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A crowded temple corridor with ornately carved grey stone pillars and brackets on the left and right. Devotees queue closely in a long line through the passage. A man in a white kurta wears a yellow shawl draped over his shoulders and rudraksha beads, standing near the left. A woman with glasses wears a white sari with a gold border and a mala. Bare-chested men in dhotis stand in the line, and women wear red, blue and pink saris with jasmine flowers in their hair.

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April 29 20182018-04-29A crowded photograph inside a stone temple corridor with weathered carved pillars and a sunlit doorway behind. A man in white dhoti and shirt on the left holds a metal bucket on a rope. A cluster of devotees fills the passage: two young men in white with yellow scarves at centre, women in saris and salwar kameez, and a man in an orange shirt with a rudraksha mala in the lower right, partly visible and wearing glasses.2009-07-13A photograph of a crowd walking through a stone temple colonnade with carved pillars and a dark doorway opening onto a distant courtyard. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and saffron robe, wearing a long garland of yellow and white flowers and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, walks with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, a woman in a blue sari with yellow blouse, and a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and bead mala move through the procession. Loudspeakers are mounted on the pillars. The visible people number more than twenty.2006-09-24A photograph inside a stone temple colonnade, with dark granite walls and carved pillars, showing a dense crowd of devotees moving through the passage. A man in the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl and an orange turban-style cloth, with rudraksha malas around his neck, and presses his palms together in namaste. Around him, many men wear white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas, and some wear red or saffron cloths. One person in the foreground wears a grey cap printed with text. Ornate carved pillars and a gopuram-style structure appear in the background, with a loudspeaker mounted on a pillar at upper left. This appears to be a procession or devotional visit at a temple, with devotees gathering around the central figure in saffron.2007-01-12July 13 20092009-07-13April 29 20182018-04-29A crowded photograph inside a stone temple passage at Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border wears a rudraksha mala and white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms. Beside him, a man in a white shirt with a pen in his pocket walks past, and to the right a woman in a red sari with gold jewellery and a yellow flower in her hair smiles. A uniformed policeman in khaki stands at the right edge beside a carved stone pillar. Behind them, devotees in orange, white and red clothing crowd the corridor toward a gateway, and a bald man in the bottom right corner is partially visible. Watermarked copyright text appears at the lower right.2011-05-17April 05 20122012-04-05June 05 20122012-06-05A dense crowd of devotees fills a long, pillared temple hall lit by overhead tube lights, with a yellow railing on the left. Many people wear red, orange and white garments: a man in a red shirt in the foreground, women in red and orange saris, and men in white dhotis and shirts. Some raise hands in reverence, and a few appear to be sitting or standing along the pillars. The atmosphere is one of packed darshan, with people pressed close together. A small purple logo appears at the top left. The image has an overlay reading 2020 Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam and a source credit to2010-12-29May 08 20122012-05-08July 13 20092009-07-13