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Photograph taken from inside a temple hall looking out through an open doorway toward a courtyard. In the foreground at left, an ornately gilded golden pillar with carved relief figures and a shrine-like niche rises beside dark wooden beams. Two dark silhouetted heads of people stand in the lower right and lower center, partly visible, seen from behind at the metal railing. Beyond, a pink-roofed open pavilion with grey stone pillars and a small deity shrine sit under an overcast sky with overhead wires. A few distant figures in white stand in the courtyard area near the railing.

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December 25 20052005-12-25Photograph inside a temple of a large gilded column with carved relief panels showing deities and ornate niches, set on a gilded base. In the right foreground, a person with dark hair seen from behind holds hands in anjali (prayer gesture) before a metal railing. A second partially visible person with dark hair is at the left edge. Beyond the open colonnade, grey stone pillars and a pink-washed shrine roof are visible, with another figure in white near a gate in the background.2005-12-25 +1 copiesPhotograph of a South Indian temple gateway with a tall gold-plated flagstaff rising above an ornate, painted sculpted roofline crowded with figures in turquoise, red and cream. A crowd of men and women, mostly in white shirts and dhotis or saris, presses in front of the hall. A green metal cage encloses a shrine area, with a gilded small shrine and a wooden board of Tamil lettering at right. A bare-chested priest with a sacred thread appears at left. No identifiable a person appearance is visible among the people.2006-09-24September 12 20122012-09-12A photograph of a tall gilded brass or copper temple pillar. Its ornate base has carved figures and a niche with a seated deity relief, and a green banana or palm leaf hangs from its side. Overhead stone beams and a cable are visible. Partially visible at the lower left edge is a bare-chested man wearing a rudraksha mala, close to the pillar.2006-09-24January 12 20072007-01-12A photograph of an ornate gold-plated temple pillar or dhwaja-style column in a temple corridor, decorated with carved niches, a small shrine-like crown, and a relief of a seated deity. Green banana leaves hang across the top left, and a yellow signboard with red lettering is visible in the background. No people are visible.2006-09-24A photograph of an ornate gilded temple column or dhvajasthambha-style pillar standing in a temple corridor. The golden pillar has a tiered base with lotus-petal mouldings and a raised shrine-like niche carved with a seated deity figure. Banana leaves hang across the left side of the frame. Behind it, a yellow banner with red Tamil and English lettering reads Sri Annamalaiyar temple. Stone pillars and dim interior passages recede into the background, and a few distant figures are visible at the bottom edge.2006-09-24May 24 20122012-05-24Houses of the Hindu ParliamentA photograph inside a dim temple hall of an ornate gold-plated pillar base set on a stone platform, with a gilded canopy shrine enclosing a dark metal Ganesha murti seated on a mount, flanked by slender turned columns. Fruit, bananas and white flowers are laid on a tray at the lower right, and a few partially visible people in white and in saris stand in the background. A small sign on the wall reads Sannathi.2006-09-24December 25 20052005-12-25