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Night photograph of a temple shrine entrance with a white facade, blue signboard reading Sri Chakrathalvarkanni, and a striped red-and-white wall at left. A figure in a bright orange-red robe and orange turban stands at the center of the entrance steps, surrounded by people in white dhotis and white shirts, some bare-chested. A bare-chested older man in a green-and-blue checked dhoti stands at left, facing the shrine. Decorative deity figures and a kalasha-like finial crown the roof. Greenish sculpted figures sit on the parapet above.

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August 02 20082008-08-02Night 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 05 20122012-04-05A photograph taken inside a temple hall at night, with a crowd of devotees standing along a stone pillar beneath a row of painted deity panels. In the centre, a figure in an orange-saffron robe and a matching orange turban wears a long garland of white and pink flowers with green and red blooms. Their appearance, with long hair and the saffron robe, is consistent with the sannyasi candidate, though this is uncertain. Beside them a bare-chested young man in a brown wrap and an older man in a teal checked lungi stand with hands folded. Men in white dhotis and shirts surround them, and a camera operator is visible at the right edge. The composition is cluttered and the saffron figure's identity is not clear from the image.2007-08-17October 07 20112011-10-07August 17 20072007-08-17A photograph of a crowd walking across a dim, pillared hall at night, with a bright tube light on the right. A tall man with a shaved head, bare-chested and wearing a teal and green checked lungi, walks barefoot near the centre, flanked by men in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing lanyards or badges. On the left a man in a white shirt and dark trousers holds a red bottle. Further back a figure in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban, with a beaded necklace, stands out in the crowd, and a woman in white with a colourful rosette badge walks at the right edge. Roughly a dozen or more people are visible.2007-08-17November 12 20102010-11-12A 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.2007-08-17Night 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.2007-08-17Night photograph of a procession walking barefoot along a paved temple path lined with red-and-white striped walls. At the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe and matching orange turban wears a long garland of pink and white flowers and walks with a bare chest visible beneath the robe's wrap. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and red lanyards, walk alongside a woman in a white sari with a yellow border and a floral garland. A man in a white shirt and belt walks in the right foreground, and more people in white move through the background near the temple walls.2007-08-17March 11 20182018-03-11