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Outdoor photo at a large South Indian temple courtyard with tall, sculpted gopuram towers in the background. A small open pavilion with pillars stands at left, and a golden palanquin with a domed canopy and pink-and-white draping is carried through the crowd along an orange-red runner. Many people in white dhotis, saris in blue and orange, and orange-robed devotees walk around it, while a few stand in the foreground and a yellow barrier sits at right.

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Photograph of a temple courtyard with tall, ornately carved white gopuram towers in the background, one on the left and one on the right. A small golden canopied palanquin with red and white fringe stands in the centre, surrounded by a crowd of devotees. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts, some in orange and others in colourful saris and kurtas. Orange-red ceremonial carpet runners cross the stone-paved courtyard, and a yellow barrier is visible at the right edge. Light pillars and a street lamp stand nearby under a pale sky.2009-08-06Wide photograph of the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tiruvannamalai, with a tall white gopuram tower with sculpted figures rising behind a stone pillared mandapa. A golden palanquin-style canopy sits on the paved courtyard beside orange ceremonial carpet strips. Scattered devotees in white dhotis, saffron and red saris walk and stand around the courtyard. A saffron-robed priest in a dhoti stands on the path, and a man in white stands at left near a notice board. Metal lamps and a stone lamp stand at right.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06Exterior view of a large Hindu temple gopuram, the tall pyramidal tower covered in white-painted sculpted figures and tiers, rising above a pillared stone mandapam. Crowds of visitors walk across a stone courtyard with orange-coloured runner strips. Men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris, and a uniformed police officer in khaki are visible. Floodlight poles and a small shrine with a colourful roof stand at the left. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06A large crowd in a temple courtyard at Arunachaleswara temple, with a gopuram tower behind. At centre, a golden palanquin with red and pink draping carries a deity murti adorned with flowers. Many people in white traditional clothes, some in orange shawls and orange sashes, walk around it. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a bead mala stands near the centre. A man in a cream shirt with an orange shawl holds up a camera and photographs the procession. Women in red and orange saris are visible at right, and stone pillars line the courtyard.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06October 12 20122012-10-12October 12 20122012-10-12December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A crowd of devotees stands in an open courtyard before a large white gopuram of a South Indian temple, with a pink-washed colonnaded hall on the left. Many people press their palms together in prayer or look up toward the tower. Men wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, one man in a green shirt and dhoti is at left, and a man in a white kurta with a red-banded cloth stands centre. Women wear sarees in pink, green and blue, and a woman at right has flowers in her hair. Two people in the front row hold flower garlands. Clear overcast sky above, with a street lamp pole in the foreground.2010-01-08