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Night photo of a group of devotees standing in a line outside a temple at dusk, hands pressed together in anjali. A man in the centre wears a white kurta with a black shawl and has short grey hair and glasses. Beside him a woman wears a white top and magenta skirt with long dark hair. At the right edge a shaven-headed man in white dhoti with a sash and rudraksha mala presses his palms together. Women in saris and salwar kameez stand alongside, and a uniformed female police officer in khaki walks in the foreground. Illuminated shop signs and a lamp glow behind the temple entrance. Several people are barefoot.

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February 06 20172017-02-06Night scene at the entrance of a temple gopuram with coloured sculpted towers, a signboard over the gate and a lit shop front at left. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a long, swept-back hairstyle and layered rudraksha-style mala necklaces walks forward through the courtyard, flanked by a second person in orange robes and a bald head. Along the sides, women in maroon and red sarees with gold ornaments and jasmine flowers stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A man in a grey shirt walks alongside and a uniformed official in khaki stands near the left, while a crowd of devotees in white and dark clothing gathers behind. Metal barriers and a yellow railing line the walkway.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night photograph of a crowd walking through a lit temple courtyard. In the foreground, a uniformed police officer in khaki walks beside men in white dhotis and white shirts. Several men wear saffron or orange shawls and garments among the devotees. Women in blue and grey saris and men in checked shirts follow behind. Illuminated temple shrines and gopuram-style structures with carved pillars stand in the background under dark night sky.2008-01-02December 20 20112011-12-20Night photograph outside a temple street where a line of young girls in maroon and gold-bordered dress stands with palms pressed together in anjali, some wearing gold necklaces and bangles. A woman in an orange and gold saree with a dark border stands among them, hands folded. A uniformed policewoman in khaki with a red belt guards the group on the left, and a cameraman with a video camera films at right. Behind them is a stone temple wall with a lit gopuram-like structure, a Tamil signboard, and a stone figure of a bull and small statues on a raised platform.2011-12-20Night procession on a paved temple path in front of an illuminated gopuram-style temple entrance with ornate carved cornice. At centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-red dhoti and shawl, a gold-coloured ceremonial necklace and multiple beaded garlands, walking barefoot. Flanking him are monks in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, a man in white dhoti with a white headband, and a uniformed police officer in khaki on the right directing the crowd. Devotees in white and saffron fill the background under warm lamplight.2011-12-20Night procession moving up a stone-paved path toward a temple gopuram lit against the dark sky. In the foreground a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red belt walks at left. Behind him a group of devotees walks toward the temple; several men in saffron and orange robes wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces, with a central figure in orange wearing a long mala and gold chain. Other men wear white dhotis and shirts, and some women wear saris. Yellow metal gates and a stone carved wall frame the right side, and temple lamps glow in the background.2011-12-20Night photograph of a procession descending a stone temple staircase, lit by lamps, with a gopuram tower visible behind. A uniformed police officer in khaki with a red belt and cap leads the group, with several other khaki-uniformed officers around him. Behind them, many people in saffron and orange robes walk in a column, some wearing orange shawls and beaded necklaces, while others wear white dhotis and shirts. Yellow metal barricades line the path and an orange gate stands at right. Many people are visible, but the exact count is uncertain.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night photo of a procession walking across a stone-paved temple courtyard toward illuminated gopuram towers with carved, painted sculpture. At center, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange sari-style garment, a tall multi-strand orange-and-white flower garland and a gold-colored necklace, and raises his hands in greeting while looking upward. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis in orange dhotis and shawls walk with rudraksha-style necklaces, and one bald man in orange holds a rudraksha mala. Several people in white dhotis and shirts, a woman in a red sari, and a uniformed officer in khaki walk alongside, and a man in a grey shirt carries papers in the foreground. Lamps light the temple structures behind them.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20