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January 14 2018

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A photograph of a procession on a dusty courtyard path lined with a red carpet, beside a red brick wall. In the centre, a bearded man in a deep maroon-brown robe wears a maroon turban, a pink and white flower garland, layered gold necklaces and a rudraksha mala, and walks smiling. Around him, several young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, bare-chested with rudraksha malas and bangles, carry a long bamboo pole, a staff and a tray of offerings. Two young women with long hair and jewelled headpieces walk behind, and a man in white ritual dress stands at the back. Dreadlocked children in orange in the foreground.2018-01-14A procession on a dusty path lined by a red-painted wall, with a red carpet runner down the centre. A central man wears a maroon-brown turban and dark-brown garment, with a pink-and-white flower garland and heavy gold necklaces and a gold waist belt, and is smiling as he walks. Around him, young attendants in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls carry a long bamboo pole and walk barefoot; several wear rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces, and one woman wears a crown-like headpiece. Another man in white walks behind. The scene suggests an arrival procession at a Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam event.2018-01-14June 07 20162016-06-07July 22 20132013-07-22June 07 20162016-06-07July 22 20132013-07-22A procession walks along a path toward a temple shrine with a deity murti in an arched niche. At the centre, a smiling man in a rust-brown robe with a red-and-white flower garland, a gold pendant, a forehead tilak and a rudraksha mala walks on a red carpet. Beside him, a man in a brown robe and rudraksha mala walks with folded hands, and saffron-robed young boys with tilak march behind. On the left, women in white and coloured saris with rudraksha malas and young girls in pink and green chaniya dresses stand with palms pressed together. Ceremonial staffs with trident finials, a white canopy and orange and yellow flags are carried in the procession. a person: the central figure in the red-brown robe with garland and tilak is identified only by appearance cues such as the garland, gold pendant and rudraksha mala, in a procession setting.2014-08-17May 19 20132013-05-19A photograph of a procession walking along a paved path lined by a red wall and green trees. At centre, a smiling man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange-brown dhoti-style wrap with broad gold borders, a large ornate gold necklace with a pendant, gold armbands and a shawl across his shoulders. Around him, young people in maroon and orange robes with gold borders walk with palms pressed together in anjali. A young man on the right wears orange robes and a rudraksha mala and holds his hands in anjali; another person at far right raises a long brass horn. Probable Swamiji (probable) is the central figure, distinguished by his long hair, gold necklace and saffron-toned clothing.2013-07-02Outdoor procession on a stone courtyard along a red carpet. In the centre, a man in a deep red-maroon dhoti and matching shawl with a large red and white floral garland walks forward, and a smaller child in red-maroon clothing with a gold crown and layered silver-and-white necklaces walks beside him. Behind them, robed attendants in saffron and orange garments carry a tall orange parasol with fringe and a tasselled fan-like staff. A figure in white dhoti holds the parasol pole, and a bald man at right in maroon cloth and rudraksha beads carries a silver tray of flowers and fruit. A small shrine with a deity murti and colourful flags stands in the background among palm trees, and people in orange and white continue the procession.2013-08-20August 20 20142014-08-20A procession on a paved courtyard with a red carpet runner. At the centre, a man in a red-maroon dhoti and matching shawl wears a long red flower garland and a wooden bead necklace, walking forward and smiling. A child in a red-maroon garment with an ornate gold headdress and silver necklaces walks at the right of the carpet. Attendants in orange and saffron robes carry a large orange parasol at left and ornate decorated umbrellas behind, while a man on the far right carries a brass pot with yellow-orange flower garlands. Robed attendants in white and saffron stand around the scene in front of a shrine canopy.2013-08-20