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September 11 20122012-09-11 +2 copiesA photo in a stone-pillared temple corridor where a decorated temple elephant stands at right, its forehead and trunk painted with white, orange and yellow markings and hung with bells. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a sandalwood tilak on his forehead, long swept-back hair and a heavy gold necklace, reaches out to touch the elephant while smiling. Behind him a shaven-headed attendant in orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at left, and several men in white shirts and dhotis gather nearby. Five people are visible.2012-09-11March 17 20182018-03-17 +1 copiesMay 15 20182018-05-15Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamSeptember 11 20122012-09-11 +1 copiesMay 15 20182018-05-15May 15 20182018-05-15October 12 20122012-10-12 +1 copiesA temple interior at night where a grey elephant with a colourful garland of red, pink, blue and green tassels and gold bells on its forehead reaches its trunk toward a man in a saffron-orange garment with a white head band and gold necklace, who stands with his hands together holding offerings. Behind him a line of devotees in white dhotis and saffron shawls watches, one woman in a green sari, and a man in a white shirt on the right looks on. Carved stone pillars and a relief figure frame the scene, and petals are scattered on the stone floor.2009-07-13August 01 2009 - Kalpataru, Thiruvanaikaval, India2009-08-01A photograph inside a stone temple hall with rows of carved granite pillars receding into the dim background. A large grey elephant with white painted markings on its face and trunk dominates the right side, its trunk raised toward the crowd. Around it, a group of people in saffron and orange robes walk together. A woman in an orange sari with a gold necklace stands with hands pressed in namaskar, and beside her an older man in orange holds his palms together. Other people in white shirts and dhotis, and a man in a khaki shirt near the elephant's legs, move through the crowd, some with red tilak on their foreheads.2009-01-15