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A photograph inside a temple at night showing a seated figure in an orange-saffron robe and orange turban, wearing a large garland of red, yellow and white flowers, sitting on a dark cloth-covered platform. A man in a white shirt and black trousers bends forward with palms pressed together over the platform, while a bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and a mala beside him holds a tray of bananas and fruit. Around them stand devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with folded hands, a woman in a green salwar with a dupatta, a man in a red shirt, and a bare-chested man with a tilaka and a mala. Two white-clad priests with tilaka marks sit at the lower right. Another orange-robed figure sits at the lower left. A lit temple lamp is visible at the top. The seated figure in orange with garland matches the page's description of a devotee receiving honours at Arunachaleshwara Temple, though the appearance cues are not conclusive.

Dense outdoor crowd of devotees on a paved temple-precinct ground during a procession. Most men wear white shirts or white dhotis, and some wear orange shawls. A central figure with a long dark hair, wearing an orange-yellow robe, a striped orange turban, and multiple beaded necklaces, smiles while surrounded by the crowd; a man in a white shirt and light grey hair with a red-and-white beaded garland stands nearby. A bald man with glasses wears an orange wrap over white clothing. Women in saris, including pink and green, stand in the background. Flowers in yellow and red sit at the right edge of the frame.

November 09 2003

2003-11-09 +1 copies

April 05 2012

A crowd gathering of mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, many with hands pressed in anjali namaskar greeting. Centre right, a smiling man in a saffron-orange turban and a white flower garland over an orange-gold shawl stands with hands folded, facing a bearded man in white. Other people in white crowd around, some wearing name badges, with a white plastic chair at left. The scene reads as a reception or greeting at a public event.

July 17 2008

A crowded temple procession scene. In the foreground, a man with dark hair and a white dhoti wears a rudraksha mala, seen from behind. A central figure in a rust-coloured turban and white garland sits near a saffron-robed elder with a white beard and orange turban. A cameraman in white films beside them. Two shaved-headed priests in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas kneel at right near a pink and blue ornate palanquin or ratha. Behind, a large crowd of devotees, many women in saffron and pink saris, gathers beneath decorated umbrellas and ceremonial staffs.

A crowded outdoor photograph near a temple entrance decorated with marigold garlands in orange and yellow. A bare-chested elderly priest in a red-maroon dhoti and rudraksha mala stands at centre beside a woman in an orange sari. A man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl holds a microphone, and a younger man in a white shirt stands nearby. Around them, many men in white shirts and dhotis, some in red and orange, press close, with a bare-headed onlooker in the foreground. A sannyasi in orange robes stands among them, and the scene appears to be a ritual gathering or darshan. Tiled walls and a canopy frame the scene.

June 29 2014

2014-06-29 +1 copies

Indoor temple scene with orange and marigold garlands draped on pillars and a brass oil lamp with several lit flames on the right. A man in an orange turban and orange robe with a red and white garland stands with palms pressed together in namaste, facing a man in a white shirt who wears a rainbow-coloured rosette at his waist and gestures with his hand. Behind them a shirtless priest with a rudraksha mala and sacred thread stands near the wall, and at lower right a priest with white and yellow tilak and bare upper body holds a ritual item. Devotees crowd the foreground and background, several with glasses and grey hair.