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Night photograph of a crowded temple precinct at Tiruvannamalai during the Karthikai Deepam festival. Tall gopuram towers are outlined with strings of white and coloured lights, and a bright glowing light flares in the dark sky at centre. Pavilions with yellow, orange and red draped festoons line the courtyard. A dense crowd of devotees, mostly in light white clothing, walks through the lit lanes. A large ornate chariot with carved figures and red lights stands at the right edge. No individual a person candidate is clearly identifiable in the crowd.

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Night photograph of a illuminated Hindu temple gopuram at Tiruvannamalai, its tiered tower outlined in white and yellow lights with red and gold bunting strung across the street. Dense crowds of devotees stand in the foreground, partly visible with heads cut off by the frame. Strings of lamps decorate nearby shop fronts and a pavilion on the left. No identifiable individual is clearly shown, and no ritual action is clearly visible.2006-12-04Night photograph of a crowd in front of a illuminated South Indian temple gopuram covered in strings of white and multicoloured fairy lights. Several people in the foreground seen from behind, including a figure in saffron-orange robes with long wavy hair at centre, and others in white shirts and dhotis. Lit archways and strings of coloured bulbs stretch across the scene under a dark sky, with a bright street lamp at upper right.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04September 23 20062006-09-23December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photograph of a temple scene at Tiruvannamalai. A striated temple gopuram tower rises on the right, its facade lit with small white lights, and a striped red, yellow and white awning hangs over a railed walkway. A line of string lights with red bulbs crosses the dark sky. Several people in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths walk along the railing, with a few devotees in the foreground, and a figure in an orange robe is at the centre. Lamps glow along the temple edges. The image is blurred and grainy.2006-12-04Night photograph of the illuminated Arunachaleshwara temple gopuram in Tiruvannamalai, its tower draped in white and coloured string lights. In the foreground, a tiled gate is decorated with glowing multicoloured illuminated figures and a lit sign. Several devotees stand, sit and walk near the gate, including women in saris and a man in a dark jacket on the left. A metal stand holds small oil lamps lit in front of the temple precinct, and a decorated pavilion with lights stands at right.2017-02-06 +1 copiesNight photograph of the Arunachaleshwara Temple gopuram in Tiruvannamalai, its tiered tower outlined in strings of electric lights, with the illuminated temple corridor and wall lit with festival lamps in the foreground. A dense crowd of devotees, mostly seen from behind and in partial silhouette, fills the lower frame near the temple walls, some in light clothing and one in a blue shawl. Street lamps and bright spotlights glow at the right. The scene reflects the Karthikai Deepam festival atmosphere at the temple.2006-12-04September 23 20062006-09-23Night photograph of a towering sculpted gopuram of the Arunachaleshwara Temple at Tiruvannamalai, its tiered stone face densely carved with figures and lit by strings of warm lamps tracing its edges and roofline. A bright floodlight glows at the lower left near a cable, and the dark sky surrounds the tower. No people are visible in the scene; the lamps are electric string lights, not oil lamps.2006-12-04Night photograph of a temple courtyard at a South Indian temple, its gopuram and colonnades outlined in strings of warm lights. A crowd of about twenty men, mostly in white shirts and dhotis, walks across the paved ground past a small shrine canopy. A man in the centre wears a red-orange shawl over white and holds his hands together in front of him. Several men in orange and saffron garments stand among them, and a few people carry white cloth. A bright floodlight glows near the tower. The scene resembles the Arunachaleshwara temple precinct during evening darshan.2006-12-04