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A photograph of a decorated entrance gate on a paved driveway. A temporary canopy of green cloth and woven palm-leaf thatch is strung over the gate, hung with bunches of orange-red fruit and tied with banana stalks and dried grass ropes. Black wrought-iron gates flank the entrance beside stone pillars and a cream-yellow wall. Beyond the gate, a road leads to a street with trees, a white building, and several roadside banners and signboards. No people are visible.

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A decorated gateway at an ashram entrance in a palm-lined courtyard. A leafy arch of banana leaves and coconut fronds is strung with garlands above a narrow opening between green walls. A red carpet runs through the gate, scattered with petals. A man in a light shirt and dark trousers walks through the opening, his back turned. A wooden table on the left holds brass-rimmed vessels with flowers and coconuts, and a tall garland of red and white flowers stands at right.2014-07-02A roadside photograph of a decorated entrance arch of green leaves, banana stalks and marigold strings on a white-walled compound. A group of devotees stands on the road shoulder: men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris of orange, pink and blue, and a man in an orange robe. A man in white with a yellow shawl stands at left, and a white-clad man stands centre-right near the road. A signboard reads ஸ்ரீ வேத (Sri Vedha) on a white building behind. Road markings, a parked blue car and tall trees complete the scene.2009-07-11A photograph of a street-facing entrance decorated with a woven palm-leaf and thatch gateway (pandal) topped by a banana-plant arch hung with green banana bunches and fresh leaves. A colourful floor kolam of concentric patterns lies on the ground in front. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-red shawl stands in the foreground on the left, facing the gate. Behind him, a drummer in white dhoti plays a drum, and another man in white dhoti with a red-and-gold cloth holds a drum; a man in dark shirt and white dhoti stands in the doorway. Men in white shirts stand to the right near parked motorcycles, and a tree and a pale building frame the scene.2013-06-23 +1 copiesMarch 03 20092009-03-03June 23 20142014-06-23March 03 20092009-03-03July 02 20142014-07-02Thatched roofed structures with tiered palm-leaf or straw roofing rise against a pale evening sky, topped by copper finials and several red and saffron pennant flags on poles. A strip of multicoloured triangular bunting in red, yellow, green, blue and purple hangs along the eaves, and lights illuminate the scene at dusk. Green leaves of a tree frame the left side, and a blue signboard with Tamil lettering is partly visible at the lower left. No people are visible in the frame.2008-04-19November 10 20062006-11-10A decorated festive gateway with a thatched roof of woven palm fronds, topped by a red, blue and white gabled panel. The horizontal bands are red, white, yellow and blue with gold-scalloped trim and orange side posts. Three small decorative umbrellas with pink, orange and teal canopies and fringed edges are mounted on top, against a backdrop of palm trees, leafy branches and overhead power lines. No people are visible.2006-11-10September 18 20162016-09-18November 09 20062006-11-09