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Inside a temple corridor, devotees queue at a barred metal gate beneath a painted panel of a goddess seated on a pink lotus flanked by two white elephants with red-and-gold cloths. A bald man in saffron robes stands at left beside a woman in an orange-red sari with a flower-decorated head, both facing the gate. Several men in white shirts and a boy in a green t-shirt wait nearby. Dark wooden boards with Tamil text line the walls, and framed painted scenes hang above. A sign above the gate reads Sri Andal. Visible people number six to twenty.

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A photograph inside a temple corridor with painted walls showing deity panels in blue, green and gold. A figure in orange robes, an orange turban and a long garland of white and pink flowers walks forward, flanked by devotees in white dhotis and shirts. A bare-chested man in a checked lungi wears a sacred thread, and a boy in white stands beside them. Stone walls and a column appear on the right. Several other people in white are partly visible at the edges of the frame.2007-08-17A group walks down a stone-floored temple corridor lined with iron grilles and painted pillars showing female deity figures in yellow and red. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and a dark-haired saffron-robed sadhu lead a procession, with a man in white dhoti and white shirt, a man in a striped yellow shirt, and a uniformed police officer in khaki following. A woman in a blue sari with floral print stands in the foreground, and a woman in green sari walks on the left. 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Several men in white dhotis with orange-and-gold borders and bare upper bodies, one with a shaved head and orange cloth, move up stone steps toward an inner sanctum. A uniformed police officer in khaki stands at left and another at right. A figure in a saffron-orange garment with a garland is visible near the centre. Painted and carved guardian figures with moustaches stand beside the doorway, and devotees with shoulder bags and a photographer with a camera crowd the foreground. Walls show painted scenes.2012-06-05A photograph inside a narrow stone temple passage at Kanchanoor temple, with worn dark stone walls and a tiled floor. In the foreground a bald man in orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands with a folded orange cloth in his hand, a young man in an orange-maroon dhoti with a pink garland beside him. Further back a man in white dhoti holds a brass tray of offerings toward a lit inner shrine with oil lamps. An older man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the right edge. The image is a photo of a temple visit. Several people in the passage are visible, mostly partially, with the foreground figures in clear view.2012-05-16A crowded interior of a temple corridor with a painted ceiling in red, blue and green medallion patterns. Behind a wire-mesh window, a painted wall shows a blue-skinned deity in a crown and gold ornaments, and a red-backed shrine with figures. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a garland stands near the window, facing the shrine, while a bare-chested priest in a white cloth stands at right beside the wall. Devotees in white shirts and dhotis press around them, some looking on with hands together. The scene is a temple darshan moment in a dim, tiled hallway lit by tube lights.2007-08-17May 20 20122012-05-20 +1 copiesA photograph inside a stone temple corridor with a low ceiling and a white metal gate on the left. A bald man in an orange saffron robe and orange shawl stands in the foreground, facing left, with a small tray or plate in his hands. Beside him, a shirtless priest with a white dhoti and a sacred thread holds a brass dish, with a white tilak mark on his forehead. Another man in an orange robe and a rudraksha mala stands in the middle, and a man in a white dhoti stands near the gate. Several children and a woman in a red and orange sari stand along the right side, watching. A small oil lamp glows on the far right. Visible text reads a and the Nithyanandapedia source2011-10-07A photograph in a narrow stone corridor lined with long wooden panels painted in red, green and yellow with rows of figures. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a floral headband, a large beaded rudraksha-style mala and a gold pendant, walks forward and gestures toward the panels. Behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti and shawl, wearing a chain, and a shaved-headed man in orange follow along. Fluorescent lights hang overhead.2012-05-07 +2 copiesMay 29 20122012-05-29 +1 copiesMay 16 20122012-05-16A crowded temple interior at a shrine entrance, with a dense mass of devotees pressing against a metal railing. Uniformed police in khaki stand among the crowd, and a film camera on a shoulder rig is visible near the centre. In the foreground a bald man in a white shirt and a woman in orange-saffron clothing stand near the railing. Behind the barrier, several men in saffron and orange robes, some bare-chested with sacred threads, stand before the shrine, one holding folded hands near the grille. Stone pillars and a dim, bright-lit hall frame the scene.2012-01-07