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Outdoor photograph of a dense crowd during a street procession, with many people reaching toward a central figure wearing an orange robe and holding a handheld microphone. Behind him, a man in white carries a long pole supporting a striped canopy with colourful tassels overhead. Women in pink, orange and saffron saris and men in white shirts fill the foreground, while a few hold up small printed placards and saffron flags. Green bushes and trees line the roadside under a bright sky.

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January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor street scene during a procession with a crowd of many devotees pressing toward a raised platform on the right. A tall figure in orange robes stands on the platform holding a small brass bell and reaching down toward the crowd. Women in saris, many with hair tied back and some wearing bangles, reach out with hands extended. In the left foreground a man in white shirt and white dhoti with an orange shawl holds a long wooden staff, and a man in a white shirt holds a green and red ceremonial canopy with tassels. Several people hold small framed photographs and placards on sticks. Dusty roadside trees and a plain sky fill the background.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor photograph of a procession crowd at a roadside. A person in a long-haired, saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands centre-left under a large multicoloured canopy with tasselled fringe, beside a man in white holding a wooden pole. Behind them many people, mostly women in yellow, blue and pink saris, reach upward with hands raised toward an orange-robed figure standing on a raised platform at right. A flag and a banner are visible in the background.2009-01-21A crowd surrounds a procession at an outdoor street setting beside a large tree and a small shrine. Under a red ceremonial umbrella with fringed tassels and a decorated canopy, a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands among devotees. Around him, men in white shirts and saffron scarves, one in a white cap, and older people in white stand close, several with hands folded in greeting. Women in saffron and sarees are present. Some people hold up white placards with printed photographs and Tamil text. An orange flag is visible on the right. The scene is a public street procession with a shaded, crowded atmosphere.2009-01-21A dense outdoor procession crowd in bright daylight. At the centre, a long-haired figure in a saffron-orange robe with a maroon border and a red-banded tilak stands among devotees, receiving a garland of white jasmine, purple flowers and yellow-green round fruit. Beside them, a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala holds his hands together in greeting, and another man in a white kurta with a saffron scarf stands nearby. Around them, men and women in white clothes with rudraksha malas and saffron cloths hold wooden poles and banners, and a yellow-and-orange canopy with pink and green tassels appears at upper right. Many people in the foreground face away, with dark heads of hair visible. A printed white banner held up at left carries Tamil script. Several people hold poles of a procession float or ratha.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor street procession on a paved road under trees. In the centre, a long-haired man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak walks smiling, his hand extended toward a companion. Beside him, a younger man in an orange dhoti and shawl with a red border holds a notepad and pen. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis with orange shawls and rudraksha malas carry large red, blue and yellow umbrellas fringed with colourful tassels. Handwritten and printed placards with portrait photos are visible in the background, and a blue bus stands at left. Several people in white stand along the route.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21