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A dense crowd of devotees stands inside a colourfully painted temple hall with blue pillars, white elephant friezes and painted panels across the ceiling. Most people wear white or pastel clothing, many women in saris, and a few men have tilak marks on their foreheads. In the centre, a person in white stands near a brightly lit inner shrine with a golden doorway and lamps. The scene suggests a temple gathering or darshan.

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October 25 20062006-10-25Ornate Hindu temple gateway in Tamil Nadu painted in bright blue, red, gold and green, with a sculpted deity pair in an arched niche above and a row of white elephants carved along the beam. Beneath, a crowd of seated devotees in white clothing gathers in a pillared hall facing an illuminated shrine with a deity murti. A Tamil signboard reads Mayuranatha Swamy Thirukkoyil.2006-10-25A blurred evening photograph of a crowd of devotees gathered at the entrance of a temple, lit by warm golden lamplight from inside the doorway. Many people stand with hands folded in prayer, with sacred marks on their foreheads. Men wear white dhotis and shirts, women wear sarees in red, pink, yellow and green, and a young child in white stands near the front. Figures in the background move through the lit doorway. Blue painted pillars frame the entrance, and yellow and white notices hang on the walls.2006-10-25Interior of a temple hall where a crowd of devotees moves between steel railings past a tall yellow-clad deity murti garlanded with flowers at left. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while women wear saris in green, blue, pink and orange, some with flowers in their hair. A man in a tan shirt walks through the centre, and a man at right wears an orange shawl. Framed paintings of deities hang on the walls, a blue information board and a tall yellow notice are mounted beside them, and a red-orange flag stands at left near the murti.2009-02-02August 09 20102010-08-09May 10 20122012-05-10Photograph of a richly painted South Indian temple gopuram-style entrance, with a bright arched niche above showing a sculpted pair of deities seated together, one holding a staff-like object. A green fascia band bears Tamil script. Below, a row of white elephant reliefs runs along the ceiling beam above blue and red painted pillars. Through the entrance a golden-lit inner sanctum doorway is visible, and a crowd of people in white clothes stands in the foreground at the bottom of the frame, several seen from behind or partially cropped.2006-10-25A crowded interior of a Hindu temple with blue-painted pillars and an orange-lit shrine with a deity murti in the background. Devotees stand in a dense group with palms pressed together in namaskar. Men in white dhotis and shirts, several bare-chested men wearing rudraksha malas and yellow cloths, and women in saris stand with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. A small framed picture hangs on the left wall. The camera is slightly blurred, and the scene appears to be a devotional gathering or puja.2006-10-25August 09 20102010-08-09August 03 20092009-08-03July 13 20092009-07-13November 01 20062006-11-01