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A photograph of a crowded street procession in Tiruvannamalai. At centre, a man with long dark swept-back hair and orange-saffron clothing, hands pressed together in namaste, walks beneath a multicoloured embroidered parasol and carries a silver ceremonial staff topped with a trident and bells. Around him, devotees in white shirts and dhotis press close, one man wearing a rudraksha-style mala. A red parasol and a blue tarpaulin-roofed stall line the street behind, and a stone temple pillar is visible at left. The timestamp reads 24 12 2005.