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June 04 2006

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Photograph framed through a pointed white arched gateway with large dark studded wooden doors, looking out onto a street. Several people wearing orange and saffron robes walk along the road, one in the foreground carrying a backpack and wearing an orange cap and orange lower garments. Others in white clothes and orange garments walk behind a white car, and a green-and-yellow auto rickshaw sits at right beside a white-clad figure. Trees and a low yellow building with a tiled roof stand in the background, with a red umbrella visible near the building. Bright marigold-style garlands hang from a pole.2006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04August 11 20092009-08-11A busy street in a South Indian town on a sunny day, with a paved roadway lined by shaded trees and shops. A silver Honda sedan and a white SUV are parked on the road while a crowd of devotees and onlookers stands gathered near the vehicles. Several women in saris and men in white dhotis and shirts walk or wait along the road, and a woman in an orange and blue sari walks barefoot in the foreground. Yellow and blue umbrellas shade a roadside stall, and shop signs and power lines line the street.2009-07-13A busy street in a South Indian town on a sunny day, lined with shade trees, small shops, and colourful umbrellas over stalls. A woman in an orange and blue sari carries a bag and walks away from the camera at left. A line of people in white dhotis and white saris walks along the road toward the right, with a silver sedan and a grey SUV parked in the lane between them. Men in white shirts and checked lungis stroll on the sidewalk at right. Power lines and signboards fill the background.2009-07-13July 14 20092009-07-14July 13 20092009-07-13A procession of devotees walks along a dirt path in front of an ornate white temple gateway with a domed roof, surrounded by green trees. At the front, two men in saffron-orange robes carry a small deity murti and a tray of offerings; one holds a silver tray with flowers and fruit. Behind them, men and women in white dhotis and shirts, one man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl, carry orange flags and brass trays. Two decorated ceremonial umbrellas, one gold and one multicoloured, are held aloft over the group. A silver car is parked at the left edge, and onlookers stand near the trees at right.2008-08-07A group of people walks along a narrow paved path through a gated archway flanked by green trees and a blue wall. At the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and walks barefoot; he has a distinctive long swept-back hairstyle and saffron clothing, a probable Swamiji candidate. Beside him, a bare-chested older man in a yellow and orange cloth walks barefoot. Behind them are other saffron-clad attendants, and at left a woman in a green blouse and purple sari carries a plastic bag. Men in white dhotis and shirts follow along the path.2008-07-29A procession of devotees walks down a narrow residential street lined with white and cream multi-storey houses, blue ornate iron gates and a stack of red bricks. Most walkers wear white dhotis or kurtas with orange saffron shawls and white ID lanyards with rudraksha-style beads. In the foreground a bald man with glasses in white and orange leads, and a man balances a tray of offerings on his head. Women in yellow and green saris and a grey-haired woman in a green blouse walk among them, with a utility pole and trees beyond.2008-08-02A street procession in a small South Indian town. Many devotees in white clothes with orange shawls walk along a dusty road lined with older concrete houses, a green tree and a white car. The front marchers include a smiling woman in white with an orange shawl, an older man with white hair and a rudraksha mala, and a man in a white shirt with an orange scarf. Behind them more walkers in white and orange stretch down the street, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at a doorway. No figure in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person.2008-08-02