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January 24 2024

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A street procession passes a yellow signboard reading Kovil Sri Subramaniar Paripalana Saba, Masai, with Tamil text above. Several people in yellow and orange garments walk along the road, including a bare-footed man in orange carrying a tall decorated kavadi frame with red and yellow fringed banners and painted deity panels. A woman in yellow carries a small red wooden stand, and another person in dark clothing walks beside. Onlookers in colourful saris stand at the left edge near a green hedge, and a child in white is at the right. Striped red and white fencing lines the temple grounds behind the procession.2024-01-24February 10 20202020-02-10 +1 copiesNovember 13 20062006-11-13A dense outdoor procession moves along a village street with many devotees walking in the same direction. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while others wear checked or striped shirts. Women in red, teal and green saris walk with flowers in their hair, and one woman has a long braid with white blossoms. Several people carry brass plates and offering trays, some topped with fruit or flowers. Saffron and orange flags fly on poles along the street, and a green banana plant and a canopy stand at the left. In the background a tall decorated float or structure with a raised cover sits among the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues.2008-07-28A street procession in which a deity murti is carried on a decorated palanquin covered in yellow, orange and white marigold garlands and a gold-framed canopy with red and blue pillars. Behind it, a man in an orange-saffron garment with a long garland of white and yellow flowers walks at the centre, flanked by men in white shirts and dhotis, some with white tripundra marks on their foreheads. A bare-chested young man with a rudraksha-style necklace stands on the palanquin, and a figure in a white shirt stands on the left by the cart. Several men in the crowd hold cameras and phones, and a shirtless man with a gold necklace and sacred thread is visible at the right. Trees and a parked vehicle line the background road.2011-01-16January 01 20112011-01-01February 10 20202020-02-10December 20 20112011-12-20January 12 20092009-01-12A crowded street procession in Pondicherry, with devotees packed close around a golden ratha chariot draped in flower garlands and decorated with colourful canopies. Many people in the foreground, including women with plaited hair and jasmine flowers, a girl in a white and red dress with a tilaka on her forehead, and an older woman in a green sari. The deity figures on the chariot are small and partly obscured by the crowd. Trees, a concrete building and a rooftop onlooker are behind them under a pale sky.2006-10-16A procession of devotees walks along a paved road in Maran, Pahang, during the Panguni Uttiram festival at Sri Marathandavar Bala Dhandayuthapani Alayam. Many people wear bright yellow-orange clothing and carry silver kavadi-style pots on their heads with both hands, some with orange cloth draped over them. A man in the foreground in a yellow shirt and yellow-orange dhoti holds a pot overhead, while a woman in a yellow kurta holds a white cup. Palm trees, a banana leaf and a utility wire frame the scene, and an elderly man in white with a purple suitcase stands at the right edge.2024-03-29November 13 20062006-11-13