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October 23 2006

Night procession outside a South Indian temple with a tall, colourful gopuram tower lit from within. Men in white dhotis and white shirts stand and walk on an open courtyard. The central figure in a pale blue shirt raises both arms overhead, hands joined in a salute. Several drummers with drums are among the crowd, and other devotees in white clothing and a few in checked shirts stand nearby. Dark sky above, with a small street lamp at left and blurred light spots across the frame.

October 23 2006

Night photograph of a procession walking along a lit temple lane. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the foreground, and a man in a rust-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala walks at centre, with long hair visible. A tall gopuram covered in lights rises behind them, with illuminated deity figures in blue and yellow lights on the left and colourful striped canopies on the right. Other people in white and orange cloths follow. Strings of fairy lights hang overhead.

Night photograph of a crowded procession walking along a lit temple precinct toward an illuminated gopuram, the tiered gateway tower of a South Indian temple, decorated with strings of lights. Several people in saffron and orange robes, one wearing a long beaded necklace and orange shawl, walk alongside others in white dhotis and shirts. Colourful illuminated deity figures and lamps line the left, and striped yellow and white decorated canopies appear on the right under strings of small lights. A dense group of roughly twenty to thirty people fills the scene.

Night photograph of a crowd walking past a brightly illuminated gopuram of a South Indian temple at Tiruvannamalai, its tiered tower outlined with strings of white and coloured lights. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts and a woman in a saffron-orange shawl move through the foreground, with a strong glare from a street lamp on the right. Festival decorations of lights and bunting frame the temple entrance and a lit pavilion on the left. Faces are mostly turned away or indistinct, and no one can be clearly picked out as a person.

Night procession on a dirt road with a lit, ornate deity murti on a decorated palanquin or ratha in the background. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style mala plays a drum, while a man in white dhoti with a red-and-gold sash beats a drum and a bare-chested man in white with gold border carries a standard. An elderly man in white with a red-and-orange sash covers his face with a hand, and another elderly man in white holds a tall orange and gold banner. Floodlights and trees frame the nighttime scene.

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Night procession at an outdoor ashram event. A lit golden palanquin or ratha carrying a deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and hangs beneath a string of small paper bunting flags. Many men in plain white dhoti and white shirts crowd around it, several bending forward with hands together. One man in the right foreground wears a bright orange-red shawl over white clothes. Palm trees are visible above the crowd.

Night-time photo of a street procession with three drummers playing large drums. On the left, a man in a light blue shirt and orange-yellow dhoti holds a drum. In the centre, a drummer in dark shirt and white dhoti plays a drum held in front of him. On the right, a young man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a drum with red and white trim. Behind them, a lit temple tower glows gold on the left, and a string of green lights stretches across the background. A faint vehicle with a red tail light stands behind the drummers.

Night procession at an ashram street lit by string lights along a red-painted wall. A lit temple tower with a red and gold superstructure glows in the background. Crowds of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris and salwar, press around a palanquin or cart carrying a deity murti. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and a tilak on his forehead holds a long staff near the front. Gold trident and ceremonial metal fixtures stand among the crowd, and a large gold ornament is visible at the right edge. A man in a light blue shirt operates a camera from a red vehicle. Many people are visible, roughly thirty or more.