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Street procession in an Indian town with several saffron-robed sannyasis walking along a paved road. In the foreground a man in orange robes and a red-orange head covering holds up a tall silver trident (trishul) with both hands and wears a gold necklace. Beside him a smiling man in orange robes with long hair wears a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant and raises a hand in greeting. Behind them, devotees in white dhoti and a yellow shawl, and other saffron-robed men, walk past shopfronts. Signboards on the buildings include a Vivekananda Kendra sign and a Shiva lingam emblem with an om symbol. Two people appear partially on the left and right edges.

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A street procession in a town with a Vivekananda Kendra building and white-domed shrine behind. A man in orange-red robes and a red head covering, wearing gold necklaces and bare-chested with a sleeveless wrap, carries a large silver trident upright. Beside and behind him, several men in orange-red robes walk barefoot or in sandals. A young man in a red robe with rudraksha beads and gold necklaces waves his hand and smiles. Men in white dhotis and yellow shawls walk among them, and a man in white with a white head cloth walks in the background. Signboards in Tamil and English line the street.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13Outdoor procession on a street beneath a large leafy tree, with a utility pole and a roadside shop at left. Several men in saffron and orange robes walk together. The man in front wears a tall headdress of flowers and white plumes, marked with a trident-topped staff, and holds a long pole. Behind him, others in orange hold a shawl, and two men at left wear yellow garments with white dhotis. At far right, a smiling man in a bright orange robe wears a dark rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace, with tripundra marks on his forehead. The setting suggests a temple procession, though no printed text is visible.2009-07-13Photo 11732501Outdoor street procession in bright daylight. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks at the left edge. Behind him, a sannyasi in saffron-orange robes holds a tall silver trident (trishul) upright. Next, a man with a red-marked forehead and wire-framed glasses wears orange robes. At the centre-right, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron robe, a dark rudraksha mala and a gold ceremonial necklace. Other saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad men follow along a paved road with power lines and a white temple gopuram in the background. Swamiji (probable) is the man in the orange robes with long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklace at centre-right, walking in the procession.2009-07-13Outdoor street procession in a South Indian town under an overcast sky. Several men in saffron-orange robes walk in a group; one at the centre-right wears a long dark red-orange robe, a large dark rudraksha-style mala with a gold ceremonial necklace, and smiles while looking upward. Behind him a sannyasi in orange holds a tall silver trident-topped staff garlanded with white and pink flowers. Others wear orange cloth wrapped over bare shoulders, and some men in white dhotis with yellow shawls walk alongside. A yellow auto-rickshaw and a decorated stall with striped cloth and garlands stand at the left and right edges, and a white building with a cream arched facade appears behind.2009-07-13July 13 20092009-07-13