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Outdoor procession at dawn or dusk with many people crowded together on a dirt road. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment and a white flower garland with a red-and-white garland, walking among devotees. Behind, several ornate colourful parasols with fringed edges and red, yellow and blue panels are carried aloft, and a bus with partly visible lettering stands in the background. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some wearing orange shawls, and women in saris and white shawls surround the central figure, many raising hands, clapping and cheering. A man in the foreground in white holds up a small object while people around him smile and gesture. Banana leaves decorate the scene. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, an orange garment and a flower garland, which are the visible cues for this candidate, and the person is walking in the procession.

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Outdoor procession on a dusty road with a crowd of devotees. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a red bindi raises both hands with eyes closed in ecstatic devotion, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over an orange garment and a white and red flower garland with gold beads. Behind him, two large decorated umbrellas with orange, green and yellow tassels shade the crowd. Women in white saris with red borders and rudraksha-style beads stand around him, and a man in cream clothing stands on a truck decorated with a banner reading Sri Velmurugan, operating a camera. Many people raise their hands in celebration.2008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor procession with a large crowd of devotees raising hands and cheering. At centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a white garland with pink flowers, raising his hands in greeting. Beside him, a bald man in an orange robe holds his palms together, and several women in orange and saffron saris stand nearby. Colourful ceremonial umbrellas with fringed borders and a decorated ratha-style float appear behind them, with a truck reading VELMURUGAN and a loudspeaker stack in the background. A cameraman with a flash camera is in the lower right.2008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor procession at dusk with a crowd of devotees dressed in white and red. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with rudraksha malas, raise open palms in greeting toward the centre. Women in red and orange saris with red-and-white garlands stand in the crowd, and a trident is visible on a decorated vehicle. Above the crowd, multicoloured fringed umbrellas and banana-leaf decorations line the route. A banner or vehicle reads MURUGAN. No single figure in a crown or saffron is clearly identifiable as a person, so the identity remains uncertain.2008-01-01Outdoor festival procession under colourful umbrellas on poles. At centre, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a white and red flower garland, with a gold pendant and rudraksha beads, smiles and raises his hands while others press close. Swamiji (probable), in_person candidate: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, garland and ceremonial gold necklace. Around him, saffron-clad devotees with mala beads, a man in white shirt and lanyard, and a bald man in white shirt wearing a purple lanyard smile and wave. A woman in a beige sari at right beams. A man at left blows a conch shell raised overhead.2008-01-01A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a white flower garland with red blossoms, a red tilak on his forehead and a gold ceremonial necklace, smiles broadly and gestures with an outstretched hand as he walks through a crowd. Two decorated umbrellas in red, green and gold fringe are raised above, and a trident-topped staff with orange streamers is visible. Around him devotees in white and orange clothing press close, some with palms pressed together in greeting, and a man in the foreground bends forward in reverence. A banana plant with a painted panel stands at left against a pale building and sky.2008-01-01Outdoor procession at dusk with devotees in white and orange clothing raising their hands and cheering. Several decorated ceremonial parasols with red, blue and green fringed canopies stand above the crowd, and orange-red flags flutter on poles. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange shawl over white clothes and a red garland, while others in white kurtas and orange stoles walk alongside. Some people in the foreground face away from the camera, and a bald man in white clothes is at left.2008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor procession at dusk with many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, some with lanyards, gathered under large ornate colourful parasols with red, orange and green fringed canopies. Women in red and white saris and flower garlands walk alongside, some with hands raised in devotion. A decorated vehicle with a yellow banner stands in the background beside a trident-shaped ornament. The scene suggests a festival procession with people crowding close together.2008-01-01