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A large outdoor crowd fills a stone-paved courtyard of a temple complex, with grey granite walls and a pink-washed gopuram-style structure behind. Most attendees wear white clothing, including many white dhotis and kurtas, with occasional coloured saris and shawls in pink, yellow and orange. Several men in the foreground have shaved heads and wear sacred threads or beaded necklaces; one bare-chested man in front holds a camera. Bamboo scaffolding frames the upper walls. Dense packed crowds with raised hands extend back toward the temple entrance.

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December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A large crowd of devotees fills an open temple courtyard with stone pillars along the upper left. Most people wear white clothing, with some in yellow, orange, pink and green saris. Many have hands folded in namaskar or are seated on the ground. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe wears a long beaded garland of wooden beads and walks among the seated crowd, with a second man in white beside him. Many people carry rudraksha malas and some wear lanyards.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29A dense crowd of several hundred people fills a walled temple courtyard with pink-washed walls, a gateway tower and a small shrine at left. Most people wear white clothes, with some in orange and saffron. A bald man in the centre wears an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulders and a garland, facing the crowd. Women wear orange-red scarves, and men in white stand among them, some with yellow shawls. A camera operator on the right films the gathering. Bamboo poles and scaffolding line the walls. This appears to be a large darshan or celebration gathering.2010-12-29A dense crowd of devotees fills a stone-pillared temple courtyard, mostly dressed in white with orange, yellow and saffron shawls and sashes. Many people have their hands raised or pressed together, and a few men near the left wear orange cloth and tilak markings. Women in white and yellow saris stand among the throng, some wearing glasses. Behind them, stone pillars and a granite gopuram-style structure frame the courtyard. No single clear a person candidate is identifiable in the crowd, so this is a general devotee gathering at a temple, and the photograph is a general crowd scene.2010-12-29Large outdoor crowd packed into a temple courtyard with pink-washed walls, a stone pillared hall and a carved gopuram-style pillar at the top left. Most people wear white dhotis and white kurtas or saris, with some in yellow, orange and saffron. A bald man in the foreground at left wears an orange shawl, a gold-and-orange beaded necklace and a white tilak; a shirtless man in the centre wears a yellow cloth and rudraksha beads. Many arms are raised and people smile and cheer. A camera operator at lower right holds a video camera. Dozens of visible people; the crowd is far larger.2010-12-29A large outdoor crowd sits densely packed between grey stone walls at dusk, with palm trees visible above the wall tops. Most people wear white clothes, and several women wear yellow, orange, pink and green saris with gold borders. Many have rudraksha or beaded malas and gold pendants. In the foreground a man with short grey-black hair and a bead mala sits facing away from the camera, while a seated man in white with a ceremonial marking is near the centre. The gathering looks like a satsang or discourse audience. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the frame.2010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29December 29 20102010-12-29