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Night photograph of a procession walking across a paved temple courtyard beside a stone temple wall with carved figures. A central man with long dark hair wears a rust-brown robe and a large white-and-pink flower garland, and is flanked by devotees in saffron-orange dhotis and robes. Several women in saree and salwar stand nearby, along with men in white shirts, and a young girl in a blue dress with gold trim. A colourful multi-coloured temple gopuram-style structure glows in the background, and a bright street lamp lights the scene.2017-02-07September 28 20082008-09-28February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a group walking along a dark road during a girivalam circumambulation at Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe and orange shawl walks with a long wooden staff, flanked by a woman in a cream-and-gold saree with an orange shawl and a woman in an orange robe and white dhoti. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with rudraksha-style malas, follow under a single orange street lamp. A pile of rocks sits at left.2008-01-02February 07 20172017-02-07A night photograph of a sannyasi walking toward the camera along a dirt path. The lead figure wears an orange saffron garment, a white headband, a rudraksha mala and a red-bordered cloth, and carries a red-striped shawl. Behind them, several people in orange, red and white clothing walk in a loose group past a red brick wall and dark trees, with discarded sandals lying by a pink pillar on the right. The scene is lit by dim night light.2013-04-24Night-time photograph of a group walking across a sandy, stone-strewn ground beside a leafy tree. In the centre, a woman with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange draped garment, a heavy gold necklace of beads and a pendant, and a dark bindi, walks with a wooden cane. Beside her, a bearded man in saffron robes and a red-bordered cloth walks with glasses. Behind them, a man in saffron with an orange shawl and a younger man in white with an orange sash follow. On the left, an older man in white dhoti with a yellow shawl and a mala stands near a small child in pink, and a man in a blue striped shirt holds an orange cloth at the right edge.2008-12-11April 05 20122012-04-05January 02 20082008-01-02Night procession at a temple courtyard with a stone gopuram carved with figures on the left and a small dark deity shrine lamp at its base. A central man in a brown robe with a flower garland and white tripundra marks walks barefoot, with a man in an orange robe and orange dhoti beside him. Behind them, devotees in orange and maroon robes and rudraksha malas follow, with a woman in a cream sari and a woman in a green sari among them. A man in a white shirt walks at the centre and a girl in a white shirt walks at the right edge. The ground is paved stone and a tree stands at the upper right. a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so the central garlanded figure is described only by role as a devotee leading the procession.2017-02-07February 17 20162016-02-17February 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copies