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Night photograph of a temple procession in front of a tall, illuminated gopuram with carved tiers and a lit Vaishnava tilak symbol. A red and green fringed ceremonial umbrella is held at left by a young man in a checked shirt and glasses. A man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands beside a white vehicle. Crowds of devotees in white clothes and a small girl in a pink dress gather in the street lit by bright lamps.

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Night photograph of a tall, tiered South Indian temple gopuram lit by warm orange lamps and rows of white lights along its tiers. A street lamp in the foreground glows brightly. At the base, a crowd of people walks and gathers near a gateway and shop fronts with lit signs, with a few men in white dhotis visible among them. At the lower right edge, a corner of a colourful decorated vehicle or canopy with red and green floral painting is visible. Carved sculptural panels cover the gopuram's facade.2006-10-19October 19 20062006-10-19Night photograph of a tall, tiered South Indian temple gopuram covered in carved and painted sculptural figures, lit by warm orange street lamps and small white lights along its tiers. At the base, a gated temple entrance is flanked by stalls with lit shop fronts and a Vaishnavite-style emblem above the gate. Several people and vehicles, including auto-rickshaws, are gathered in the street in front of the entrance. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the scene.2006-10-19A night street procession at a South Indian temple. Two large ornate palanquin-style vehicles carry garlanded deity murti under colourful fringed umbrellas, one red-and-white, one striped in orange, blue and yellow. Men in white dhotis and bare torsos carry and pull the vehicles on long wooden poles, one man in a white dhoti with a pink cloth standing atop the nearer vehicle. Tall temple gopuram with carved sculptures rises behind a crowd of onlookers, many in white shirts and lungis, some with sacred ash markings on their foreheads. A yellow pole stands in the foreground and a police officer is visible at right.2012-04-05December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night procession outside an illuminated temple, with a large crowd pressing around a palanquin carried on poles and decorated with flower garlands. A colourful multicoloured canopy umbrella is held above the central group. Several saffron-robed sannyasis walk within the crowd, one with a bare shaved head and orange cloth, another in a pale orange robe. Men in white dhotis and uniformed police officers in khaki stand nearby, and brass ritual lamps are carried at the left edge. Strings of lights outline the temple walls and a tall gopuram rises behind. Several saffron-clad figures in the procession are visible, and a figure with long swept-back hair and ornate orange-gold clothing near the palanquin may be a person, though the identification is uncertain.2008-02-17Night street procession with dense crowds of devotees filling the road, many in white clothes, moving past shops and multi-storey buildings under street lights. Two decorated chariots or ratha float forward, each carrying a deity murti under ornate canopies with gold and colourful decorations; a priest in a white dhoti stands on the nearer chariot. A large red and yellow decorated umbrella stands on the right edge. Signs and shop banners line the street, and a bluish logo appears in the upper left corner.2006-10-27A street procession at night in a Tamil town, with a crowd of devotees walking past shopfronts and parked bicycles. In the foreground an elderly man in white dhoti and shirt with white vibhuti and a red tilak presses his palms together in prayer. Beside him a young girl in a peach top and grey skirt also holds her hands folded, and a small child in a white shirt stands nearby. A young man in a striped orange shirt and rudraksha mala holds a tall red pole supporting a red, blue and gold canopy with tasselled fringe. Several women in saris, one in green, and men in white clothes follow behind, with a man in orange shawl at centre. Shop signs and a banner in Tamil script are visible above.2006-10-19Night procession at an ashram street lit with strings of green, blue and white fairy lights along a stone wall and a multi-storey building. A crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts or saris walks in the street. A large ornate golden ratha/chariot with illuminated deity murti and a golden canopy glows in the background. Several umbrellas, including a dark embroidered umbrella held over a figure in the foreground, shelter the procession. Shoes are racked along the left wall. A bare-chested drummer or attendant with a bronze instrument stands at right.2017-02-24December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04October 26 20062006-10-26Night photograph of a crowd walking along a lane beside a temple wall at Tiruvannamalai during a girivalam-style circumambulation. Devotees wear white dhotis and shirts, several with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and some women wear pink, purple and maroon saris. A uniformed official in khaki stands among the group. Dim street lamps light the scene, and a lit temple gateway glows in the background. A man at the centre is slightly apart from the crowd, and a woman in pink holds a child at the lower right. No individual can be identified as a person from appearance in this image.2008-01-02