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August 02 20082008-08-02A tiered, white-and-grey South Indian temple gopuram rises above green trees, its upper storeys carved with figures and a seated deity. Below its entrance, a group of devotees in white dhotis and saris with orange shawls gathers near the gate. Some people hold shoulders or lean together, and a bald man in an orange shawl sits at the lower right near a bamboo fence. The scene is an outdoor temple visit.2008-08-02September 23 20062006-09-23January 12 20072007-01-12Outdoor scene at a hilltop temple complex in a rocky, tree-covered setting. Large crowds of devotees dressed in white clothing and saffron-orange shawls sit and stand on the slope and around a thatched shelter beneath a banyan-like tree. A tall, ornate white and gold gopuram tower rises on the hilltop at right, with people climbing the stone steps toward it. Several participants wear orange scarves over white attire, and many are seated in groups on the ground. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance in this image.2008-08-02July 14 20092009-07-14January 12 20072007-01-12A photograph of a white gopuram temple tower with dense carved sculpture, seen through a thatched bamboo-and-palm-leaf canopy supported by scaffolding. Several people descend temple steps toward the viewer. In the center, a man in a saffron-orange turban and orange dhoti with gold border, hands pressed in namaskar, walks among men in white kurtas and white dhotis, some wearing orange shawls. A boy in a grey shirt and an elderly man with a white beard in tan clothing stand on the left. Grey overcast sky above.2006-09-24A photograph of a crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas stepping down from a temple entrance beneath a thatched palm-leaf canopy supported by yellow bamboo poles. Behind them rises a tall white gopuram covered in carved sculptures against a blue sky. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron shawl and orange head wrap stands with palms pressed together in a namaskar gesture. At the lower right, a man with long hair and a beard wears an orange shawl over white clothes. Several people in the foreground are wearing white with vibhuti or tilak on their foreheads. A woman in a red sari stands at the right edge.2007-01-12A procession of men in white dhotis and white shirts with rudraksha malas moves down the steps of a temple entrance beneath a large bamboo and thatch canopy supported by yellow poles. Behind them rises a tall white temple gopuram densely carved with sculpted figures. In the central group, a figure in a saffron-orange robe and orange-and-white turban stands at the entrance, with an older bearded man in an orange shawl nearby, and several men in white around them. Scaffolding frames the left side and a blue sky shows above. Watermarked archive photo.2007-01-12February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copies