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Wide view of a stone-paved temple courtyard beside a multi-storey pink and cream colonnaded hall with a rocky hill and palm trees behind it. A gopuram tower rises at the upper left. In the centre a small open stone pavilion with a flat roof stands on the paving. A man in white dhoti and an orange-striped shoulder bag walks across the courtyard. Other people are scattered across the scene, including a figure in white near a bamboo barrier at left, two children in light clothing, a man in a striped shirt at right, and a figure bent low near puddles on the stone floor. Small shrine towers with pink walls appear at the right edge.

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A photograph of a temple complex with a large white gopuram (tower) rising above palm trees against a forested hill. In the foreground, a pink-painted shrine with grey stone pillars and a painted panel of a standing female figure in red and yellow sari. A paved courtyard with two women in saris walking, one in orange and one in red, near a low fence. Ornamental finials and a carved animal head on the pink wall to the right. Strings of lights run across the sky.2006-09-24October 12 20122012-10-12August 06 20092009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-061988 - Ochre Robe Given by Arunagiri YogishwaraPhotograph 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.2006-09-24September 09 20112011-09-09September 26 20112011-09-26Outdoor 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 of a large temple gopuram (tower) covered in white stucco sculptures of deities and figures, rising above a long pink-and-grey colonnaded corridor with arched pillars. Behind the tower a rocky, green-scrubbed hill rises under a pale sky, with palm trees at the left and right. Yellow signboards and a metal railing are visible at the lower edge near the corridor. No people are visible in the scene.2006-09-24August 17 20122012-08-17Photograph 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.2006-09-24