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A dense crowd of devotees gathers in a temple courtyard beside a gold-coloured palanquin decorated with pink and magenta garlands, carrying a deity murti inside. Men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris including a red sari and a gold sari, and several people in saffron-orange clothing press together, many with hands raised. Painted gopuram towers rise on the left and a hill stands behind the temple walls, with a bright green signboard on the right. The scene suggests a temple procession moving through the complex.

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A dense crowd of devotees fills a stone courtyard in front of a colourful gopuram-style temple entrance, with a gold-canopied palanquin with red and pink draped trim at right. Many people in white and pastel shirts, sarees and dhotis press together, some with hands raised or taking photos. A green hill rises behind the temple. A signboard in Tamil reads a temple shrine name beside a bank sign, and a yellow-bordered sign appears at right.2009-08-06A large crowd of devotees fills a stone-paved temple courtyard, many in white dhotis and shirts, saris in pink, green and blue, and some in orange. At the right, a gilded palanquin with red and pink floral hangings and a golden canopy is carried through the crowd. A temple gopuram with painted sculptures stands at the left, and a green signboard reads Karur Vysya Bank. Hills rise behind the temple complex.2009-08-06A crowded temple courtyard in Tiruvannamalai with many devotees in white dhotis, white saris, and mixed-colour salwar and saris moving along an orange-and-white painted path. In the upper right, a golden palanquin with a canopy draped in pink and red garlands carries a deity murti, borne forward through the crowd. A gopuram with painted sculptures stands at left, and a green hill rises behind the temple buildings. A Karur Vysya Bank sign is visible on the left, and the scene reads as a temple procession with devotees.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06Crowded temple courtyard in front of a Hindu temple gopuram with colourful painted sculptures, a stone wall and a hillside behind. Dozens of devotees in white dhotis and saffron or white saris walk along a red carpet; some carry trays or flowers. A decorated golden palanquin with red canopy stands at the right, and a man in white stands on a metal ladder at the far right filming with a camera. A banner reads Thulabaram and another Palaniyandavar Sannadhi.2009-08-06A dense outdoor crowd gathers at the entrance of a stone temple with carved pillars and a sculpted gopuram-style roof lined with deity figures. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and a few wear orange or saffron cloth. Women in yellow and orange saris with flowers in their hair stand in the crowd. Behind the stone gateway stands a tall temple tower, and a smaller shrine with colourful painted spires sits to the right beside a hill. A man in a saffron-coloured garment on the left raises an arm while others push forward. A person in orange and white wears a saffron turban in the middle right. No one in the crowd is clearly identifiable as a person from this view.2006-09-24January 12 20072007-01-12A dense outdoor crowd of men and some women stands at a temple courtyard, mostly in white shirts and dhotis, with tilak marks on several foreheads. In the foreground, men in white shirts face toward the right, and a gold-coloured shrine structure with flower garlands of pink and white is visible at the right edge. Temple gopuram and columns frame the background, and a few people in orange and coloured clothing stand farther back.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06A dense outdoor crowd gathers around a golden, ornately carved palanquin-style ratha on a red-carpeted platform in front of a South Indian temple gopuram. A deity murti is seated inside the gold canopy, draped in orange and white flower garlands and gold ornaments. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts; one man in the foreground raises his arm and holds a microphone, while others in orange cloth stand nearby. White and blue pennants hang across the scene, with red and orange flags on the right. Stone colonnades and a hillside appear behind, and a police officer in khaki stands near the platform.2006-09-24Dense crowd of devotees surrounds an ornate temple shrine structure with cream-coloured carved pillars and an arched canopy draped in orange and red garlands. Inside the shrine, a deity murti is decorated with garlands and ornaments. In front, several men in white dhotis and shirts and a few in saffron or orange cloth move among the crowd, and a woman in a white sari with a flower in her hair stands at centre. Gopuram-style temple towers with painted sculptures rise behind the shrine, and small stalls with blue and pink tarpaulins line the left edge.2006-09-24