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Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamKailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamKailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamBlack-and-white night photograph of a ornate temple chariot procession on a city street in Tiruvannamalai. A tall, tiered ratha is lit with rows of bulbs and carries a large decorated deity murti with a framed face and garlands. Two white horses with ornamented harnesses pull the chariot. Bare-chested men in dhotis and a uniformed policeman walk beside it, some holding lit torches. A dense crowd of devotees fills the foreground, and shopfronts line the street on the right.Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamBlack and white night photograph of a temple festival procession. Central focus is a large decorated ratha or vehicle framed by an arch of string lights, with a deity murti at its centre garlanded with flower strands and enclosed by a circular floral halo. A carved lion-faced figure and an elephant-trunk motif flank the deity. Hanging fringed canopies frame the top. Several men stand around the vehicle: one in a white shirt, two bare-chested men in white dhotis with sashes, and another in a white dhoti. A dense crowd of spectators, some holding up phones, fills the foreground.February 07 20172017-02-07 +5 copiesKailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesBlack-and-white photograph of a temple procession in a crowded street. A large ornate silver-framed palanquin carries a deity murti adorned with garlands and a crown, with attendants in white dhotis and caps holding ceremonial fans and an umbrella above it. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti walks at the front of the crowd, next to a man with a tilak on his forehead. Many onlookers in white clothes press forward on both sides of the palanquin. +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17