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Street procession outside a South Indian temple gopuram with painted sculpted tiers and a colonnaded pillared hall. In the foreground, several musicians in white dhotis and shirts play long wooden nadaswaram-style pipes, while a drummer in white crouches beside a red-and-black barrel drum and another man plays a drum slung over his shoulder. A spectator in a blue checked shirt with a bag watches from the left. Behind them, a gilded palanquin or ratha canopy with golden fringe and a purple cloth backdrop stands near the temple entrance, with a white-clad attendant beside it. Orange flags and bunting hang overhead, and a white banner with Tamil script hangs at the right edge.

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Street procession in a busy Indian town with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing long brass wind instruments (nagaswaram-style horns) and drums. Two central players wear orange-and-yellow tassel cords and one has a red tilak on his forehead. A drummer in a checked shirt beats a dhol with a decorated cloth cover. Behind them, a multi-coloured temple chariot or ratha with a tiered tower stands near a gopuram-style temple structure, with signboards and flags along the street. Several men in white and a uniformed police officer are visible in the crowd. No identifiable a person figure is clearly present.2011-12-20September 24 20062006-09-24January 13 20152015-01-13 +1 copiesAugust 02 20082008-08-02Photo 11730966 +1 copiesA dense street procession on a crowded town road, with a large decorated ratha (chariot) under a canopy of marigold and green garlands at upper left. Colourful umbrellas with red, yellow and blue panels and fringed edges stand in the foreground. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk closely together; several play long brass horns and trumpets, and others carry drums and staffs. A few men in orange and saffron cloths move among them. Shopfronts, banners and a blue dome line the street behind, and a strip of blue and white bunting hangs overhead. a person is not clearly identifiable among the marchers, so no candidate is confirmed.2006-09-24A photograph of a street procession before a South Indian temple gopuram with a tiered white tower and a hillside behind it. Several drummers carry barrel drums slung from shoulder straps, playing as they walk. The nearest drummer on the right wears a light blue shirt and white dhoti, and another on the left wears a striped shirt. Behind them, a row of men wears plain shirts, checked shirts, a saffron-orange dhoti and bare feet, and a bald man in a grey shirt stands among them. A crowd of onlookers fills the background along a carved temple wall. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2006-09-24Outdoor procession at a temple colonnade with a tall gopuram-style pillared hall in the background. Men and women in white dhotis and sarees, many wearing saffron-orange shawls, stand in a crowd. Several drummers hold round frame drums, and two men play long wooden pipes (nadaswaram-style). A sannyasi in saffron robes stands among them with a shaved head. A large ornate saffron and red ceremonial banner on a pole is at the left edge, with market stalls behind.2008-08-02January 01 20092009-01-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 02 20082008-08-02December 20 20112011-12-20