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Street procession in a Tamil town with a crowd walking along a road lined with shops and signboards. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl wears a long white and orange flower garland and a sandalwood-marked forehead, with hands folded. Beside him, an elderly sannyasi with a bare chest, white beard and white vibhuti marks wears a white dhoti and white shawl, with rudraksha mala beads. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk at the sides holding long silver poles. Other devotees in saffron and white follow. Pedestrians and a building with a tiled facade appear behind.

Outdoor street photograph in a construction area with scaffolding and yellow corrugated sheeting behind. A smiling young man in an orange saffron robe with a red undershirt and a vermilion tilak on his forehead walks centrally, hands extended and palms open in greeting. Behind him, men in white shirts and white dhotis, several wearing rudraksha-style neck beads, follow. At left, a bearded man in orange robes and gold-rimmed glasses gestures with his hand near his face. At right foreground, a bearded person in a red shawl turns away, holding green leaves. Banners with Tamil text and a lotus emblem hang on the scaffolding.

July 13 2009

September 11 2012

A street procession moves past a stone temple wall carved with figures and layered with faded posters. Most men wear white shirts or dhotis, some with red-and-gold shawls and rudraksha or beaded necklaces. In the centre-right, a man with long swept-back hair, an orange turban, an orange and gold robe and layered gold necklaces walks with palms pressed together in greeting; his appearance is consistent with a person but his face is not clear. Several other devotees in orange shawls walk alongside, and a yellow barrier and makeshift structures appear in the background.

January 12 2009

August 21 2006

A street procession in an Indian temple town with a crowd of devotees. In the centre-right, a smiling man in saffron-orange robes wears a long rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, with a white bandage on one arm and red-and-white tilak on his forehead; the page suggests this may be a person, though his appearance alone is not conclusive. To the left, a man in saffron robes holds a tall garland of red, pink and white flowers on a staff, and other saffron-clad attendants walk alongside. A woman in a maroon sari stands with palms pressed together, a bare-chested man in white dhoti stands nearby, and a row of shaded stalls with striped awnings lines the street behind them.

A street procession in an Indian town, with a flower-decorated float or palanquin visible in the background behind the marchers. In the foreground, several men in saffron and orange sannyasi-style cloth walk together, some bare-shouldered with orange wraps. The man at right-centre has long dark swept-back hair, a dark tilak mark, and a gold ornamental necklace with a pendant over an orange garment, which is a distinctive cue, but his face and identity are not established here, so the figure is described by role as a sannyasi in procession. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis walk among devotees along a street lined with multi-storey shops and signboards. Garlands and flower petals are visible.

A procession of saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees walks along a narrow street past red-and-white painted walls. Two saffron-robed men in the centre wear long rudraksha and bead malas, ceremonial gold pendants and wrist bands; the man on the left holds a fan-shaped umbrella on a long pole. Behind them, a red and gold canopy is visible. Men in plain white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, several with sacred ash markings. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with a pen in his pocket gestures toward the group. a person cues are present on the central figure with a headband, long rudraksha malas and gold pendant, but identity is uncertain.

2012-05-18 +1 copies

A photograph of a street procession in a Tamil city. In the centre, a smiling man in saffron robes with a gold necklace, a garland of yellow-orange flowers on his head and a long saffron shawl across his chest walks forward. Above him an orange parasol is held by a man in white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala. Other men in white and orange robes carry flower garlands and a white floral bundle, while women in saris and a cameraman with a video camera follow along a brick-paved road lined with shops and a scaffold tower. Probable Swamiji in the centre, identified by saffron robes, a gold necklace and a flower crown, with a parasol-bearer and devotees in white and saffron around him.

2012-05-08 +1 copies