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A photograph in a dim temple corridor with yellow pillars bearing red Tamil text reading சிவ சிவ. In the foreground a woman in white clothing, with a white head covering and a green head cloth, bends forward sweeping the floor with a long broom. Two more people in white clothes and green head coverings stand behind her in the dark passage, and a woman in a white sari with a red border stands at the left edge. Two triangular wall recesses are visible on the pillars.

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May 22 20122012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22Three people in plain white clothing sweep a stone-paved temple courtyard with long bundled brooms. The person on the left wears a white head-wrap, white kurta and a mint-green face mask, and holds a broom upright. The woman in the centre wears a white top, white trousers, a white head-wrap and a mint-green mask, and grips a broom while a cloth shoulder bag hangs at her side. The person on the right, in white with a green mask, bends low to sweep near a pillar. Behind them, a child in red stands near an elder in white. Weathered stone columns with carved bases and a covered colonnade frame the scene, with a rope lying on the ground.2012-05-22 +1 copiesA photograph of three devotees sweeping a brick-paved courtyard with long straw brooms. The woman at left wears a white sari and a teal surgical mask and sweeps with a broom. The central figure wears a white head wrap, white kurta and white trousers, with a sash and blue shoes, carrying a broom and a bottle. The woman at right wears a white sari with a red blouse and a teal cap and mask, sweeping at the base of a yellow ochre colonnade with white-painted pillars. Dust and debris lie on the stone plinth and ground.2012-05-22A photograph of a temple colonnade where white-clad devotees sweep and clean the stone floor. A woman in white with a green head covering crouches at left, sweeping with a small broom, while a bent figure in white and a green head cloth scrubs the ground with a broom in the centre. A woman in white with a long braid holds a long-handled broom at right. A bald sannyasi in orange robes walks along the pillared corridor, carved stone pillars and a dark temple wall in the background.2012-05-22Two people sweep a dimly lit stone temple corridor with long bundled straw brooms. The figure on the right wears an all-white robe and white head cloth with a light blue face mask, and light blue striped socks. The figure on the left wears a green head cover and face mask, a red-and-white patterned sari with a brown top, and is barefoot. Granite pillars and a stone plinth line the walkway, and a bamboo pole lies on the floor in front.2012-05-22A photograph of volunteers cleaning an old reddish-stone temple corridor. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a green head covering bends low, sweeping with a broom, while beside her another woman in a white sari with a green head cloth holds a broom along a raised stone ledge. Further right a younger person in white clothing with a green head covering sweeps, and a few more people in white and orange-yellow cloth stand at the edge of the frame. Carved pillars and niches with a deity murti partly draped in white cloth line the left side, and a blue bucket sits near the right edge.2012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22Two people clean a stone-pillared temple corridor. On the left, a figure in a white shirt, cream trousers, a teal surgical cap and face mask, and a dark beaded mala sweeps the floor with a broom made of dried palm fronds. On the right, a person in a white dhoti with gold border and a teal cap and mask bends over with a hose, washing the stone floor beside a pillar carved with floral motifs. Dry leaves and debris lie on the ground near the wall.2012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22Two people in teal head coverings and face masks sweep a worn, stone-paved colonnade of an old temple-style building. The person in front, in a dark grey top with a patterned panel, white trousers and an orange shawl, bends forward with a broom, working barefoot on a raised stone platform. A second person in white clothing sweeps near a column further back. Weathered pillars with stone brackets frame a yellow-ochre wall with faded graffiti and an open doorway at right. Loose debris lies on the platform.2012-05-22May 22 20122012-05-22