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Photo 1169198313 ஜனவரி 2015 உலக அமைதிக்கான பங்களிப்பு +1 copiesNovember 11 20132013-11-11A procession moves along a dry dirt path lined with palm and tall trees. Several men and women in white dhotis and white saris walk beneath colourful ceremonial parasols with red, yellow and green fringed canopies. A woman in a red-orange sari and a man in a green-bordered dhoti play a long brass horn and a drum, and a man at right in white plays a wind instrument. Strings of small purple flags stretch across the scene. Children stand in the crowd at left. No a person candidate is visible.2006-12-29Photo 11730966 +1 copiesDecember 09 20052005-12-09 +1 copiesOutdoor procession under a clear pale sky. In the foreground, men in white shirts and dhotis hold silver nadaswaram horns and metal pots, and a drummer in white with an orange cloth drums on a round drum. A man in a yellow shirt plays a horn beside them. Behind, a decorated palanquin or ratha with orange canopy, garlands and colourful tassels is carried forward. On the right, attendants in white with yellow shoulder cloths hold a tall ornate umbrella with floral embroidery and a gold finial. A golden trident stands on the left among banana leaves and a chain-link fence. Several people in orange and saffron robes walk among the crowd.2010-01-01A photograph of a fire-walking procession at an outdoor temple festival. A bearded man in white kurta and dhoti, with an orange shawl over his shoulders, walks barefoot across a bed of glowing embers on a dirt path. Around him, devotees in white clothes and orange shawls press their palms together, and drummers in white and orange play large drums. Behind them stands a decorated ratha/chariot with flower garlands and red-and-white canopy, and a tall wooden pole rises above the crowd. Palm trees and orange flags frame the scene, and a large crowd of devotees lines the route.2007-12-30December 22 20182018-12-22February 05 20092009-02-05A photograph of a procession on a dirt ground in front of a white-walled building and trees, with bunting strung overhead. Several large canopies with red, orange and blue panels and gold finials are carried on poles above the group. Many men and women in white dhotis, kurtas and saris walk in the procession, with orange shawls among them. Drummers in front play drums held at the waist, and a man in white with a rudraksha-style mala leads a pair of shoulder-carried poles topped with ornate silver finials. A cameraman filming in the centre. No figure in the procession is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2006-12-30November 13 20062006-11-13