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Night photograph of a temple procession descending stone steps at a gopuram entrance lit with strings of bulbs and hanging garlands. At centre, a bearded man with a red tilak and a flower garland around his neck wears a maroon-brown dhoti-style robe and clasps his hands in greeting. Around him, men in teal and green sportswear with yellow emblems act as escorts, alongside a uniformed police officer in khaki and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti. Women in a blue-and-green sari and other devotees stand at left behind a golden ornate gate.

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February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photograph of a procession walking along a stone-paved temple path past a high granite wall decorated with strings of lights. A central figure in a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a white flower garland and holding his palms together in greeting, walks at the centre; he has long hair and a beard, and a bald man in a gold necklace and brown-red cloth walks beside him. Around them are uniformed police in khaki, men in teal sports shirts and blue trousers, a man in white dhoti, and a woman in a magenta sari. Behind them is a temple gopuram and an ornate illuminated shrine structure with festoons and lights against a dark sky.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photograph of a procession walking toward the illuminated gopuram entrance of a stone temple, with strings of lights along the tower. In the centre, a bearded man in a saffron-orange garment with a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style neck mala walks barefoot beside another robed figure in dark red cloth. Several men in teal green and white shirts walk alongside, and uniformed police officers in khaki are present at the front and back. Several dozen men appear in the crowd and along the path.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photograph inside a stone temple corridor with an orange-red wooden gate ahead and a row of lamps beyond it. A bearded man in a rust-brown ochre robe and a long white-and-green flower garland with hands pressed together at chest level walks through the crowd. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand near him, and devotees including women in saffron, yellow and red saris, one holding a small child in yellow, line the passage. Green banana plants and bamboo scaffolding decorate the entrance. A watermarked tag in the corner, not counted as text, marks the image as archive material.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photo of a procession walking along a temple street lit by strings of coloured lights and a street lamp. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard wears a dark reddish-brown dhoti and a large white and red flower garland, holding a khaki-uniformed police officer's hand. Around him, a man in an orange robe with a bead necklace, and men in white dhotis and gold-bead necklaces walk among volunteers in teal and green polo shirts with yellow emblems. A man in a green polo shirt with an identity badge on a lanyard and a uniformed officer with a belt are also visible. Illuminated temple gopurams and a decorated structure stand in the background. Several people are visible, roughly a dozen, walking together.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06