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A nighttime outdoor procession moves across a paved courtyard under a corrugated roof. In the centre, a figure with voluminous dark hair wears a dark red-brown robe and a long garland of red flowers, raising one hand. Beside and around them, several men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies or white shawls, and others in maroon-brown robes with gold-bordered waistcloths, walk with hands folded or carrying items. A banner on the back wall shows a portrait of a figure in a red turban alongside a world map and the number 347. A decorated golden palanquin and floral arrangements are visible at right and rear. Light is dim with bright spots from overhead lamps.2016-03-06March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesOutdoor procession at dusk on a paved courtyard under palm trees and a dark leafy canopy. In the centre, a man in rust-orange robes wears a long white and red flower garland and walks forward holding a tall gold-tipped staff. Around him, attendants in orange, saffron and white dhotis carry long ceremonial staffs and a tall orange and gold banner. On the right, a man in white dhoti with gold border holds a brass vessel with a tasselled cloth and walks, while another in white dhoti stands with palms pressed together. Red-pillared shrine structure and a patterned pillar stand in the background.2014-10-29Night photograph of a procession on a paved courtyard at the Thiruvannamalai ashram, with bare trees and a dark red boundary wall behind. In the centre, a bearded man in a deep maroon robe wears a red and gold turban, a large pink-and-white flower garland, and a gold pendant necklace; he walks with a straight posture. Around him, several men wear saffron-orange dhoti-style cloths with rudraksha malas, one wearing a white head band, while men in white dhotis with gold borders and white shawls stand at the edges, one holding a white cloth bag. A woman in a blue sari and others in red and maroon garments are visible behind. Some participants gesture with raised arms. Eight to ten people are visible.2017-03-11December 23 20162016-12-23A photograph of a temple corridor procession at night. In the centre, a bald elderly man in an orange-red robe with gold borders and a heavy rudraksha mala and ornate gold necklace walks beside a younger man in an orange-red robe with a gold garland and a headband. A man in white dhoti with gold borders at left and several white-clad attendants carry round blue-and-gold ceremonial fans and flowers. At right, an attendant in white holds a white fly-whisk-like fan toward the elderly man. Ornate carved pillars, a lit corridor, and a few onlookers appear behind. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2012-05-10October 05 20172017-10-05May 21 20122012-05-21Evening procession on a gravel path in front of a red-walled building with string lights and banana plants. At centre, a man in a rust-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a large pink and white flower garland and an orange-tipped mala, walks barefoot beneath a silver ceremonial umbrella with fringed canopy, wearing orange slippers. Around him, men in saffron and orange robes with gold borders carry a brass tray and a decorated coconut bundle, and a man in white dhoti with gold border walks on the left. Several people wear rudraksha malas and tilaka marks, and a devotee on the far right has white ash markings. The scene reflects a pada yatra arrival with coconut offerings.2016-01-02December 31 20112011-12-31March 11 20172017-03-11