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Night photo inside a stone-pillared temple hall at Arunachaleshwara, Tiruvannamalai, with a large dark elephant draped in a red cloth standing in the centre. Around it a crowd of devotees and temple attendants in white dhotis and saris moves past. A bald man in a white T-shirt reading SEA and blue jeans walks close to the elephant, and a bespectacled man in a checked shirt stands at right. Ornate carved columns and gilded shrine panels frame the scene under warm lights.

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January 02 20082008-01-02A grey elephant stands in a stone temple colonnade with carved pillars, its trunk raised toward a man in a checked red and white shirt who holds a stick and reaches up to the elephant's head. A bell hangs from the elephant's trunk tip. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts, one woman in a blue top and white sari, walk along the dark stone floor between the columns. A tilaka mark is visible on the elephant's forehead. A Tamil shop signboard appears in the background.2007-01-12July 13 20092009-07-13Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamSeptember 11 20122012-09-11 +2 copiesAugust 06 20092009-08-06Night photograph inside a temple hall lined with stone pillars, a blue sign reading திருச்சுற்று மண்டபம் above the entrance. A dense crowd of devotees moves forward, many men wearing orange and saffron dhotis or shirts with rudraksha and flower garlands. Uniformed police in khaki stand among them, and a man in a green sports shirt walks in front. Festive lights and garlands decorate the hall, and a screen shows the temple in the background. No individual is identifiable as a person from visible cues in this frame.2017-02-06September 23 20122012-09-23A photograph inside a stone temple hall with rows of carved granite pillars receding into the dim background. A large grey elephant with white painted markings on its face and trunk dominates the right side, its trunk raised toward the crowd. Around it, a group of people in saffron and orange robes walk together. A woman in an orange sari with a gold necklace stands with hands pressed in namaskar, and beside her an older man in orange holds his palms together. Other people in white shirts and dhotis, and a man in a khaki shirt near the elephant's legs, move through the crowd, some with red tilak on their foreheads.2009-01-15A photograph of a long, pillared temple corridor with a blue painted ceiling and carved stone pillars topped with rearing horse-like sculptures. A procession of many people walks down the corridor, mostly in white dhotis, white kurtas and traditional saris, with a few women in orange and printed saris. A bare-chested man in a dhoti near the right carries a lit oil lamp. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari and a woman in a pale wrap with a yellow lanyard and beaded mala walk ahead. On the right, a decorated elephant draped in red, yellow and blue embroidered cloth passes close to the camera, with a handler in a teal shirt holding a stick beside it.2009-07-13A photograph at the entrance of a temple with a painted, sculpted gopuram gateway and a sign reading Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple. A tall gray elephant with a colorful tasseled headdress stands at the right edge. In the center, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands near the doorway while a woman in a white sari with a red border stands before a man in white ritual clothes whose back is turned, a figure in orange robes is at the left. Several men in shirts and dhotis stand around the entrance, including one in a yellow shirt and red-bordered dhoti and another in an orange-and-green garment at the right. A bright interior corridor with lights is visible through the open doorway. a person is not identifiable in this image.2009-08-08A photograph of an elephant with a rope around its neck and a man in a pink-and-white checked shirt holding its side at a stone temple entrance. A crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some women in saris, gathers in the doorway. One central figure has a saffron turban and orange robe; another bare-chested man in an orange dhoti holds a garland of flowers. Several people raise their hands in greeting, and a cameraman films on the right. The gateway has carved stone pillars and a rangoli design on the ground.2006-09-24