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A weathered blue-and-red temple facade with pillars and arched niches, decorated with a strand of beads hung across the front. A barred metal gate fronts the shrine doorway, with a small Bengali sign reading a prohibition beside it. A woman in a pale yellow dress and pendant necklace stands at the right, gesturing, while hands from the lower edge of the frame appear in the foreground. The walls show red marks and peeling paint.

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March 14 20142014-03-14December 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesA crowd of devotees gathers outside a small temple with a rusted corrugated tin roof and blue-grey painted walls, set among palm trees and thatched huts. Many people wear white kurtas and orange or saffron scarves and headwear. A woman in a yellow sari stands at the temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari holds a blue umbrella beside it. Several devotees carry blue and black backpacks, and some use black umbrellas against the sun. The scene reads as a temple visit during a pilgrimage or group darshan.2008-06-09June 24 20142014-06-24A man with long dark hair and bare chest, wearing an orange-red cloth wrapped at the waist, walks barefoot through an open temple gateway. He wears a long garland of pink and yellow flowers around his neck and a rudraksha mala across his chest. The grey and white gateway has ornate gold-coloured finials on top and tall pillars. Behind the entrance, two dark stone deity murti stand in niches on either side of a yellow-walled courtyard, with a bare tree and greenery visible beyond the doors.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01A photograph of a red, white and green temple facade with a tiered parapet and recessed terracotta relief panels showing figures, above three arched doorways with pale panels. A telecom lattice tower with red and white sections rises behind the roofline. In front of the doorways, a crowd moves through: a woman in a yellow sari waves toward the camera, a man in a white shirt stands centre, a boy in a dark shirt is near the lower left, and several people wear orange caps. Trees and a cloudy sky frame the top of the scene.2008-06-09A crowd of villagers stands in front of a blue-walled temple shrine decorated with hanging mango-leaf and green foliage swags strung across the entrance. A red signboard with white Tamil lettering is mounted above the doorway, flanked by painted deity figures on green and red pillars. In the foreground, women wear saris in teal, white, maroon and blue, some with forehead vibhuti marks and beaded necklaces; men wear white and pale shirts. Orange and red flags hang at the left and right edges, and warm sunlight flares across the scene.2014-06-24December 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesDecember 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesJuly 01 20142014-07-01A courtyard scene at a small pale-yellow domed shrine with a blue-trimmed arched doorway and blue painted floral motifs on its walls. Several people stand around it: a man in a white shirt and an orange cap at right, a woman in a white kurta with a pale yellow dupatta, a woman in a pink top, and others in the background. Behind the shrine is a beige multi-storey building with blue trim and windows, palm trees above. At left, a corrugated rust-brown metal roof rests on wooden posts over a sandy patch. A walkway of people moves through the grounds.2008-06-09