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A photograph of a crowded temple entrance corridor with ornately carved grey stone pillars and a green-and-white canvas canopy overhead. Pilgrims in white dhotis and saffron shawls walk through a gated passage beneath a dry palm-leaf decoration. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands near the barriers, and a woman in a yellow sari and an elderly man in a red turban are at the right. Signboards read East Tower Entrance and a cell phone notice, with yellow barrier rails and a green directional sign in the foreground.

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April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesA photograph inside a stone-pillared temple corridor with carved columns and ornate brackets. A blue and white sign reads 'Tower Entrance' with Tamil text above it, and a red and yellow barrier with a Tamil sign stands at the left. Several devotees walk toward the camera; a woman in a red saree and a man in a white shirt are prominent in the centre, and others in white dhotis and mixed clothing move through the passage. A metal gate with decorative scrollwork lines the path, and dried palm fronds hang on the right. Pedestrian crowd is visible, with a figure partly seen at the right edge.2018-04-28Evening crowd at the East Tower Entrance of a South Indian temple, beneath a long white canopy with red and blue trim and hanging floral strings. Devotees and men in white dhotis and shirts move through metal barricades, and a uniformed police officer stands at the right. A woman in a red sari and another in a pink sari walk near the center, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands among them. Green and white directional signs point to the entrance, with a Tamil-language sign reading East Tower Entrance on a board. Illuminated pillars and a lit inner hall are visible beyond.2018-04-28A 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.2006-09-24July 24 20122012-07-24Photo 11730891 +1 copiesA 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 photograph of the ornately carved stone entrance of a South Indian temple gopuram passage, with a orange banner reading AMMANI AMMAN GOPURAM hung across the carved gateway. A large crowd of devotees fills the courtyard in front: women in saris and white and orange garments, and men in white dhotis and shirts, some in saffron-orange robes. A man in white kneels on the stone floor near yellow crowd-control barriers, and a loudspeaker hangs above the gate. Several people in the crowd hold cameras or phones.2010-01-08Photograph of the carved stone gateway of a South Indian temple, with a tall gopuram visible through the inner passage. In the foreground a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts moves through the entrance. A figure in saffron-orange robes walks near the centre, with a shaved or close-cropped head, carrying no visible objects, in the crowd of white-clad devotees. A man in the lower right wears a checked shirt and a red tilak mark on his forehead. A yellow wooden pole stands at the left edge beside a notice board with printed Tamil text. Ornate granite sculptures of deities and pillars decorate the gateway walls.2007-01-12Photo 11733788 +1 copies