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Outdoor procession on a dirt road with a large crowd of devotees following a decorated float carrying a deity murti under a canopy. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), beside another musician in a cream shirt and white dhoti playing a similar horn, and a drummer in white with a red cloth beating a large barrel drum. Several women in white and yellow saris and men in white dhotis walk with the crowd, some holding brass vessels or wearing yellow shawls and sandalwood or ash markings on their foreheads. Trees, low white buildings and a red-walled compound stand behind the procession under an overcast sky.2010-10-17December 28 20092009-12-28A photograph of a dirt-road procession in a rural setting with trees on both sides. Several musicians walk in front playing long brass horns (nadaswaram-style wind instruments) and a drum. The lead horn player wears a white shirt, white dhoti with a red sash, and a white tilak on the forehead. Next to him a woman in a red saree plays a horn. A man in a yellow-and-white checked shirt and gold-bordered dhoti plays in the center, and another horn player in a white shirt and gold-bordered dhoti stands to the right. Behind them, men in white clothes and some in orange follow, and a decorated canopy with colourful fringed trim and orange flags is carried in the background.2005-01-01 +1 copiesMay 05 20152015-05-05Outdoor procession on a dirt path lined with palm and shade trees. In the foreground, musicians in white dhotis and white shirts play long brass nagaswaram-style horns and drums; the drummer on the left carries a red-and-gold patterned drum. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari and a monk in saffron robes walk with a group of men in white and pale shirts. A man in a yellow shirt and dark trousers walks among them. Thatched huts and palm trees frame the scene.2008-08-01January 01 20122012-01-01January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesOctober 17 20102010-10-17A photograph of a festival procession on a dusty sandy ground under bright sunlight. Men in white dhotis and white shirts play drums and wind instruments, including a tall curved horn and a drum with a red cloth cover, while marching forward. Some musicians wear orange and green garments. Behind them, a crowd walks past colourful flags and decorated poles, a red-roofed building and a tall bamboo scaffold with pink and blue cloth. Several people in the crowd wear garlands. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the procession.2015-01-13Outdoor festival procession with musicians leading a crowd past banana plants and tall painted parasols. Drummers in white dhotis and cream shirts beat dhol drums with long wooden sticks, and a bare-chested musician in a white shirt blows a long brass horn. Behind them a shaved-headed figure in orange-red robes walks barefoot with a garlanded man, and a man in a grey-blue shirt with a red shawl plays a drum. Two decorated umbrellas and a tall trident-topped staff rise above the crowd, which includes men in white and yellow sashes. Cream-coloured tents and a sound system stand in the background.2010-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 21 20102010-12-21Outdoor procession on a sandy path lined with palm trees under a clear sky. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts play a large drum and a smaller hand drum, and a man in a striped shirt and maroon lungi carries a drum slung across his body. A man in a white shirt plays a long wind instrument. A woman in saffron robes stands at left holding a tray with a garland of yellow flowers. Devotees in white and yellow sashes walk behind, and women in saree and salwar watch from the right. A colourful striped umbrella, saffron flags, and a banner with printed text stand in the background beside a thatched shelter.2010-01-01