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Black-and-white photograph of a temple procession. A large ornate canopy with a fan-shaped top and fringed borders shelters a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti heavily garlanded with flowers, with an arched halo behind it. Two men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies sit on the palanquin beside the deity. A dense crowd of men in white clothes and white head cloths walks around it, some with bald or shaved heads, and a tall gopuram rises at right. No printed names or captions are visible.

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1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple2017-11-20 +1 copiesBlack-and-white photograph of a temple procession in a crowded street. A large ornate silver-framed palanquin carries a deity murti adorned with garlands and a crown, with attendants in white dhotis and caps holding ceremonial fans and an umbrella above it. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti walks at the front of the crowd, next to a man with a tilak on his forehead. Many onlookers in white clothes press forward on both sides of the palanquin. +2 copiesBlack-and-white photograph of a temple procession. At centre, a large ornate palanquin or ratha canopy with a dark fringed umbrella overhead is decorated with rows of round lamps and garlands, and holds a richly adorned deity murti draped in garlands. Two men stand beside it: the one on the left wears a bare upper body with a shawl draped over the shoulder and a white dhoti, with a beaded necklace; the one on the right wears a dark shirt, a white dhoti and a beaded necklace. A crowd of onlookers fills the street below and at the edges of the frame, and a small figure stands on the left side of the carriage.2017-11-20Black-and-white photograph of a ornate processional shrine or palanquin carrying a deity murti, decorated with white garlands and draped flower strands. The shrine has a carved arched canopy topped with bird and animal finials, white columns, and a tiered base. The murti is adorned with a crown-like headdress. Several devotees in white clothing crowd closely beneath the shrine, some with faces partly visible.2017-11-20Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple2017-11-20 +2 copiesOld sepia photograph of a temple car procession in a street. A tiered, multi-storeyed wooden ratha with pillared niches and a canopy finial is pulled through a dense crowd of hundreds of people, mostly men and women in white clothing, many holding black umbrellas against the sun. Low hills rise behind the chariot, and small white buildings and utility poles line the roadside. The image appears to show a ratha procession of the Arunachaleshwara temple, a chariot festival setting rather than any individual portrait.Black-and-white archival photograph of a temple procession in an old town street. A large ornate wooden chariot (ratha) with a carved front panel of deity figures and sculpted reliefs is pulled forward, topped by a fringed canopy with draped cloth. Tall flagpoles with banners rise at left. Dense crowds of people, many in white dhotis and light clothing, fill the foreground and street, and multi-storey buildings with shop fronts line the background.2017-11-20 +1 copiesJune 25 1974Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam1978 - Arulmigu Arunachaleshwara Temple