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A dense crowd of devotees fills a festooned hall at night, with garlands of marigold and red flowers and rows of electric lights hanging overhead. Many people in white and pastel shirts raise their hands, clap and press palms together, some holding up mobile phones. A man in the upper centre stands on a raised platform with a brass vessel beside him, arms outstretched. A woman in the foreground wears a dark top with a blue shawl and a bindi, hands folded in namaskar. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person in this crowded scene, so no candidate is confirmed.

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December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Dense night crowd of devotees pressing together under strings of marigold and white garlands and small electric bulbs at a temple festival. Many people raise their arms and hands toward a central area where a figure in white and red-bordered clothing stands near a lit brass oil lamp. One man in the foreground has a vertical kumkum mark on his forehead and is looking sideways, while a woman at the lower right wears a dark top and glasses. Some devotees fold their hands in prayer. A signboard with Tamil lettering hangs above the crowd. The scene conveys a packed darshan or aarti moment with lamps and flowers around the crowd.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04Night photograph of a dense crowd of devotees packed beneath a canopy of marigold and red flower garlands strung in zigzag swags, with rows of small red and white lights overhead. Many people raise their hands and reach upward toward a central figure who stands above the crowd in a light-coloured shirt, holding a raised object. Men in white shirts and dhotis fill the foreground, and a brass lamp is visible at the lower left. A signboard with Tamil lettering hangs at the top of the frame. Several people hold up phones or cameras.2006-12-04December 04 2006 - Karthikai Deepam, Tiruvannamalai2006-12-04A large seated congregation fills a hall decorated with strands of orange and white flower garlands and string lights hanging from the ceiling. Most devotees wear white or pastel clothing, many with rudraksha malas; several women in white saris and a woman in a red-patterned sari sit with hands pressed in prayer or raised in gesture. Children in yellow shirts and boys with rudraksha beads sit in the front rows. No a person candidate is visible in the frame. The setting resembles a satsang or puja gathering during a birthday celebration.2005-12-25A dense crowd fills a temple passage hung with garlands in marigold yellow, magenta and white, and strings of small bulb lights run overhead. Men in white shirts and khaki-uniformed police officers push through the throng, and several people raise silver or brass bowls and trays toward the front.2006-12-04A packed indoor hall of devotees raises their arms and claps during satsang. Many men and women fill the frame, some in white dhotis and shirts with rudraksha-style malas, others in colourful saris, salwar and a black t-shirt. A woman in a red and green sari claps in the lower left, and a smiling young man in a black shirt with a red tilak raises both hands at right. Metal barrier railings separate rows of seated people, and a white-walled room with a grilled window and a framed picture is behind them. No single speaker is clearly identifiable in the crowd.2013-01-06A large indoor hall with exposed steel roof trusses and rows of fluorescent tube lights along the columns. A dense crowd of devotees fills the floor, many with raised arms and some holding green leaves or flowers. Most men wear white shirts and dhotis, several women wear saris in pink, green, yellow and cream. A man at right in white with a lanyard smiles and reaches toward others. A camera operator in an orange-trimmed white shirt films at centre-left. At the back, a large red banner shows a portrait and Tamil lettering above a stage area. No individual can be identified as a person from this distant view, so no candidate is marked.2006-11-05