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A crowd of devotees and uniformed men in khaki shirts and dark caps stands in an open courtyard, facing a decorated palanquin on the left that holds a deity murti adorned with flower garlands. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, orange, green and white, with flowers in their hair. On the right a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple tower rises above palm trees, and a blue-grey building stands behind. The sky is overcast.

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October 25 20062006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25A photograph of a crowded temple courtyard with pale yellow colonnades and a gopuram-style entrance topped with painted sculptures on the left. Devotees gather around a central procession under a multicoloured striped umbrella, with a long saffron-and-yellow banner with a red emblem carried on a pole at right. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris and salwar, and children move through the crowd, and a uniformed police officer stands at the lower right. No individual can be clearly identified as a candidate, and the central umbrella figure is not clearly visible.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18 +1 copiesOutdoor temple courtyard scene with a tall, multi-tiered gopuram covered in painted sculptures on the left and a white temple wall with red and white stripes. A golden canopied shrine houses two deity murti adorned with garlands, with a decorated golden palanquin-style platform in front. Several framed portraits stand near the shrine, including one of a bearded man in a white headdress and another of an older man. A large crowd of mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, plus women in saris, stands and sits around the courtyard, while a group of priests in white and saffron seated before a fire-pit and offerings performs a puja. Palm trees fill the background.2006-10-25October 25 20062006-10-25Outdoor procession on a tree-lined road in Coimbatore during the Kodikkan Ratha Yatra. A gilded, ornately carved ratha or palanquin shrine carries two deity murtis draped in red cloth and heaped with yellow and white marigold garlands. A large printed portrait of a bearded man in white head wrap is propped beside the shrine on a stand, shown as a printed picture rather than a physical person. A dense crowd walks alongside: women in white, teal and green saris, girls and uniformed students in navy dresses with yellow collars, and men in checked shirts and trousers. Some people press forward toward the shrine and a figure in white is seen holding a book at left.2006-10-09Outdoor photo of devotees gathered on a dirt courtyard beside a tall copper kodimaram-style pillar and a golden canopied shrine or palanquin holding deity murtis draped in red cloth, with palm trees behind. Many people in white and pastel saris, shirts and trousers stand, walk or look toward the shrine; a child in a yellow outfit walks in front, a woman in a blue sari sits at right, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands with folded papers. Some devotees in the background crouch near the shrine. No individual is identifiable as a person; no candidate is visible.2009-07-07October 09 20062006-10-09A photograph of an outdoor temple courtyard with a gilded shrine canopy holding deity murtis, possibly a deity pair, decorated with garlands and yellow cloth, with framed portraits placed on the platform and steps. A man in white dhoti bows low at the base of the steps while a crowd of devotees in white and checked shirts, saris and a uniformed police officer in khaki stand around a ritual setup with brass lamps and flower offerings. Orange saffron cloth is draped over some devotees, and a white-and-red striped wall and tiled roof frame the scene. Tall palm trees and a gopuram-style temple tower with painted sculptures stand in the background.2006-10-25May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph of a temple courtyard procession at an Indian temple with a gopuram tower in the background. A man in a rust-brown sannyasi robe wears a white and purple flower garland and a rudraksha mala; beside him a figure in saffron/orange robes and a long-haired crown-like headdress walks barefoot. Another robed figure in orange stands at right, and a khaki-uniformed police officer with a red belt walks alongside holding a phone. Dhoti-clad men in white and a bare-chested man carrying a pot on his head walk behind; a child in blue and devotees fill the stone-paved path.2018-01-16