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Night photograph of a crowd gathered outside a Tamil temple entrance beneath a yellow-orange banner. The banner shows printed deity images with flower decorations and Tamil script naming the Tiruvenneeswarar temple. Many devotees stand close together, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, along with women in saris, including a woman in a pale green sari and a woman in a brown patterned sari holding a plastic bag. A man in a blue shirt stands in front. Bamboo poles and a white cloth barrier frame the entrance. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.

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October 13 20062006-10-13Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees gathered under a yellow and red banner at a temple entrance. The banner, in Tamil, announces a Thiruvenieswarar temple in Pondicherry, with painted deity images at each end. Wooden poles frame the gate. Women and girls wear saris and salwar in orange, red, pink, blue and green, many with vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads and flowers in their hair. A man in a white shirt stands centre, and an elderly woman in a magenta sari is in the foreground. A young girl in an orange and red dress holds an offering near a small child carried on a hip. Several children are visible in the crowd.2006-10-13Night outdoor gathering of a large crowd of devotees standing and folding their hands in prayer in front of a bamboo-framed arch. A bright orange banner hangs across the top, bearing Tamil text and printed illustrations of deity figures. Many women wear sarees in yellow, red, blue and pink, while men wear white shirts and dhotis. Several people hold small printed pictures or booklets. The scene is lit by warm artificial light against darkness, with bamboo poles and a corrugated white fence at the right edge.2006-10-13Night photograph at the entrance of a Tamil temple, the Thiruvenaiswarar temple in Pondicherry, under a yellow and red banner decorated with painted deity images and flower garlands. Two women stand in the foreground: the left wears a purple sari and glasses, the right a lavender and cream sari. Several men in white shirts and dhotis stand and walk among other visitors in the lit courtyard beyond the arch. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person; the scene shows a temple gate with devotees.2006-10-13October 13 20062006-10-13October 13 20062006-10-13April 17 20112011-04-17October 13 20062006-10-13January 08 20102010-01-08Night photograph of a festival pathway lined with two rows of tall green banana plants, their fruit visible, under strings of small bulbs and a striped cloth canopy in red, orange, white and purple. Crowds of devotees walk along the lane; many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while a woman in a red and gold sari and a woman in a yellow garment stand nearby. On the right, a banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a framed portrait; on the left, a blue signboard reads Dhyanapeetam Tiruvannamalai. Stalls and lights line the route.2010-01-08Night photograph of a crowded procession or queue at an outdoor temple-side street lit by street lamps. Many people in white shirts and dhotis, women in red, orange and yellow saris with flowers in their hair, and a young man in a bright red shirt walk between rows of wooden poles and bamboo barriers. A woman at left carries a metal vessel. A thatched-roof hall to the right displays a long white banner with Tamil script, and a large painted deity image with red garlands hangs on a board in the background.2011-04-17April 17 20112011-04-17