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A photograph of a long covered colonnade inside a South Indian temple, with grey stone pillars and a painted ceiling of circular medallions. Devotees in white clothes and orange saffron shawls line the walkway; a man in a white shirt and orange scarf stands at the right foreground, and a man in an orange robe with an orange scarf walks at left. Women in white saris and orange shawls stand in a row along the right. A distant gopuram gateway with a deity figure is visible at the end of the hall, and a yellow banner is hung on the far right pillar.

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August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A photograph of a long colonnaded corridor of a South Indian temple, with carved pillars and ornate sculpted capitals. A large crowd of devotees walks in both directions along the stone floor. Most wear white clothes with orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders, and several women wear white saris and salwar-style outfits with orange scarves. A man in a plaid shirt and dark trousers walks near the centre. A gopuram-style temple tower and a small gateway are visible ahead at the far end of the corridor. No individual can be identified as a person with appropriate cues.2008-08-02January 12 20072007-01-12Photograph of a procession walking through the long pillared colonnade of a South Indian temple gopuram-style hall with painted ceilings, carved yali brackets and a tiered gateway with sculpted figures on top. A central man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with gold border, a saffron turban and a long garland walks barefoot, with long hair visible, and is probable Swamiji by appearance cues of orange ornate clothing, turban, and long hair. Around him, men in white shirts and dhotis, several wearing rudraksha malas and orange shawls, walk in procession, with a man in front in a white shirt bent forward. Crowd of white-clad devotees fills the corridor.2007-01-12A photograph of a crowd walking through a stone temple colonnade with carved pillars and a dark doorway opening onto a distant courtyard. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and saffron robe, wearing a long garland of yellow and white flowers and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, walks with palms pressed together in greeting. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, a woman in a blue sari with yellow blouse, and a bare-chested man in orange dhoti and bead mala move through the procession. Loudspeakers are mounted on the pillars. The visible people number more than twenty.2006-09-24August 02 20082008-08-02Photograph of a group of devotees walking through the long colonnaded corridor of a South Indian temple at night. The pillars are carved with rearing lion and yali motifs and the ceiling is painted with circular floral medallions; deity murti niches sit atop the walls. Most walkers wear white dhotis and shirts with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and a few women wear white or red saris. One figure in the centre wears a long orange robe. A banner hangs on the right side of the corridor, and bicycles are parked along the edge. The group appears to be processing through the temple in a procession.2008-08-02December 25 20052005-12-25 +1 copiesJuly 13 20092009-07-13A photograph of a wide stone-paved temple approach with a tall gopuram tower rising in the distance against a green hillside. Along the right, a long colonnaded hall with carved pillars. Crowds of people walk and stand on the path, many men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris including a pink one and a teal one, and uniformed police officers in khaki along the edges. In the foreground a figure in an orange-saffron robe and wrap walks away from the camera. Small shrine structures stand at left with an orange flag on a pole.2008-08-02A procession of devotees in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls stands in a stone-paved temple lane flanked by pillared gopuram-style colonnades. Several men play drums and brass wind instruments, while women in saris and girls in orange shawls stand on the right, some with hands folded in namaste. Two large gold-and-red ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the crowd toward a towering gopuram in the background. Market stalls with blue and green tarpaulins line the street, and a hill rises behind the temple.2008-08-02