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Outdoor photo of a devotee procession at a South Indian temple gateway with a tall gopuram tower and a covered entrance hall with pillars. Many people in white clothes with orange-saffron shawls stand in two lines on the paved road. In the centre a man in white dhoti and shirt with a shawl stands near a drummer holding a drum, and a man on the right holds a large ornate orange and gold umbrella-like canopy. Stalls and a hill are visible at the sides.

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A festival procession moves through the colonnaded corridor of a temple gateway with tiered gopuram towers and sculpted niches above. Drummers in white dhotis with orange shawls play frame drums held at the chest, and nearby musicians in white hold long wind instruments. A man in an orange robe with a bare, shaved upper body stands at the center-left, and a group of devotees in white and orange clothing surrounds them. A decorated orange and red umbrella or canopy appears at the far left, with market stalls selling colourful goods along the walkway.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A procession of devotees in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls stands in a stone-paved temple lane flanked by pillared gopuram-style colonnades. Several men play drums and brass wind instruments, while women in saris and girls in orange shawls stand on the right, some with hands folded in namaste. Two large gold-and-red ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the crowd toward a towering gopuram in the background. Market stalls with blue and green tarpaulins line the street, and a hill rises behind the temple.2008-08-02Crowded outdoor scene at a South Indian temple gateway with a tall gopuram tower in the background. Many devotees in white dhotis and shirts press forward. In the center, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron/orange robe and a large white-and-red flower garland, with a mala necklace; he is being greeted by saffron-clad sannyasis, one bald with tilak and beads, who hold his hands and garlands. Several people wear orange cloth and rudraksha malas. Shelter roofs, a stone wall and a colourful painted shrine sit at the right. Count of people visible is well over twenty.2010-12-29A photograph of a procession at a South Indian temple with a tall gopuram tower behind a colonnade. A man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a gold necklace, walks at centre with palms pressed together in greeting, beneath a red and gold ceremonial parasol-canopy. Around him men in white shirts and white dhotis wear orange shawls and rudraksha-style beaded malas, and a saffron-robed attendant on the left holds an orange cloth. Swamiji (probable) is the centre figure in saffron robes, wearing long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and a shawl, matching the page's Swamiji event; he is shown in procession rather than seated. Around ten to twenty people are visible.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A large crowd in white and orange moves through a temple street toward a gopuram tower, with a tall decorated temple gateway and mandapa on the right. Men in white dhotis carry long horns and drums, one playing a dhol-type drum. A woman in a white sari with a flower braid and red blouse stands in the lower right foreground. A tall orange-robed figure with a long garland and orange shawl leads near the center, while a yellow-and-red canopy umbrella is held aloft over the procession. Many participants wear orange shawls and white clothing. Metal barricades and shop shutters line the left side of the street.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02December 29 20102010-12-29August 02 20082008-08-02Outdoor procession at a temple colonnade with a tall gopuram-style pillared hall in the background. Men and women in white dhotis and sarees, many wearing saffron-orange shawls, stand in a crowd. Several drummers hold round frame drums, and two men play long wooden pipes (nadaswaram-style). A sannyasi in saffron robes stands among them with a shaved head. A large ornate saffron and red ceremonial banner on a pole is at the left edge, with market stalls behind.2008-08-02