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Outdoor photo at a temple in Tiruvannamalai, with a tall gopuram tower behind. A golden palanquin or ratha-style canopy with pink and white flower garlands stands in front, and a small deity murti decorated with white and pink flowers sits on its base beside bananas. On the right, a long-haired person in an orange sleeveless top with a rudraksha-style necklace and a white forehead mark faces a group of men in white shirts. A balding man in a white shirt with a mustache gestures with raised hands, and another man on the left in a white shirt also speaks, while a few other people stand in the background. The scene looks like a conversation during a temple visit. The orange-clad person with long hair and a rudraksha mala is a person by appearance cues, though this is uncertain.

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August 06 20092009-08-06Outdoor photo at a temple gateway in Tiruvannamalai. On the right, a long-haired man in an orange sleeveless top with a white tilak and an orange shawl stands in profile, facing left toward others. Beside him, a man with a moustache wears a white shirt and orange shawl, and a younger man in white with an orange shawl stands near. On the left, men in white shirts gesture as they talk. Behind them, a gilded palanquin with pink and white flower garlands carries a deity murti, and a stone bull statue with a flower garland stands nearby. A bare-chested priest in a saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala stands in the middle. The tall gopuram tower rises in the background.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06A photograph outside a temple in Tiruvannamalai. On the right, a figure in an orange-red sleeveless top and a long orange-gold shawl with ornate gold necklaces and long swept-back dark hair, with white markings on the forehead, points and gestures while speaking. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand listening, one with red and white tilak marks. Behind them is a gilded palanquin or ratha decorated with white and pink garlands, holding a small deity murti, with a temple gopuram tower in the background. Several more people stand further back.2009-08-06A photograph at a temple courtyard with a golden palanquin and a silver bull vahana garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. On the right, a man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and an orange saffron garment with a gold bead necklace gestures while speaking. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and dhoti and another in white listen, and several people in white and orange stand around the pillared temple entrance with a tall gopuram behind.2009-08-06A photograph at a temple courtyard showing a gilded palanquin decorated with pink and white garlands, carrying a small silver deity murti garlanded with flowers, with a tray of bananas and fruit at its base. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti with sacred ash on his forehead stands at left, and another man in white with a red mark on his forehead stands at centre. On the right, a long-haired person in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap faces them with arms folded in front. A tall gopuram tower rises in the background.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06Outdoor temple scene in front of a gopuram-style temple entrance. In the upper left, a golden palanquin decorated with red and white flower garlands carries a deity murti. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and beard holds a brass tray of bananas and green leaves while a man in a red-orange sleeveless top with long dark hair, and a man in an orange shawl, stand beside him. Men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris watch around them. Stone pillars with carvings frame the background.2009-08-06Outdoor temple scene with a gilded processional structure draped in red and white flower garlands behind. In the foreground, a young man with long wavy black hair and a white forehead band wears a sleeveless orange-red top and holds his hands over a flame held by a man in white shirt and dhoti. A bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and yellow tilak stands near the flame with a red and white garland. Two older men in white shirts, one with a red tilak, stand nearby, one wearing a gold watch and extending his hands toward the fire. Behind them stands a carved gopuram-style stone pillar and a deity figure, possibly Nandi, with flower decoration. Devotees stand in the background. The visible activity is a fire-lamp offering at a temple procession.2009-08-06Outdoor temple procession in daylight. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, wearing a gold necklace and a red-and-white flower garland, stands with a white tilak on his forehead at the centre of the frame. Several men in white shirts and trousers line the chariot pole and crowd around him. Behind them a gold-canopied ratha/chariot draped with pink and white flower garlands carries a deity murti. A tall gopuram stands in the background. An older bearded man in saffron robes holds a silver staff. Only the central figure's appearance is distinctive; no identity is established by the scene itself. +1 copies