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A street procession in front of a pale green house with a white decorative lattice panel and a red-tiled canopy over the entrance. A man in a white dhoti and shirt plays a long brass wind instrument (nadaswaram-style horn), with a drummer in white dhoti beside him playing a barrel drum, and another drummer in white with a red sash on the right holding a drum. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, one holding a white-wrapped bundle, stand along the roadside, and women in colourful saris stand farther left. A dark SUV is parked behind them, and palm and banana leaves frame the scene.

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A sunlit village street lined with houses, palm trees and hanging bananas, with a silver SUV parked in the middle. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts or red vests play long brass horns (nadaswaram-style wind instruments) at the centre of the road. Around them, devotees in white saris and white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in greeting, and a man in a striped shirt and a woman in white hold bouquets of flowers. A cameraman with a large video camera stands at the right edge. A large portrait banner hangs on a wall at left. Several people stand along both sides of the street, welcoming a visiting arrival, with a Tamil-speaking devotional greeting atmosphere.2010-01-11 +1 copiesJanuary 20 20102010-01-20A street scene outside a house in Tamil Nadu during a welcoming procession. Three drummers stand in front, playing long curved wind instruments (nadaswaram-style pipes) and large hand drums with yellow-banded frames. The drummer on the left wears a white dhoti and a green-and-red shawl; the central piper wears a white shirt and white dhoti; the right drummer wears a pink shirt and white dhoti with an orange cloth. Behind them, a group of devotees in white and saffron clothes, including women in sarees, stands along the lane. A striped pastel canopy shades a doorway with a deity image and garlands, and a woman holds a brass tray of offerings.2014-06-27January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA street procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, where a group of musicians in white dhotis and shirts play traditional instruments on a paved road. Several men play long nadaswaram-style wind instruments with flared bell ends, while others beat large two-headed drums with white heads and decorated wooden rims. One drummer wears a red shirt and an elderly man stands in the line. An orange cloth is draped over the shoulder of a man at the right edge. Two-story pink and cream houses, parked motorbikes, a yellow sign and a banana plant line the street under a partly cloudy sky.2006-10-16June 23 20142014-06-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20092009-12-23November 25 20092009-11-25Street procession on a paved road in front of a silver SUV with a banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetham on its windshield. In the foreground, two men play long wooden pipes (nadaswaram-style) and a man in white dhoti and shirt beats a small drum. A man in an orange shirt with a pink-checked cloth on his shoulder plays a pipe beside them, and a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the left. Men in pink and white shirts and white dhotis walk behind, with rickshaws, buses and a woman in a blue and white outfit on the roadside. Trees and a yellow building appear in the background.2010-01-09A photograph of a traditional Indian musical procession in a covered corridor of a white building. Men in white dhotis and shirts play instruments: the central player blows a long brass nadaswaram-style horn with an orange-yellow sash and rudraksha-style neck tassels, another man beside him plays a similar horn, and two men on the left and right carry double-headed drums (thavil) slung over their shoulders, one with a woven orange strap and one with a green-and-gold rim. Several other men in white stand in the background. A small orange and white garland decoration hangs over a red-framed doorway, and potted palms and a blue plastic chair sit near the entrance.2009-06-22A street procession moves along a narrow concrete lane lined with brick walls, low houses, trees and a utility pole. Drummers in white dhotis and white shirts beat barrel drums, and a man in a white kurta leads the group near the centre. Women in colourful saris carry brass pots and kalasha-style vessels with flowers and green leaves on their heads or in their hands. At the right, women in sarees stand beside a blue metal gate decorated with flower garlands. A woman in a light blue and white saree at the left holds a small offering. The scene reads as a temple-style street procession with drums and carried offerings.2010-01-20