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Night photograph at a temple entrance in Tiruvannamalai. A large crowd of devotees, mostly dressed in white with some in blue and yellow saris, walks through a gated lane toward a lit temple gopuram. In the foreground, a small boy in a blue shirt and an older man with white hair and a white beard in white clothes walk together. A small shrine with a colourful painted tower stands at the left, with a flame or oil lamp burning near its base. Along the right, a metal barrier guides people in a line, and a few onlookers stand beyond it. A printed banner in red and yellow reads a Tamil temple inscription. No identifiable a person is visible in this crowd.

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Photo 11731141September 23 20122012-09-23Photograph of a group walking across a stone-paved courtyard at a Hindu temple complex. In front, several men wear saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, walking in a line; the foremost wears an orange garment with beads. Among them a figure with long dark hair and orange dress walks at the front-centre. Other people in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris and a child stroll around them. Behind is a large gopuram tower with white sculpted figures, a smaller colourful shrine, a stone pillared pavilion, and a banner with printed Tamil text on a wall. Several people are visible in the scene.2012-10-12Night photograph of a temple complex entrance with a brightly painted, multi-tiered gopuram tower lit by warm lamps, flanked by stone-carved walls. Several people walk along the paved approach: a man in a white shirt and dark trousers in the foreground, a woman in a blue sari, a woman in a green patterned sari, and a few children and others behind. On the left, a signboard in Tamil script stands beside a metal railing. A street lamp rises at right. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2012-09-23October 12 20122012-10-12February 06 20172017-02-06A photograph of a crowd of men and some women in white traditional clothes walking across a stone paved courtyard toward a large South Indian temple gopuram covered in painted sculptures. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, some with rudraksha malas. In the centre, a figure in an orange-saffron robe walks among them. Ornate colourful temple gateway structures and a tall white gopuram rise behind, under an overcast sky. Some people on the right wear white shirts and bead necklaces.2006-09-24February 06 20172017-02-06October 12 20122012-10-12Night photograph of a temple courtyard at a South Indian temple, its gopuram and colonnades outlined in strings of warm lights. A crowd of about twenty men, mostly in white shirts and dhotis, walks across the paved ground past a small shrine canopy. A man in the centre wears a red-orange shawl over white and holds his hands together in front of him. Several men in orange and saffron garments stand among them, and a few people carry white cloth. A bright floodlight glows near the tower. The scene resembles the Arunachaleshwara temple precinct during evening darshan.2006-12-04Night photograph of a temple scene at Tiruvannamalai. A striated temple gopuram tower rises on the right, its facade lit with small white lights, and a striped red, yellow and white awning hangs over a railed walkway. A line of string lights with red bulbs crosses the dark sky. Several people in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths walk along the railing, with a few devotees in the foreground, and a figure in an orange robe is at the centre. Lamps glow along the temple edges. The image is blurred and grainy.2006-12-04Night-time outdoor scene in front of a stone temple wall with a tiered gopuram covered in painted deity sculptures, lit by a bright lamp. A large crowd of devotees sits and stands on a paved courtyard; many men wear white shirts and dhotis, women wear saris in red, blue and green. On the right, on temple steps, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on a cloth, and a second person in orange sits nearby, while devotees face them. Bamboo scaffolding and a yellow railing line the left side.2012-04-05