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A large crowd of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts, walks across a paved courtyard toward a temple complex. A tall, colourfully painted gopuram tower rises on the right, with a pillared mandapam and a rocky hill behind. A woman in a pink and red sari and another in a white top walk at the left edge, and a man in a bright turquoise shirt stands near them. A green cart stands at the left, and a banner is visible near the temple entrance. The scene suggests a procession toward the temple.

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A large crowd of devotees moves across a stone-paved courtyard in front of a South Indian temple. Most men wear white dhotis and white shirts, and several women wear saris in pink, green and bright hues. A few figures in orange or saffron cloth stand at the lower left. On the left, a multi-tiered painted shrine with colourful sculpted figures sits beside a small open pavilion. Two tall white gopuram gateway towers rise in the background above green trees and a hill. On the right, a carved stone pillar wall shows relief figures of deities and animals. The sky is overcast.2006-09-24Photograph of a crowded open courtyard at a South Indian temple complex with two tall white gopuram towers rising behind a wooded hillside. Many people in mostly white clothing walk across the stone paving, including men in white dhotis and shirts and women in colourful saris. A small shrine with a sculpted roof and a stone pillared pavilion stand in the middle, and carved stone pillars line the right edge. A few people in the foreground wear white and light shirts. The date stamp 24 09 06 appears in the lower right corner.2006-09-24January 12 20072007-01-12A large crowd gathers in the open courtyard before the Arunachaleshwara temple at Tiruvannamalai, with a colourful gopuram tower topped by a dome on the left and a tall gilded flagstaff rising on the right. Behind the temple stands a rocky hill under a pale sky. Most men wear white dhotis and white shirts, while some women wear saris in bright colours. Figures sculpted in rows decorate the temple roofline. The temple pillars open onto a sheltered walkway.2007-01-12A large crowd gathers outside a colourful Dravidian-style temple with a tall ornate gopuram-style tower and carved sculptures along the roofline, in front of a rocky hill under a clear blue sky. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts or saris stand and sit in the courtyard, with some women in red, pink and purple saris. A golden flagstaff rises beside the temple, and palm trees line the right edge. Near the pillared mandapa on the left, a few figures in white and orange gather around ritual activity. No single person can be clearly identified as a person from appearance.2007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12Photograph of a large crowd walking through a stone-paved temple courtyard beside a granite temple wall carved with figures. Many people, mostly men in white dhotis and shirts, with women in saris, move toward a stone open pavilion with a bull statue on its roof. A tall white gopuram rises in the background above green trees and rocky hills. A yellow metal barrier stands at right, and a parked wheeled cart with colourful frame sits at left. No one is identifiable as a person in this view.2006-09-24A dense crowd of devotees fills a stone-paved temple street leading toward a large whitewashed gopuram tower set against a green forested hill under an overcast sky. Many people wear white dhotis and shirts, while others wear checked shirts, saris and a few orange garments. A stone bull statue sits along the right colonnade, and an orange-clad figure with a garland stands near the centre of the throng. Carved pillars and ornamented temple walls frame the procession route.2006-09-24Outdoor view of a South Indian temple complex with a tall gold-capped flagstaff (dhvajastambha) rising beside an ornately sculpted gopuram-style roofline painted in turquoise, red and white with rows of carved deity figures. A rocky brown hill rises behind the temple under a partly cloudy blue sky, with palm trees on the right. Crowds of devotees and visitors fill the courtyard in front: men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris and salwar, and a bare-chested man in a red shirt at the right edge. Garlands of green leaves hang along the colonnade and a blue tarpaulin shelter stands at the right. A blue-and-white sign reads Prasadam Counter, and a small shrine niche with a deity figure sits at the centre.2007-01-12Photograph outside a South Indian temple gopuram with a tiered stone entrance tower painted with deity figures and a mountain rising behind. A procession of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, several wearing saffron or orange shawls, walks across a paved courtyard. Near the centre, a person in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching shawl with an orange head covering walks with hands folded in front, a possible sannyasi, and the appearance is uncertain. Other participants carry garlands and wear green-and-white badges. Behind them, people move through the temple doorway toward a deity shrine. Several bystanders in colourful clothes stand in the foreground, and a small shrine niche sits on the right wall.2006-09-24January 12 20072007-01-12Outdoor view of a South Indian temple courtyard with a painted gopuram-style tower and colourful deity sculptures above a dark stone entrance. Behind it rises a rocky green hill under overcast sky. A crowd moves across the stone pavement, many in white dhotis and shirts, one man in a pink dhoti, and a few in saffron-orange cloth. A man in a white shirt and orange scarf holds a camera near the right edge. Metal railings, lamp posts and shopfronts line the scene.2006-09-24