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Devotees stand with palms pressed together in prayer inside a temple hall with grey stone pillars and a painted, colourful ceiling band. A sign above reads Arulmigu Swami Iyyappan Shrine. In the foreground a man in an orange robe with a garland and a man in an orange robe with a gold necklace fold their hands, while a man in a striped polo shirt, a man in a light blue shirt, a woman in an orange sari and others stand behind a metal railing. A small shrine with a deity murti and white cloth is visible at right, and a yellow cloth lies on a stone ledge.

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October 12 20122012-10-12A photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and dim lighting, where a group stands with hands pressed in anjali. In the centre, a man in orange robes and an orange shawl with a gold necklace stands with palms joined. Beside him, a bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his torso holds a lamp area in a white dhoti. On the right, a person in orange robes and a gold necklace presses palms together, and another in orange with a rudraksha mala and a headscarf stands nearby. A woman in a green and gold sari with gold bangles folds her hands on the left, and several men in white dhotis and a uniformed officer in khaki stand in the background.2009-01-14October 12 20122012-10-12Photograph inside a dim temple hall at night, with a sign in Tamil script reading Arulmigu Swami Iyyappan Shrine above a small shrine containing a deity murti. Several men in saffron-orange robes and gold garlands stand in front, looking upward. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair and a long orange robe and layered gold necklaces is a person by appearance, with a shaved-headed companion beside him. Men in white dhotis and shirts and a bare-shouldered man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stand among the crowd. Pillars, a lamp and a painted wall frame the scene.2012-04-05A photograph inside a stone-pillared temple corridor, with carved columns and dim lamplight. A group of about a dozen people stands in a line, many in saffron-orange robes with red borders, several wearing gold-toned pendant necklaces and sacred ash markings on their foreheads. A bare-chested man in white dhoti stands with palms pressed together in front, his body marked with white ash stripes. A woman in a green and purple saree stands at left with her hands folded. Several men in white shirts and a uniformed police officer stand in the background. A yellow stone or metal block sits at the right edge beside a pillar. The group appears to be offering prayers while visiting the temple.2009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14April 05 20122012-04-05January 12 20072007-01-12April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05Photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars and a painted ceiling, crowded with devotees. At centre, a man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with a gold-flower garland on his head and gold chains and rudraksha beads around his neck, stands with palms joined in añjali, gazing upward. Beside him, a bald man wears an orange shawl and a long pale bead necklace with a gold pendant. On the right, a young man in an orange robe wears a gold-bead garland. A bare-chested man at left holds a plate with offerings. Several white-clad men and women stand around them. Appearance-based a person is the central figure with the flower garland and rudraksha cues, shown in person amid devotees.2012-05-07A crowded photograph inside a stone temple hall with dark granite pillars and a tiled ceiling. A sign reading Arulmigu Swami Iyyappan Shrine hangs on the pillar. A man in a crisp white dhoti and gold necklace stands center-right with hands folded in namaskar, wearing an orange-saffron garment over his shoulders with a gold-and-beaded necklace and gold armlets; he has long swept-back dark hair, a vertical white-and-red tilak on his forehead and a crown-like ornament, and is the appearance-based Swamiji (probable) candidate. Beside him, a bare-chested man with a shaved head, a white vibhuti mark and red and white beaded malas stands in saffron cloth. Around them, saffron-robed men and devotees in white shirts press forward toward a shrine, and a metal railing lines the walkway. A wooden table with a cloth and flowers sits at right.2011-12-20