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Photograph of the west tower entrance of a yellow-painted temple gateway, with the signboard reading WEST TOWER ENTRANCE above the dark passage. Two uniformed police officers in khaki stand inside the gate. In the foreground, a woman in a red sari and a woman in a red and gold sari walk past, with a small child beside them, while a man in a striped shirt stands at left and a motorcyclist in a white shirt rides at lower left. A dark auto-rickshaw sits in the right foreground. A blue information board hangs on the right pillar and a small Sri Vinayagar shrine sign is at upper left.

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A photograph of the west tower entrance of a yellow-painted temple gateway, with a sign reading "West Tower Entrance" above a dark passage. Green leafy garlands are strung across the top of the gateway. Several people walk past: a man in a white shirt on the left, two women in red and patterned saris carrying a pink plastic bag, and a man in white with an orange shawl near a parked vehicle at right. Uniformed police officers stand inside the passage. A blue sign on the left reads Sri Vinayagar Sannidhi, and a larger blue board on the right gives temple information.2009-01-14Photograph of the west tower entrance of a yellow-painted temple gateway, with a sign reading "West Tower Entrance" in English and Tamil above the dark passage. Leafy green garland-like foliage is strung across the top of the entrance. To the left, a blue signboard with red and white Tamil lettering marks a shrine, and a small iron-grilled window sits beside it. In the foreground, a blurred black auto-rickshaw canopy partly blocks the view. A man with a white-striped forehead and a striped shirt stands at the lower left near the steps, with a bag over his shoulder. Two other partial figures appear at the right edge. A blue information board with white text is mounted on the right side.2009-01-14Photograph of a temple gateway passage in Thiruvanaikaval, with dark stone pillars and a gated walkway leading inward. Two figures in saffron-orange robes walk toward the camera; the one on the left has long hair and a beard and the one beside him wears a longer orange robe, with a pale-clothed group of devotees in white dhotis and shirts following behind. A man in a striped shirt stands at right beside a shop with a teal panel, and a man in a white shirt stands at left beside a red pole. A banner on the left shows portraits of several men with Tamil text. Appearance-based label: a person is the robed figure with long hair in saffron clothing walking in the centre, but the image does not confirm this clearly.2009-08-01A group walks down a stone-floored temple corridor lined with iron grilles and painted pillars showing female deity figures in yellow and red. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and a dark-haired saffron-robed sadhu lead a procession, with a man in white dhoti and white shirt, a man in a striped yellow shirt, and a uniformed police officer in khaki following. A woman in a blue sari with floral print stands in the foreground, and a woman in green sari walks on the left. Fruit offerings are displayed at the right. Black Tamil-language signboards hang on the walls.2012-09-11August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A photograph taken at dusk inside a stone temple corridor with pink-sandstone pillars carved with floral and figural motifs. Above the entrance arch sits a painted deity panel with several figures. Men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a blue shirt, walk and stand in the foreground, while a man in a checked shirt and others move through the passage. Shops with yellow STD signs and hanging signboards line the right side. Beyond an orange iron gate, a crowd gathers inside the shrine area with lights glowing.2006-10-24A photograph of a large carved stone temple gateway, a tall gopuram with tiered sculpted niches and figures, its arched entrance opening onto a paved courtyard. Several people walk across the pavement in front of the gate, including a man in a white dhoti and women in saris, and a young girl in white. Yellow metal barricades with red banners line the right side, and a man in a white shirt sits on a motorbike at the left edge. Evening light warms the stone. No a person candidate is visible in this scene.2012-05-16August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A photograph of people walking through the pillared corridor of a South Indian temple, with carved stone columns and a bright doorway ahead. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a long gold-coloured necklace walks at the front of a group, a person candidate by appearance, though the cues are not conclusive enough for a firm identification. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts, orange-robed attendants, a man in a blue striped shirt, and a woman in a black sari with a broom stand or walk on the stone floor. Metal barricades and notice boards with yellow and green posters line the walls, including a board reading annadhanam in Tamil.2009-08-01August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01August 06 20092009-08-06July 24 20122012-07-24