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January 12 2009

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Outdoor procession on a paved road in bright daylight with a dense crowd of devotees. Many men wear saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, while others wear white kurtas and white dhotis with orange shawls. Several carry tall orange flags and colourful fringed umbrellas overhead. In the centre, a man in a bright orange robe and orange turban wears a long rudraksha mala and walks forward. Men on the sides wear gold garland necklaces. A drummer with a drum is visible at the lower right edge, and a shirtless young man in a white vest stands at right.2009-01-12A dense street crowd during a house visit procession in Tamil Nadu. At the centre, a man with long swept-back hair wears a rust-red wrap, a rudraksha mala and a beaded necklace, smiling and reaching out to people on both sides. He appears to be a probable Swamiji, identified by long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and a distinctive wrap, and is in person. Around him, shaved-headed sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas press close, and men in white shirts and dhotis stand among the crowd. Orange flags and striped bunting hang from a balcony above, where people look down, and palm fronds decorate the street under a tiled roof.2014-06-24 +2 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28A dense outdoor procession in daylight with many devotees pressing close. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair, a red-and-white garland and a white-and-gold shawl stands with his palms together in greeting, a forehead mark visible. Around him, men and women in saffron-orange robes hold long gold-topped staffs and orange-and-blue ceremonial flags, and a saffron-robed monk with a gold necklace and beaded mala stands at right. Devotees in white, pink and dark clothing reach out to clasp hands along the crowd.2009-01-01June 23 20132013-06-23December 30 20092009-12-30Night photo of a dense crowd of sadhus and devotees moving through a street at the Ujjain Kumbh Mela. Many bare-chested men wear orange and saffron cloths wrapped at the waist, some with shaved heads, one with a white-grey beard, and one wearing a bright orange turban on the right. A red flag on a tall pole rises above the crowd near the right edge. Men in white dhotis, a man in a green checked shirt, and others in ordinary clothes stand among them. Streetlights and a dim background light the scene.2016-05-21June 23 20132013-06-23 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20092009-01-12January 16 20182018-01-16January 12 20092009-01-12A narrow alley lined by a plain wall and a doorway procession through a village street in Tamil Nadu. A festoon-decorated canopy of banana stalks, leaves and red-and-pink cloth shades the way. Foreground, a bald man in saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala walks at the front; a man in white with a vibhuti tripundra and an orange shawl walks in front of him. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a garland of white flowers smiles while carrying a decorated pot; another woman in a red blouse and orange sari holds a brass plate with flowers. Several men in white shirts and saffron-clad sannyasis follow, along with children and onlookers. Pedestrians pack the lane behind them.2014-07-04 +1 copies