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A crowded photograph at the carved stone gateway of a South Indian temple, with tall ornamented granite walls on both sides and green wrought-iron gates swung open. Dense crowds of devotees move through the passage toward a gopuram visible in the distance. Many wear white dhotis and shirts, while several women wear yellow and green saris. Yellow metal barriers line the walkway on the left, and a few people in the foreground are seen from behind. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible, so no candidate is named.

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A dense crowd of men and some women moves through a stone temple gateway toward a tall gopuram visible in the distance. Several musicians in white dhotis and shirts play brass horns and trumpets near the centre, and a man in a saffron-orange turban stands among them. A uniformed police officer in khaki walks beside the procession. Many people wear white, beige and checked shirts, and a few have sacred marks on their foreheads. A long yellow cloth or pole is carried on the left. Blue-painted gates stand open on either side of the arch, and carved stone panels line the walls.2006-09-24A dense crowd fills a stone temple gateway with carved pillars, moving toward a tall gopuram visible in the distance beyond a hillside. In the centre, men in white dhotis and shirts carry handheld megaphones and a long yellow cloth, with a man in an orange cloth near the middle. A man in white with a camera on his shoulder films the procession. Onlookers, children and a uniformed police officer in a khaki cap line the passage. Devotional procession with ratha-yatra style movement through a temple entrance.2006-09-24A dense crowd of men moves through a large stone temple gateway with carved pillars and a green barred gate above. Most wear white shirts and dhotis, some in checked or striped shirts. A man in the centre foreground near the crowd carries or blows a brass horn, and several in the procession wear saffron or yellow shawls. Yellow metal barricades line the left side of the entrance. Beyond the gate a temple tower and trees are visible in daylight. Several dozen people are visible, with many partially cropped at the frame edges.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.2006-09-24January 12 20072007-01-12September 23 20062006-09-23A crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts, many wearing orange or saffron shawls and green-beaded neck cords, walks through a long colonnaded corridor of grey stone pillars toward a gateway. A man in the centre wears a saffron-orange robe and has a shaved head, standing out among the white-clad devotees. Beyond the arch, a white gopuram with ornate sculpted tiers rises above the temple entrance, and a rocky hill stands behind it under a pale sky. A signboard above the corridor carries Tamil text. Some devotees carry small yellow and red items as they move in a procession-like flow.2006-09-24Photograph 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.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 large crowd of mostly men in white clothes gathers in front of a massive carved stone temple gateway with tiered gopuram-style towers and sculpted pillars. Beneath a colourful, multi-coloured canopy with festive banners, a group carries a palanquin-style procession ahead of the entrance, with umbrellas and a decorated ceremonial structure in the center. A distant tall temple tower is visible through the dark gateway opening. Many devotees stand close together in the foreground, some in white shirts and dhotis.2006-09-24January 12 20072007-01-12Photograph looking through a large stone gateway of a temple towards a tall white gopuram tower rising against green hills. Iron grille gates are visible in the arch, with a bare bulb and wires hanging across the opening. In the foreground, a crowd of people includes a man in a teal turban at lower left and a man in a white shirt at lower right, with others in yellow and white clothing further back. A smaller white shrine and a tree sit in the middle distance, and a few yellow barricades appear at the bottom edge.2006-09-23