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Outdoor photo at a temple precinct with a hill rising behind palm trees and a long ornate temple wall with sculpted figures along its top. In the foreground, several uniformed police officers in khaki shirts and peaked caps stand watch over a crowd. On the right, a temple canopy with a carved wooden edge and a striped umbrella is visible, and an older man with a shaved head and a rudraksha-style garland stands in the crowd. Overcast sky above.

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December 01 20222022-12-01Outdoor street procession in front of a South Indian temple gopuram with painted deity sculptures, with a hill and palm trees behind. Uniformed police officers in khaki with caps and belts walk in front and around a richly decorated deity palanquin covered in marigold garlands and gold ornaments, carried above the crowd. Devotees in saris, including a woman in a green sari and one in a purple sari, and men in white shirts and dhotis walk along, some with hands raised in worship. A red and gold canopy or banner flies above the palanquin, and a yellow signboard with Tamil text is at right.2022-12-01December 01 20222022-12-01A street procession in Tiruvannamalai near a temple gopuram with painted deity figures. Uniformed police officers in khaki walk alongside a crowd of devotees, some in white and some in saffron-colored clothing. At center, men carry a palanquin decorated with yellow and orange flowers and a green canopy, bearing a deity murti. A hilly mountain rises behind coconut palms under a hazy sky. A yellow banner on the right shows deity imagery and Tamil text. Devotees in the foreground have garlands around their necks.2022-12-01A crowded outdoor procession at a South Indian temple. In the centre a richly decorated palanquin or ratha, covered with garlands of yellow and orange flowers and topped with a purple and gold canopy, is carried forward through the street. Uniformed police officers in khaki shirts and caps line the route, and many devotees and onlookers in casual clothes press forward, some photographing with phones. At the lower right a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a sandalwood-and-vibhuti forehead mark wears rudraksha beads and a saffron cloth, a brief candidate whose appearance is not clearly distinctive enough to confirm identity. Ornate temple gopurams, carved pillars and a mountain rise behind the scene under an overcast sky.2022-11-28November 28 20222022-11-28A photograph of a wide stone-paved temple approach with a tall gopuram tower rising in the distance against a green hillside. Along the right, a long colonnaded hall with carved pillars. Crowds of people walk and stand on the path, many men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris including a pink one and a teal one, and uniformed police officers in khaki along the edges. In the foreground a figure in an orange-saffron robe and wrap walks away from the camera. Small shrine structures stand at left with an orange flag on a pole.2008-08-02Outdoor street procession in front of a South Indian temple gopuram with colourful sculpted tiers. A central figure in a saffron-orange garment with a matching orange turban and a long garland of orange and white flowers walks forward, hands joined at the chest. Uniformed police officers in khaki with peaked caps and belts line the path and flank the crowd. A flower-strewn ground and a red-and-blue umbrella with tasselled edges appear overhead, along with a decorative fringed parasol and saffron flags. Several men in saffron robes and white shirts follow, and a camera operator films at right. Auspicious procession with police escort.2011-12-20December 01 20222022-12-01A crowded temple procession under a covered colonnade with woven palm-leaf screens. At centre, a deity murti is decorated with dense garlands of marigolds and yellow flowers, carried on a palanquin-style platform beneath a red-and-gold canopy. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at left near the procession. Many devotees fill the foreground: men in white shirts, women in saris and colourful salwar, a woman in orange and a woman in green with a long braid. A man at left holds a phone raised to photograph. Stone pillars and temple gopurams are visible behind.2022-12-01December 20 20112011-12-20A large crowd moves through a temple courtyard at the foot of a rocky hill, with gopuram towers, painted sculpted facades and palm trees behind. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts with rudraksha-style malas. A central figure in an orange-saffron shawl and orange clothing, with long hair and a saffron head covering, walks among them; a person by appearance, with saffron clothing and a long-haired presentation. Beside him a man in a white shirt and khaki-olive shirt gestures with an outstretched arm while a woman in red-orange sari stands nearby. A procession in the Arunachala temple precincts.2007-01-12