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Night photograph of a crowd gathered in a dim, tree-lined temple approach before a gateway tower decorated with painted deity panels and a blue-and-white painted mural. In the centre, a figure seen from behind wears an orange saffron wrap and a large orange turban with a flower garland, facing the temple entrance. Around them stand devotees in white shirts and white dhotis, a woman in a white sari and others in pale and colourful clothing, many with lanyards. A few people at left are bare-chested with wrapped cloth at the waist. The entrance beyond is dark, with lamplight inside.

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Night photograph at a temple entrance lit by a single hanging lamp. In the centre, a figure seen from behind wears an orange turban, an orange shawl and an orange dhoti, with a white flower garland around the neck and a flower bundle in hand. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, a woman in a white sari, and others in pink, blue and grey stand facing the gate. A shirtless young man at left wears a brown cloth wrap. The painted gopuram-style entrance above shows a sage figure with a child, framed by colourful floral panels. A blue sign with a painted deity stands at left. Hindu worshippers gathered for a temple visit or darshan.2007-08-17April 04 20082008-04-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Evening photograph of a procession walking through a stone temple gateway with carved pillars. In the centre, a figure in an orange-saffron robe and matching orange turban wears a long garland of white, pink and green flowers and a gold-toned necklace, walking barefoot with hands folded. Around him, men and women wear white dhotis, mundus and sarees, some with rudraksha malas and forehead markings. A shirtless young man in a brown cloth wrap and white dhoti walks at right, and a boy in white kurta with a white cloth over his head walks at lower right. The stone pillars and a dim lamp frame the scene.2007-08-17July 29 20082008-07-29A photograph inside a stone temple corridor with granite pillars and painted walls showing deity panels in framed niches. A man in an orange-saffron robe and matching orange turban, wearing a long garland of flowers, walks barefoot across the stone floor. Beside him a bare-chested man in a dhoti walks ahead of a group of boys and young men dressed in white with rudraksha-style necklaces, and a woman in a pale sari. On the right an older bare-chested man in a green-and-blue checked cloth stands near a pillar, and a boy in white stands behind him. The saffron-clad figure has no clearly distinctive a person cues beyond the orange robe and turban, so identity is uncertain.2007-08-17July 29 20082008-07-29April 05 20122012-04-05October 07 20112011-10-07August 02 20082008-08-02July 29 20082008-07-29February 07 20172017-02-07