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Night photograph of a temple doorway with pink-washed walls and carved pillars. A bare-chested man in a maroon-red dhoti and a white floral garland descends stone steps, flanked by a khaki-uniformed police officer and other men in maroon and white attire. In the foreground a young man in a teal shirt with a yellow logo walks past, and a police officer in khaki with a cap stands to one side. A printed sign to the right carries Tamil script. The scene suggests a visit to a temple. a person appearance is uncertain; the central figure in maroon with the garland is a candidate but his appearance is not sufficiently distinctive.

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Night photograph at a temple entrance with a peach-painted gateway and carved stone pillars. A man in a maroon-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a white and red flower garland, descends stone steps while raising one hand, flanked by two uniformed police officers in khaki with caps and belts. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a large rudraksha mala stands at the left edge, and two men in dark-red dhotis follow behind. A teal-shirted man looks on at left. A printed sign on the right wall reads Sri Arunachaleshwara temple Sthalalingam in Tamil. Strings of purple and blue lights hang along the top of the gateway.2017-02-06Night photograph of a temple procession descending stone steps at a gopuram entrance lit with strings of bulbs and hanging garlands. At centre, a bearded man with a red tilak and a flower garland around his neck wears a maroon-brown dhoti-style robe and clasps his hands in greeting. Around him, men in teal and green sportswear with yellow emblems act as escorts, alongside a uniformed police officer in khaki and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti. Women in a blue-and-green sari and other devotees stand at left behind a golden ornate gate.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photograph of a man in a maroon-brown robe wearing a white and red flower garland descending steps from a pink-painted temple doorway. Two uniformed police officers in khaki, one with a yellow badge, flank him as he walks down. Behind him a figure in white dhoti and a man in a dark robe with garlands follow. On the left a young man in a teal shirt and another in a striped shirt look on beside a brown rolling shutter. A yellow sign with Tamil script hangs on the right beside a metal grille and carved stone pillars.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photograph inside a stone temple corridor with an orange-red wooden gate ahead and a row of lamps beyond it. A bearded man in a rust-brown ochre robe and a long white-and-green flower garland with hands pressed together at chest level walks through the crowd. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand near him, and devotees including women in saffron, yellow and red saris, one holding a small child in yellow, line the passage. Green banana plants and bamboo scaffolding decorate the entrance. A watermarked tag in the corner, not counted as text, marks the image as archive material.2017-02-06Photograph inside a stone temple corridor at night, with lamps glowing on the carved pillars and walls. At the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe and a long multicoloured flower garland, hands pressed together in namaskar, walks through a crowd. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti with a gold necklace and a bald man in a rust-brown cloth with a gold chain follow. On the left, men in teal sports shirts with a yellow lamp emblem move through the crowd, and on the right a uniformed police officer in khaki stands watch. About 15 physical people are visible. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the role is described as a devotee in a rust-brown robe with a garland.2017-02-06A photograph taken at night at the entrance of a stone temple with a carved doorway and painted ceiling. A figure in an orange saffron robe with a long rudraksha mala, with long dark hair, walks down the striped red-and-white steps. Two uniformed police officers in khaki stand beside and in front of the figure, and a man in a dark jacket and light trousers follows behind. Another uniformed officer stands at right and a person in white is partly visible at the edge. Appearance-based cues are consistent with a candidate, but the face and presentation are not clear enough to confirm identity.2008-07-28A photograph inside a stone temple corridor at night, with carved sandstone pillars and wall niches lit by small lamps. A central figure in a reddish-brown ochre robe wears a white and orange flower garland and walks with hands folded in front, with a bearded man in a similar brown robe and a gold chain behind him. Around them, men in teal green and yellow-emblem polo shirts form a guard line, and a uniformed police officer in khaki with a brown belt walks alongside. Devotees in white and blue shirts fill the background toward a wooden door at the far end. The figure is consistent with the a person appearance cues of an ochre robe and a garland, with the setting matching a temple visit described on the page.2017-02-06Night photograph of a temple visit at a Tamil Nadu temple, with a stone wall and bamboo scaffolding on the right and illuminated decorations behind the crowd. In the centre, a man in an ochre-red robe wears a long white and red flower garland and gold necklaces, hands pressed together in greeting. a person: a bearded man with a garland and gold necklaces walks through the crowd. Beside him, a man in a saffron-toned robe and gold chain follows. On the left, a man in a teal polo shirt with a yellow emblem faces away from the camera. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand nearby, and devotees crowd the lane.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06