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A crowded night photograph inside a temple hall lined with tall brass oil lamps and strings of yellow, purple and white festoons overhead. A bare-chested priest with a yellow dhoti and sacred thread stands at the centre-right, seen from behind, with a light cloth across his shoulder. Dense devotees in white shirts, checked shirts and striped shirts press in the foreground, while uniformed police officers with caps stand behind metal barricades near a large brass object. No clearly distinctive a person cues are visible, so the identity is uncertain.

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A crowded temple interior filled with devotees pressing together under tall decorated pillars draped in purple, orange and rainbow cloth with yellow fringe. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange cloths stand at the centre, one with a gold chain, and a few men wear white dhotis and shirts. Women in saris and flowers are visible among the crowd. Large banana plant trunks stand beside the pillars, and carved stone columns frame the hall. A camera operator is visible at the lower left edge.2012-04-05January 08 20102010-01-08December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Interior of a temple hall during a festival, with the ceiling and upper walls draped in long garlands of yellow, orange, white and magenta flowers. Brass lamps stand on the right near metal railings, and a crowd of devotees in white shirts and striped clothing stands and sits at the left. A uniformed police officer in a dark cap is in the lower centre foreground, and a man in white stands at the far right. Bright fluorescent lights hang from the ceiling.2006-12-04July 17 20082008-07-17A crowded temple interior at night under bright tube lights, with a dense crowd pressing toward a gold iron railing on the left. In the centre, a large decorated deity murti or palanquin with a bright orange-yellow flame and a garland of multicoloured flowers is carried forward. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with folded hands in namaskar, and bald priests and devotees in orange and saffron cloth surround it. Several people hold up mobile phones and a video camera. Stone pillars and carved ornamentation frame the hall, and a sign reads in Tamil script above the entrance. A cluster of about twenty to thirty people is visible.2012-04-05September 16 20152015-09-16A crowded temple interior at night with a bright light glowing on the left. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand among a dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis. In the centre-right, several shaved-headed priests in saffron and orange cloth and bare-chested devotees with sacred threads gather near a metal barrier and grille. One priest in orange shawl and rudraksha beads stands at the front. A yellow ribbon is strung across the upper area. The scene suggests a temple visit with crowd management.2012-01-07March 11 20172017-03-11December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 29 20102010-12-29