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A dense crowd fills a white stone temple corridor lined with marigold garlands hung on pillars and dark stone deity sculptures. In the foreground, a silver and gold palanquin decorated with pink, yellow and red flower garlands is carried through the crowd. Many devotees wear saffron and orange robes, while others wear white clothes, and a uniformed police officer in khaki stands near the palanquin. On the left, people in saffron and yellow saris and white shirts press forward. The scene suggests a procession or temple festival at a Hindu shrine. Several hundred people are visible, though many are only partly shown.

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A dense outdoor crowd gathers in a temple courtyard lined with white stone pillars and strung with orange and marigold garlands. At the centre, a silver ceremonial palanquin-style structure draped with pink, red and yellow flower garlands stands beside a dark deity murti also garlanded in orange marigolds. A bare-chested priest in an orange cloth stands near the palanquin with other saffron-robed sadhus. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, some in orange, press forward alongside women in saris and children, with uniformed police visible in khaki and a kalasha-like ornament on the silver structure. Crowd density suggests a major temple ritual or procession.2008-02-18A crowded temple corridor filled with a dense mass of devotees, many in white dhotis and kurtas and women in bright saris, pressing toward a silver-white palanquin-style shrine decorated with pink, yellow and orange flower garlands. Several saffron-robed sannyasis stand near the palanquin, and garlanded deity murtis or ornamental pillars line the white pillared hall, with marigold and flower garlands strung along the ceiling. Some devotees raise their hands in folded or waving gestures, and police in khaki uniforms stand among the crowd.2008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18A dense crowd fills a white stone temple colonnade decorated with orange and marigold garlands strung along the pillars. At right, a white canopied palanquin or ratha with pink, yellow and orange floral garlands stands in front of a bare-chested priest in ochre cloth and devotees in saffron robes performing a ceremony. Men in white dhotis and shirts, women in colourful saris, and uniformed police officers press around the palanquin. A sign on the left pillar carries a printed caption partly reading Nithyananda Paramashivam. Several people in the crowd hold up hands in greeting.2008-02-18A dense crowd fills a temple courtyard during a procession, with a silver palanquin decorated with pink and orange flower garlands at the right edge. Many devotees wear white or pale shirts and dhotis, while several men in saffron and orange robes stand among them, one with a shaved head. A woman in an orange sari with a red border stands at left, and a man in a bright orange turban is visible near centre-left. Children in light blue and yellow clothes press forward, and marigold and rose garlands drape the stone pillars. Readable text on a pillar and a sign shows the temple name in Kannada script.2008-02-18A dense crowd fills a covered colonnade of white stone pillars at a temple, with marigold garlands strung along the arches and a small pale shrine or palanquin with pink and yellow flower garlands at right. Many devotees wear saffron and orange robes or white dhotis and sarees; several uniformed police officers in khaki stand at left beside a dark deity statue draped in marigolds. Hands are raised and folded in greeting as people press toward the center of the procession, where a man in white clothes stands among the crowd.2008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18A dense crowd surrounds a flower-decorated palanquin or ratha draped in orange, yellow, pink and white garlands, its silver kalasha-like top visible. Near the front, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala speaks into a microphone. A shaven-headed sannyasi in saffron robes stands at centre, with several other saffron-clad monks and devotees in white shirts and dhotis around him. Women in colourful saris watch from behind a white temple pillar, and a Kannada-language sign hangs above the crowd.2008-02-18A large crowd fills a temple street lined with white stone pillars and carved dark stone figures during a procession. At the centre, a figure seated on an elevated palanquin wears a gold crown and red-and-gold clothing, and is surrounded by heaped garlands of yellow, orange and white flowers. Men in white shirts, orange and saffron cloths and white dhotis press around the palanquin, and a cameraman with a video camera films from the left. Overhead, strings of orange marigold garlands and red, white and green bunting hang between the pillars, and a tiered white shrine structure stands in the background. The scene reads as a temple festival procession.2008-02-18February 18 20082008-02-18A photograph of a festival procession at a temple entrance. A seated figure in a crimson and gold robe and a gold crown is carried on a wooden palanquin under a canopy of marigold and pink flower garlands, with the carriers' poles visible at the sides. Men in saffron and white clothes and women in sarees crowd close, many with hands raised or pressed together in greeting. Stone pillars and garlanded arches frame the scene. The person in the crown appears to be a person, seated in the palanquin in ceremonial dress. Photo credit overlay in the lower right corner.2008-02-18