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A photograph of a colourful South Indian temple shrine with a painted pink, blue and green gopuram-style facade, sculpted lions and a deity murti on top. A man in an orange dhoti and orange head-cloth, bare-chested with a white flower garland, stands with palms pressed together in prayer at the left. Another man in white clothing stands partially visible at the edge. Rose petals lie on a stone table in front, with small brass oil lamps and a fruit offering nearby. The open-sided roof is corrugated metal.

November 25 2006

November 25 2006

November 25 2006

November 25 2006

Photograph of a temple shrine with a colourful multi-tiered gopuram-style facade in pink, green and yellow, with a dark doorway framed by pink pillars and lion sculptures at the base. Inside the doorway, a priest in a yellow-gold dhoti and a second robed attendant perform puja before a lit lamp and deity murti. In the foreground, several people in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a figure in an orange robe with an orange turban and a flower garland stands among them, with a large black shivalinga-type stone and a pot with flowers placed on the stone ledge. A camera operator records the scene on the right, and a uniformed police officer stands at the left edge.

A photograph of a stone-pillared shrine with a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of marigolds and red flowers, a golden arch behind it, and a gold-and-red cloth drape. Offerings including brass oil lamps, bowls and a small golden box sit on the granite ledge in front. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair in an orange garment kneels with folded hands in devotion. A camera operator in the lower left photographs the scene. Behind, white-clad attendants move near the shrine, and red-and-white striped canopy cloth is visible at the right.

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A photograph of a temple courtyard at Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, a person in an orange-saffron robe with a draped orange shawl and gold bangles bends forward, pressing their forehead and hands against a dark stone shrine structure. The shrine has carved stone pillars, a small lion sculpture, and a ceiling painted with a concentric rainbow-coloured circular medallion. A tall cylindrical stone lingam-style object with a white cloth wrap stands inside the shrine. Bamboo scaffolding and palm trees are visible behind, along with pink-painted temple walls. The person's face is not visible and no identification is made from appearance.

A photograph of an open-sided temple shrine with grey stone pillars and orange-red curtains tied back at the sides. Inside, a seated deity murti with a crown, dressed in red and yellow, is adorned with marigold and garland decorations. In the foreground a person in a long orange-red robe with long dark hair stands with hands joined before the stone platform in front of the shrine. Behind, a drummer in white dhoti and a man in white clothing stand at the edges, and several people in white and red attire are gathered in the background. A wooden sign with lettering hangs on the orange wall at left.

A single devotee in an orange sari with a white flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before a shrine. Inside the shrine stand deity murtis draped in pink and red cloth, with a garland of yellow and orange marigolds hanging across them. Brass oil lamps and offering plates sit on a grey stone platform in front. Behind the shrine an orange-walled building with white and red striped trim and a corrugated roof stands among palm trees, and orange curtains hang at the open pavilion.

A photo of an open-sided stone shrine with carved grey pillars, red curtains tied at the sides, and a mounted golden arch framing a deity murti of Shiva and Parvati adorned with marigold garlands and a red cloth backdrop. A standing figure in orange robes bows forward with hands at the stone altar in front, which holds small brass vessels and oil lamps. The setting is a temple courtyard with trees visible beyond the railing.