. In the foreground, many devotees in white dhotis, white shirts and saris walk across a stone-paved courtyard toward a small pillared shelter with a carved roof. On the right, a long wall of ornately carved granite pillars with sculpted figures runs the length of the frame. A wheeled wooden cart and a yellow barrier stand nearby. A camera-timestamp overlay reads 24 and 9:06 in red digits. No single figure is identifiable as a person from the visible cues.2006-09-24Outdoor photograph of a large crowd moving through a temple courtyard toward gopuram towers on a cloudy day. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts walk among others in colourful saris and salwar, with some in orange or saffron clothing. Drummers in white clothing play drums at the center of the procession. A uniformed police officer stands at the lower left. Tall ornate gopurams rise in the background, with a colourful shrine pavilion and a stone mandapa to the right. Mountain slopes and trees frame the scene.2006-09-24A photograph of a temple courtyard with a tall white gopuram (temple tower) ornately carved with figures rising behind a stone-walled structure with sloping roof and stone sculptures on top. Many people walk across the paved courtyard toward the temple. Men wear white shirts and trousers or light checked shirts, while women wear sarees in pink, blue and green. A young child in green stands near the center. Some people carry plastic bags. Other tiered gopuram towers stand in the background under an overcast sky.2006-09-24A dense crowd of devotees fills a stone-paved temple street leading toward a large whitewashed gopuram tower set against a green forested hill under an overcast sky. Many people wear white dhotis and shirts, while others wear checked shirts, saris and a few orange garments. A stone bull statue sits along the right colonnade, and an orange-clad figure with a garland stands near the centre of the throng. Carved pillars and ornamented temple walls frame the procession route.2006-09-24A dense crowd of people walks along a stone-paved street in front of a large whitewashed gopuram temple tower set against a green hillside. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, some in pink and blue shirts, stand or walk closely together, several carrying hand drums. Women in saris and salwar kameez are in the crowd at left. On the right, a long colonnaded temple wall with carved pillars has pink and red signboards. A small ornate shrine with painted deity figures stands at the left edge. The scene appears to be a temple procession or street gathering.2006-09-24A photograph of a large crowd of men gathered in a temple street outside a stone temple complex. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts, and some have orange shawls draped over their shoulders. In the centre background, a man in an orange robe and a saffron turban, wearing a long gold-toned necklace, stands among the crowd with his hands together. To the right stands a tall white gopuram tower with painted sculptural tiers, backed by green hills under an overcast grey sky. On the left, a dark stone shrine wall with carved pillars and a sculpted figure on its roofline; painted towers rise behind it. A small purple and white logo appears at the top left.2006-09-24Photograph of a large South Indian temple complex with two towering gopurams (entrance towers) covered in carved white stone figures, seen across an open courtyard. Numerous people walk and stand in the open plaza, many men in white dhotis and shirts and women in saris in green, orange and pink. Tall floodlight poles and street lamps stand among the pillared colonnade on the right. Overcast grey sky above. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-09-24A photograph of a large South Indian temple gopuram, a tiered tower covered in carved sculptures, rising above a courtyard in Arunachaleshwara Temple. In the foreground a small ornate shrine with painted colourful tiers stands on a stone platform. Several people walk across the paved courtyard, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, some in colourful saris and salwar. A few devotees stand near the carved stone pillars on the right, and a figure in white stands at the lower right edge.2006-09-24December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A 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 2005.2005-12-25