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Night scene under a decorated tent canopy with patterned fabric and striped banners hung from wooden poles, one bearing a white dove emblem. A dense crowd of devotees presses toward a table of white and pink flower garlands in the foreground. Many women wear white saris with gold borders, some in green or blue saris, with beaded necklaces and bangles. Men in white shirts and trousers stoop and reach forward, offering flowers and small items. Several people hold up small containers and cups. Electric lights glow at the tent edge.

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January 12 20072007-01-12A dense crowd of men, women and children stands and sits under a decorated tent with a patterned red and gold ceiling and striped hanging cloth columns. Many women wear white or pastel saris, and several girls have flowers in their hair. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and white dhoti, with a small badge on his chest, stands among the people while another man in white raises an arm. Lower left, a large heap of white and orange flowers lies on the ground beside a sheaf of golden grain. A string of small flags hangs across the back of the tent and electric lights glow overhead.2007-01-12Night outdoor festival scene under a decorated tent with patterned red and maroon canopy and hanging banners in red, blue and yellow. A large crowd of mostly women in white and pastel saris, some with red blouses, stands shoulder to shoulder behind a dense arrangement of brass pots and kalasha-style vessels garlanded with white flowers and green leaves, with lit oil lamps among them. A young girl in a blue dress sits at the lower right near the lamps. Strings of small pennant flags and string lights frame the scene. No identifiable person is clearly visible at the front of the crowd in the frame.2007-01-12March 11 20172017-03-11A large open-sided pavilion at night filled with seated women in white and cream sarees, many with coloured borders in orange, red and yellow. Rows of brass oil lamps (vilakku) are lit on banana-leaf plates with flowers and offerings on the floor, in a vilakku pooja. Several women press their palms together in prayer, and a girl in white with a rudraksha mala sits at right. Tall painted pillars with dove motifs and orange hanging bunting frame the hall, and a faint smoky haze hangs in the air. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-12-31January 01 20072007-01-01March 11 20172017-03-11 +1 copiesJuly 03 20142014-07-03June 22 20082008-06-22March 11 20172017-03-11Night-time crowd at a temple event, with devotees in white dhotis and white saris standing close together. A woman in a yellow and multicoloured floral sari carries a metal pot on her head at the upper right. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti wears a lanyard and a ribbon badge, and a woman in an orange blouse and white sari holds a small brass vessel. Men in orange saffron shawls appear at left, and a bald older man in white stands at right. Lower foreground shows a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari holding a purple cloth, and a man at left holding white cloth. Lights glow in the background.2007-02-16A photograph of a crowded outdoor procession under a corrugated metal roof at a temple-style pavilion. Many women and girls in white saris and white dhotis-style clothing carry brass pots and vessels with yellow flowers on their heads and in their hands, moving forward together. Tall cylindrical banners in red, blue and cream patterns stand along the sides, with orange triangular flags strung overhead and decorated ornamental umbrellas with fringed borders. A bald elderly man in white clothing stands at the left edge, partly visible, and devotees in orange and saffron garments are among the crowd. The scene appears to be a devotional procession with pot-carrying devotees.2006-12-31