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A photograph inside a temple entrance beneath a red signboard reading Arulmigu Madhuravalli Thayar. A central figure in orange-red ochre robes with a long mala and a white necklace and a forehead band, with hands held together, walks forward through the gateway. Next to him stands another man in orange robes with a bare shaved head and a rudraksha mala. Painted green and gold guardian pillars with carved animal figures frame the doorway, and a black cloth hangs on the left. Around them devotees and attendants in white shirts and dhotis, plus a man in an olive shirt, crowd the threshold.

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May 31 20122012-05-31Photo 11730914A photo at a temple doorway with a red signboard reading Tamil text above the entrance. Ornate green and red painted carved pillars with elephant-headed figures flank a dark shrine entrance hung with chains. A uniformed police officer in khaki with a cap under his arm walks forward, followed by several men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a yellow-brown shirt and others in plain clothes. A figure in orange robes stands partly visible in the dim interior. A brass lamp stand stands at right. The scene is set in a South Indian temple entrance.2012-05-31May 31 20122012-05-31Dim interior of a South Indian temple with ornate painted carved pillars showing elephant-headed and lion-like guardian figures in green, red and gold. A crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis and a few women move through a narrow passage. At centre, a man with a white-and-orange head band and a long saffron-orange robe holds a rudraksha mala in his hands, and beside him another man in orange robes with a shaved head walks in the procession. Overhead a fluorescent light glows above a doorway, and a hanging chain runs across the top of the frame.2012-05-31Photograph inside a stone temple corridor at night. A man in an orange-red robe and orange turban, wearing a long garland of white and pink flowers and green leaves, walks forward with his face lifted upward. Beside him a shirtless young man in a gold-brown cloth and white dhoti walks barefoot. Behind them devotees in white dhotis and shirts follow, one bearded man wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala. A tall gopuram-style corridor opens behind, with painted stucco figures and a Vaishnava-style vertical tilak symbol above the doorway. Tamil notice boards hang on the pillars.2007-08-17June 05 20122012-06-05Several men walk through a stone temple corridor lit by warm lamps, with garlands and colourful striped pillars at the entrance. Two central figures wear saffron-orange robes with gold or beaded necklaces and tilaka marks on their foreheads; one carries a ceremonial gold vessel. Men in white dhotis and a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style mala stand around them, while two women in blue and light-blue salwar kameez stand at left near a carved stone pillar. The floor bears colourful floral kolam designs. Appearance-based identity is uncertain, so the central figure is described by role only.2012-05-10February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07May 10 20122012-05-10May 08 20122012-05-08