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Exterior of a temple entrance with an ornate grey-white stone gopuram-style shrine above the doorway, a carved deity figure in a niche, and a gilded kalasha finial. Warm lamps light the open doorway where devotees climb stone steps. People in everyday clothes walk up and down, including a woman in a pink sari and a man in a white shirt. A blue signboard above reads Srivaraswami Vasati Bhavanam Guest House. Large modern cream building with blue-tinted windows stands behind.

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Blurred exterior of a temple-style guest house building with a sign reading Govindarajaswamy Guest House above a stepped entrance. A carved stone deity relief of Ganesha sits over the doorway, with lit oil lamps hanging inside the dark entrance. Several people climb or descend the stone steps, including a figure in a pink shirt and a woman in a pink sari. In the foreground, three young men in saffron/orange robes walk toward the camera, the central one smiling, with a red tilak mark visible on the left man's forehead. No one in the foreground is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance, and the scene shows ordinary devotees and ashram-linked attendees near a temple entrance.2008-09-04Evening procession on a wet paved street in front of an ornate temple gateway with a golden deity figure lit inside. A decorated elephant with a painted white forehead and a red-and-pink cloth draped over its back walks at the front, led by men in khaki uniforms. Behind it, people in white dhotis and kurtas, women in green and blue saris, and a bald older person in blue walk along the route. Two tall orange-fringed umbrellas and a lit golden structure stand beside the procession. Streetlights and loudspeakers line the road, and multi-storey buildings rise behind the temple.2008-09-04September 18 20062006-09-18A crowd of devotees descends a stone staircase at a South Indian temple entrance with a white gopuram covered in sculpted figures behind it. Men in white dhotis and white kurtas, many wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, walk down the steps. Several figures in saffron and orange robes move in the middle of the group, and a man in an orange shawl stands near the top. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at the right edge, and a yellow gate and carved stone pillars frame the left side. A large poster hangs on the gopuram wall above the gateway.2006-09-24Exterior view of a white multi-storey temple complex with pale grey cornices, a crenellated parapet and arched windows under a pale blue sky. A small entrance canopy with columns stands at the centre, with a blue signboard above it and a few distant figures near the entrance. Bare-branched trees rise behind the roofline, and a blue railing and stone steps run along the foreground.2008-09-04A photograph of the gopuram-side entrance of a South Indian temple, its tiered upper walls crowded with painted deity and figure sculptures. Strings of yellow, orange, pink and white marigold garlands hang along the front facade beneath small round lamps. Several dozen devotees and passersby, mostly in white shirts, dhotis, sarees and salwars, mill about the courtyard steps. An orange-robed figure stands near the center, and a uniformed guard appears at right beside a woman in a maroon saree. A man in a white shirt on the left and an elderly man seated on the steps add to the scene, with a blue tarpaulin and a metal lantern-style lamp at right.2006-12-04October 07 20112011-10-07Exterior photograph of a white temple colonnade with ornately carved pillars and a tiered gopuram-style superstructure above. A man in a red shirt and white trousers walks along the walkway, while a man in a yellow shirt stands in the lower left corner. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts with ritual threads stand near the pillar bases, and a bare-chested man with a sacred thread and tilak stands at the right edge. A small canopy structure and trees are visible to the right. A faint copyright overlay appears at the lower right.2009-08-08Evening procession in front of a temple gopuram with an illuminated entrance, lit by tall street lamps. A decorated elephant draped in red and gold cloth walks in the centre, while a lit palanquin or ratha with a glowing golden canopy and two tall umbrellas moves behind it. Devotees and attendants in white dhotis, khaki uniforms, and saris in blue, green, and pink fill the paved path, and a bald elderly woman in a blue sari with a bag stands at right. No clearly identifiable a person is visible; he is not evidently among the people shown. The image is blurred from motion.2008-09-04Photograph of a carved stone temple gopuram and gateway at dusk, with a stone-walled compound to the right. Several people in white dhotis and shirts walk along the stone path and steps near the entrance. Toward the right, a figure in a saffron-orange robe walks with two men in white clothing, one holding a small object. The sky is overcast. The temple architecture shows tiers of sculpted figures and small finials along the roofline.2006-09-18January 12 20072007-01-12Devotees walk across a wet paved courtyard toward a temple complex with white and cream stone architecture and blue metal crowd barriers. In the foreground a man in saffron-orange robes with a bare chest, hands folded in front, walks at centre. Beside him stands a man in orange with a pink-orange shawl and a bead necklace, and to the right a bearded man in orange robes wears glasses. Behind them, men in white dhoti-style cloths and a woman in a red sari with orange border walk along. A shrine entrance with lit lamps and a signboard in Telugu appear in the background, with a few other people beyond the barriers.2008-09-04