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A worker stands on a rusty metal stool against a pink-washed wall, reaching up to a wooden pillar wrapped with green rope. He wears a navy short-sleeved shirt and a turquoise cloth wrap. A colourful painted pillar decoration with elephant motifs in red, green and orange hangs beside him, and stacked metal chairs and a blue plastic chair sit in the corner. The scene shows preparation work at a temple hall before the Karthikai Deepam festival.

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November 29 20222022-11-29A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti works inside a covered space, holding a long curved pole with a brush or roller to the pinkish brick wall while his shadow falls across the wall. Behind him hang an orange cloth and a colourful decorative hanging with elephant motifs; a metal tray sits on a shelf. The figure has long dark hair and a mala-like necklace, with no clearly visible face, so the identity remains uncertain. The scene shows a wall being painted or refurbished during preparations at Kailasa Tiruvannamalai.2022-11-29May 28 20132013-05-28 +1 copiesDecember 21 20162016-12-21May 18 20132013-05-18 +3 copiesA photograph of a flag-hoisting ceremony at an outdoor event under a palm-leaf canopy. A person with long dark hair, wearing a red sleeveless top, an orange cloth and a white and yellow flower garland over the shoulders, pulls a white rope to raise a white flagpole set in a base decorated with pink and yellow flower petals and garlands. Scattered petals fall around them. Behind a bamboo barrier, a crowd of women in pink, orange and green saris sits and watches, some with hands pressed together in greeting. Banana leaves, mango leaves and bamboo decorations frame the scene.2009-08-03Outdoor photograph of a man in a brown silk dhoti and matching shawl with gold borders, wearing red and yellow flower garlands and a gold necklace, standing barefoot on a stone platform. He holds a yellow rope pulling upward beside a large pink-stone kalasha-topped ritual pillar wrapped in yellow and white marigold garlands, with green leaves and a bundle at its top. A white bandage is wrapped around his right forearm, and a red tilak marks his forehead. Palm trees and dusk sky form the backdrop, with marigold petals scattered on the ground.2013-10-05A young shirtless boy in checked purple shorts climbs a tall wooden pole inside a corrugated-roof hall with fluorescent tube lights and ceiling fans. Around the base, a crowd of shirtless boys and a few adults in orange and white clothing watch and clap, with women's heads visible in the foreground. Yellow curtains and tall decorative banners with red, blue and white patterns hang along the walls.2012-06-05A young girl in an orange short-sleeved blouse and orange dhoti-style trousers with a red-and-orange sash performs a rope-walking act, balancing barefoot on a thin rope while raising one arm overhead and extending the other. A red vertical rope hangs from the ceiling above her. Two tall decorated pillars wrapped in painted cloth with blue, red, yellow and green patterns and orange fringed bases flank her under a draped white ceiling canopy with ceiling fans and bright lights. Framed portraits hang on the pale wall below, and a black speaker sits on a shelf.2013-05-28 +1 copiesDecember 20 20102010-12-20May 20 20182018-05-20 +1 copiesMarch 11 20132013-03-11