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A crowded photograph of devotees pressing toward the entrance of a temple, with a gate and stone pillars at the centre. Many people in white dhotis, white shirts and saris, along with women in pink, red and yellow saris, fill the frame, some with hands folded in namaste. Blue signboards and small placards line the walls. No candidate for a person is clearly visible among the crowd.

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October 27 20062006-10-27October 27 20062006-10-27A blurred evening photograph of a crowd of devotees gathered at the entrance of a temple, lit by warm golden lamplight from inside the doorway. Many people stand with hands folded in prayer, with sacred marks on their foreheads. Men wear white dhotis and shirts, women wear sarees in red, pink, yellow and green, and a young child in white stands near the front. Figures in the background move through the lit doorway. Blue painted pillars frame the entrance, and yellow and white notices hang on the walls.2006-10-25April 29 20122012-04-29October 27 20062006-10-27A large crowd of men and women in white shirts and dhotis, plus some in colourful saris and shawls, streams out of a dark temple gateway flanked by painted pillars with rearing lion-like figures. A thin smoke or incense haze drifts near the entrance. A man in the foreground wears a dark grey jacket and a rudraksha mala, and holds beads. A man at left carries a camera. On the right stands a small shop with a blue facade and a white car. Police in khaki uniform stand near the gate. The date stamp 27 10 2006 appears in the lower right corner.2006-10-27Crowd of devotees at night gathered in a street during a procession, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. Foreground includes a man in white shirt and white dhoti, a woman in white saree with pink-maroon border, a young boy in white shirt with hands joined, a woman in orange blouse, and a man in white shirt with a small red tilak on his forehead. Background shows a large crowd, some in white, others in colourful sarees.2006-10-24Night photo of a crowd of villagers gathered outside a blue-painted temple entrance at a festival procession. The temple gateway has green ornamental trim and a sign reading Sri Muthumariyamman Alayam, with a leafy green canopy above. Men in checked shirts and white dhotis, a boy in a bright blue t-shirt and women in saris, including one in a green blouse and a maroon-and-black sari carrying a small child, stand closely packed, looking toward the temple. A red flag is visible at the right edge.2006-10-16Photograph of a large crowd of devotees gathered outdoors in front of a temple entrance at dusk, with orange-lit shrine doors behind them. Several men in front are bare-chested and wear white dhotis, with white vibhuti horizontal marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks; they stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the centre with hands folded, and a man at right in a yellow cloth and white dhoti also holds his hands together. Women in saris, including a woman in green, and children stand among the crowd. A striped red-and-white canopy and a notice board appear at left. The visible people are priests and devotees; no clearly identifiable a person figure is evident from appearance.2006-10-25October 16 20062006-10-16October 15 20062006-10-15October 25 20062006-10-25