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Outdoor temple scene with a gilded processional structure draped in red and white flower garlands behind. In the foreground, a young man with long wavy black hair and a white forehead band wears a sleeveless orange-red top and holds his hands over a flame held by a man in white shirt and dhoti. A bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and yellow tilak stands near the flame with a red and white garland. Two older men in white shirts, one with a red tilak, stand nearby, one wearing a gold watch and extending his hands toward the fire. Behind them stands a carved gopuram-style stone pillar and a deity figure, possibly Nandi, with flower decoration. Devotees stand in the background. The visible activity is a fire-lamp offering at a temple procession.

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Outdoor temple scene with a crowd gathered around a bare-chested man with a yellow tilak on his forehead and rudraksha malas, seated and receiving offerings. A long-haired man in a saffron-orange garment with gold necklaces and a white forehead mark stands at right, holding a red and white flower garland and a leaf-wrapped offering. A bare-chested assistant at left wears a white-striped forehead mark and beaded necklaces, and a man in a white shirt stands nearby. A yellow packet and white flowers are in the foreground, with temple gopuram carvings and a colourful deity shrine visible behind.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06Outdoor photo at a temple courtyard with stone pillars and a gold palanquin decorated with pink and white flower garlands. A bare-shouldered figure with long swept-back dark hair, white forehead paste and an orange-red garment with a large green-and-red leaf and flower garland smiles with hands pressed in anjali. Around him, devotees in white shirts and dhotis crowd close; a man in white and a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with tilak and a rudraksha mala kneels and touches the ground. Several people stand nearby holding orange cloth and a mobile phone is visible.2009-08-06Outdoor photo at a temple precinct with stone pillars and a gilded, flower-decorated palanquin at upper left. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe and gold-chain ornament stands centre right, wearing a garland of red flowers and green leaves, with a white tilak on his forehead. Around him, devotees in white shirts and dhotis press close; one man at left has yellow and white tilak and a rudraksha mala, and a bare-chested man with a mala stands behind. Hands reach in to offer the garland. Several onlookers crowd the background, and a temple tower is visible at right. Visible physical people number roughly a dozen.2009-08-06A photograph at a temple courtyard with a golden palanquin and a silver bull vahana garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. On the right, a man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark and an orange saffron garment with a gold bead necklace gestures while speaking. Beside him, a man in a white shirt and dhoti and another in white listen, and several people in white and orange stand around the pillared temple entrance with a tall gopuram behind.2009-08-06A temple procession scene in front of a golden palanquin decorated with white and pink flower garlands. In the foreground, a long-haired person in a red sleeveless top and orange cloth, hands folded in anjali, faces the palanquin. Beside them, a man in a white shirt and a bare-chested man in a grey dhoti tend the deity murti area, one pouring or carrying a vessel. Other devotees with folded hands stand around, and temple stone pillars with carvings frame the background along with a gopuram-style tower.2009-08-06Outdoor photo at a temple gateway in Tiruvannamalai. On the right, a long-haired man in an orange sleeveless top with a white tilak and an orange shawl stands in profile, facing left toward others. Beside him, a man with a moustache wears a white shirt and orange shawl, and a younger man in white with an orange shawl stands near. On the left, men in white shirts gesture as they talk. Behind them, a gilded palanquin with pink and white flower garlands carries a deity murti, and a stone bull statue with a flower garland stands nearby. A bare-chested priest in a saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala stands in the middle. The tall gopuram tower rises in the background.2009-08-06Outdoor temple scene in front of a gopuram-style temple entrance. In the upper left, a golden palanquin decorated with red and white flower garlands carries a deity murti. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and beard holds a brass tray of bananas and green leaves while a man in a red-orange sleeveless top with long dark hair, and a man in an orange shawl, stand beside him. Men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris watch around them. Stone pillars with carvings frame the background.2009-08-06Outdoor temple scene at a gopuram-flanked entrance with a golden palanquin decorated with flower garlands and a deity murti behind it. A long-haired person in a sleeveless orange-red garment with a white tilak on the forehead stands center-right, hands extended toward a brass tray of bananas, green leaves and coconut offered by a man in white shirt. Around them, men in white shirts and orange shawls, one bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a bearded man with red tilak stand in a crowd of onlookers. The scene suggests a temple offering or procession.2009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06August 06 20092009-08-06A photograph outside a temple in Tiruvannamalai. On the right, a figure in an orange-red sleeveless top and a long orange-gold shawl with ornate gold necklaces and long swept-back dark hair, with white markings on the forehead, points and gestures while speaking. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis stand listening, one with red and white tilak marks. Behind them is a gilded palanquin or ratha decorated with white and pink garlands, holding a small deity murti, with a temple gopuram tower in the background. Several more people stand further back.2009-08-06