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Outdoor festival procession under a open-sided roofed pavilion with red steel framing and scaffolding. Drummers in saffron and orange robes play large drums, including a tall silver-toned drum held by a figure in orange, and white dhoti-clad boys beat drums with sticks. A stone bull statue (nandi) decorated with a garland of white and orange flowers sits on a red carpet, with a floral kolam rangoli on the ground. Dancers in red and orange sarees, some holding sticks, and onlookers under colourful umbrellas fill the scene. Palm trees and a crowd stand beyond the structure. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.

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Outdoor temple-construction courtyard under a metal scaffolding frame with a partly built stone wall and pillars. In the foreground, a black stone Nandi or sacred bull statue is garlanded with marigold and multicolour flower strands, beside a floral rangoli on the bare ground. Along a red carpet, women in red, orange and blue saris and some bearing staffs form a procession, and a group of devotees stand with hands in anjali. Two men in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded, and a woman in a purple sari with a border stands at the right. Pink, red and orange umbrellas and red flags are visible in the background crowd. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2017-12-30A photograph of an outdoor Pongal celebration under a tin-roofed pavilion decorated with hanging palm-leaf toran and banana fronds. A large black stone Nandi bull statue draped in an orange-red cloth with white flower garlands sits on a red pedestal in the foreground. Several women in orange saris and men in orange robes and white dhotis move among the crowd, some carrying items, while a seated figure in red-and-maroon robes sits on a gold-framed throne at left beside a small orange table. A colourful rangoli floral kolam decorates the floor at left. Several people in white and orange clothing gather nearby under the hanging decorations.2016-01-15December 30 20172017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30A procession of many people in saffron and orange robes moves across a sunlit courtyard beside white tent fabric and a concrete structure. Drummers beat large drums and a brass horn is played. A man in a red-and-orange canopy-bearing group carries a red cloth banner, and a multicoloured fringed parasol is held aloft. Several participants wear rudraksha malas, ornate gold headpieces and matted or long hair, and one figure in front carries a trident. Several people in white dhotis walk among them. A gold umbrella with a trident finial is visible at upper right. The scene reads as a ceremonial ashram procession.2017-12-30A procession under a covered tent walks along a red carpet. In the centre-left, a man in an orange robe and orange-red turban, with a garland of white and pink flowers around his neck, smiles and raises a hand in greeting; an attendant in orange walks beside him. Several figures in orange and saffron robes carry or walk alongside, including a woman in orange holding a brass tray. Behind them, a drummer in orange beats a large drum, and bare-chested young men in white dhotis wearing rudraksha malas follow. Colourful umbrellas in red, blue and patterned gold shade the group, and banners and orange-and-white flags hang from the tent frame, with green trees behind. The orange-robed man wearing a turban and garland is an appearance-based candidate, but the cues are not sufficiently distinctive for confirmation.2017-01-01December 30 20172017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30October 01 20172017-10-01December 30 20062006-12-30A photograph of a temple procession under a corrugated metal roof, with a deity murti carried on a palanquin-style platform decorated with bright garlands of yellow and orange flowers and a colourful canopy. Numerous men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested, carry or walk alongside it, while women in orange sarees and a woman in a pink saree with a long braid walk in the procession. A few children in orange and a boy in purple stand nearby. Umbrellas in red, pink and blue shade the area, and palm trees and a red wall frame the courtyard. Several people in orange and white are visible, and a bald man in a teal shirt stands at right beside a gold-trimmed red seat. Approximately 25-30 people are visible.2017-01-11