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A photograph inside a temple hall of Tiruchendur Subramaniya Swamy temple. A uniformed security guard in a white shirt and dark trousers stands at metal barrier railings, gesturing toward an entry path. Signs in Tamil hang above, including a red board and a white placard reading pass holders entry, and a rate board marked 250. The railings display poster panels showing a deity murti decorated with garlands, with red Tamil text in a central panel. Stone pillars with carved reliefs line the hall, and bright sunlight falls across the floor. No a person candidate is visibly present.

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March 17 20182018-03-17Photograph inside a South Indian temple corridor with a stone pillared ceiling and tube lights. A queue of devotees moves toward a shrine doorway framed by a painted arch with rearing lion-like figures and a deity murti, flanked by brass lamps. Several men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk in the line, and a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti stands in the foreground beside metal railings. A blue signboard in Tamil lists darshan and abhishekam timings. Partial figures and a hand holding a camera appear at the right edge.2018-03-17A long covered colonnade inside a stone temple corridor with carved pillars and a low wooden ceiling. Several people walk along the worn stone floor toward a bright doorway at the far end. Shops with metal grilles and signs line both sides, including a large yellow Tamil-language sign on the right. Vendors and passers-by are scattered along the passage.2009-08-01Interior of a South Indian temple corridor at Tiruchendur Subramaniya Swami temple, with carved stone pillars and a ceiling with carved brackets. A row of people in orange and saffron clothing, several with long dark hair, walks toward a shrine arch decorated with white horse-like figures and a deity murti in the centre. Devotees in white dhotis and bare-chested priests stand at the metal barriers in the foreground. A blue and white sign at right gives darshan information. Fluorescent tube lights run along the ceiling.2018-03-17A photograph of a temple ticket counter in a stone-pillared colonnade. A large blue sign lists five numbered seva ticket options with prices, and a round wall clock hangs above it. A man in a white shirt sits behind a wooden counter at the window. Ornately carved grey stone pillars and a blue-painted notice board frame the scene, with a yellow bin and red signs on the right.2018-03-17April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20082008-01-02A 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. Fruit offerings are displayed at the right. Black Tamil-language signboards hang on the walls.2012-09-11August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01Interior hall of a stone temple with carved pillars, ornate brackets and a dark sanctum entrance beyond. Steel vessels and yellow containers stand on the grey granite floor near the central pillars. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and checked lungi stands at the front centre, facing the shrine. Other devotees walk around the hall: a woman in a blue sari on the left, a man in white on the left, and two shirtless men in green lungis on the right. Framed deity pictures hang on the pillars. Blue and white signboards line the left wall.2018-03-17August 06 20092009-08-06A crowded temple interior viewed through a stone-pillared corridor. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts, some in pale shirts and checked shirts, stand and move among stone columns. Women in colourful saris, including a woman in green and gold at right, are visible. A flight of steps leads into the darker inner hall beyond. Signs on the walls are in Tamil script with an arrow pointing toward a darshan route. The scene conveys a busy pilgrimage queue at a South Indian temple.2012-05-31 +1 copies