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A street procession in daylight moves along a paved road lined with trees and utility poles. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk in a dense group, several holding hands in a chain. Above them, multicoloured parasols in red, green and yellow are carried, and orange ceremonial flags with gold and blue embroidered borders are raised on poles. A decorated float or chariot on the right is hung with purple and yellow garlands. Men in orange or saffron-coloured clothing and caps walk among the crowd. A blue municipal banner behind the procession reads in English about a Kanyakumari tourism development scheme.

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A street procession in daylight on a paved road lined with trees and utility poles. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts walk holding hands in a line, while others carry drums. Several people in orange or saffron garments and orange flags walk among them. Above the crowd, large multicoloured umbrellas with fringed edges and ornate orange-and-gold banners on poles are carried. On the right, a large blue billboard displays a map and the text about Kanyakumari special grade town tourism development. The scene is a rath yatra style procession.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A street procession in daylight along a paved road lined with trees and utility poles. Many people in white dhotis, white shirts and white saris walk in a long column, many holding saffron-orange flags on poles. Several colourful striped umbrellas are carried over the crowd on the right. A blue banner with partly legible Tamil text stands behind the marchers. Some participants wear orange garments and garlands. The scene suggests a devotional march, with people holding hands in a chain at the right edge.2009-01-12A street procession in daylight, with a crowd walking along a paved road past a low building and a blue signboard in Tamil script. Several decorated umbrellas in red, yellow, green and purple, with tassels and floral embroidery, are held aloft by men in white dhotis and shirts. A central figure in a bright orange robe and orange headwrap, with a rudraksha mala and a long orange shawl, walks forward with arms outstretched. Nearby, another man in orange holds a stick and wears a beaded mala, while a man in white with an orange shawl and mala walks alongside. Women in white saris with gold borders and sandals follow. A devotee in an orange robe and dark mala sits at the right edge.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A large procession moves along a rural road lined with trees, utility poles and low houses. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts with lanyards lead the crowd, while devotees in saffron and orange robes carry orange flags and colourful striped parasols overhead. Near the centre, a figure in an orange-red robe walks among the group; no clear a person identification can be made from appearance alone, so the figure is described as a sannyasi in saffron robes. Several people hold long poles with decorated banners. The crowd is dense, filling most of the road.2009-01-12August 01 20082008-08-01September 23 20062006-09-23August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor village street procession in Tamil Nadu with a large crowd of men and women moving past a colourful temple gopuram on the left. Drummers in white dhotis and bare-chested men carry drums, and a man in an orange robe, with a camera operator in white beside him, walks near the center. Behind, a red umbrella and a decorated palanquin or chariot are visible among the crowd. Women wear saris in red, pink and blue, and a signboard and white wall with Tamil text line the road beside orange flags on poles.2008-07-28