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Night temple procession photographed at close range. A large silver vehicle shaped like a mythical horse-headed mount is decorated with yellow and red marigold garlands, pink and green fabric panels, and string lights. Behind it rises an illuminated golden shrine structure with tiered roofs. Several men in ritual dress stand and sit around the vehicle: a bare-chested man in orange dhoti near the center, a man in white shirt and dhoti pointing at the vehicle, men in white dhotis and saffron cloth, and others wearing colourful headdresses and rudraksha-style beads, some holding small flames. Attendants in white and orange clothing steady the poles of the vehicle.

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Night photograph of a temple procession with a large silver-toned vahana shaped like a bull or nandi, decorated with yellow and red flower garlands and colourful bead strings, lit by rows of white bulbs. Behind it a silver ornate palanquin with a tiered roof is also lit. Several men are visible: a bare-chested man in orange cloth stands at the vahana, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands on the right holding a cloth, and men in orange and white dhotis sit below holding oil lamps and torches with flames. Text on the photo reads Sri Nithyananda Paramashivam, KAILASA, and . a person's presence per page is not visually confirmed2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07Night temple procession at Annamalaiyar temple area: a richly decorated silver-and-gold ratha/temple car lit with strings of bulbs, its sculpted shrine topped with a gilded tower. A large silver bull vahana with floral garlands in red, green and yellow stands in front, draped with a colourful flower-and-fabric canopy. Priests in white dhotis and saffron-orange cloths, some with rudraksha malas, stand and sit around the cart; a man in a white shirt and a shirtless man in orange dhoti tend to the vehicle, and a few attendants hold flaming torches. Several people are visible, mostly partly obscured by the cart.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight photograph of a temple procession vehicle decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands and strings of lights, carrying a silver bull mount (nandi) in front of an illuminated deity murti framed by a floral arch. Several priests sit on the vehicle wearing tall gold crowns and orange and green garments, some with rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces; one bare-chested man in white beside them holds a lit flame. Several men stand around the base of the vehicle, one in a yellow shawl, and a cluster of onlookers is blurred in the foreground. Shoulders carry the scene, with a silver-decorated palanquin-style structure beneath the murti.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copies