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A decorated ceremonial float with a pink and white painted canopy and colourful geometric panels rides past a white gopuram temple tower with tiered carved sculptures under a pale sky. Three men in orange-saffron robes sit on the float: one in the foreground has a grey beard and wears a white floral garland, a second wears an orange turban and a garland, and a third at the front right wears orange clothing with a wrapped scarf. Strings of small lights hang above the tower and a speaker sits at the left. A green and white banner runs along the bottom edge. The scene shows a procession near a temple.

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A decorated ceremonial palanquin with pink-trimmed, mirror-embellished panels and a red fringed canopy stands before a tall white multi-tiered temple gopuram with carved figures. Two saffron-robed men with white flower garlands sit inside the open palanquin; one wears an orange turban and the other has long hair and a pink cloth in hand. A third person in orange stands at the right edge beside the carriage. Several people in the crowd stand below at the left, and string lights hang across the sky above the temple tower.2010-01-29Saffron-clad sannyasis ride in an ornately decorated palanquin-style float with pink-trimmed panels, mirror-work motifs and red fringed canopy, during a procession at an outdoor festival. A bearded man in an orange turban and white floral garlands sits on the float beside another bearded man in orange robes and garlands. A man in a white shirt and orange cloth with a bead necklace stands at the front of the float, and red-capped boys in white uniforms walk alongside. Behind them a colourful multi-tiered temple shrine with painted pillars and a tall tree stand against the sky, and a large crowd watches from the roadside.2010-01-29A gold-decorated ceremonial vehicle with a canopy is draped in yellow marigold garlands and purple flower strands, moving past a tall white gopuram temple tower with carved figures. A wooden scaffold rises beside the tower and a palm tree stands in front. A man in white sits in the vehicle's open front, one hand raised in greeting, with a framed portrait mounted on the vehicle's side. An orange flag is attached to the vehicle. In the foreground, several men in white and orange clothing and a man in white dhoti walk near stalls of produce. The scene suggests a procession around a temple.2009-01-12Outdoor ritual at a decorated chariot-like shrine (ratha) with a multi-tiered roof, pink and red trim, and mirror-embroidered panels. A saffron-clad sannyasi with a white flower garland and a rudraksha mala stands on the right, wearing an orange turban, and touches the chariot's wheel-like panel with a small object. Another saffron-robed person with a white garland bends forward at the centre, reaching toward the shrine. A bare-chested man in white cloth kneels at the lower left. A striped canopy and bright sky sit behind, and a person in orange is partly visible at the far right.2010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29Outdoor photo at a temple gateway with a tall white gopuram tower behind and a colourful sculpted shrine roof to the right. A long-haired man in orange saffron robes stands in the centre with palms pressed together in anjali, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style mala around his neck; the cues are distinctive but appearance-based, so he is labelled Swamiji (probable). Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white shirts wear orange shawls, and one older man in white carries a gold-chain necklace. Overcast sky, and a camera operator is partly visible at right.2008-08-02A photograph of a large ornate gopuram, the tiered stone temple gateway, with carved sculptures and pale stucco figures rising under a clear blue sky. In the foreground on a paved courtyard, a group of about eight to ten men walk toward the viewer, most in white shirts and dhotis, one in an orange lungi with a bare torso, and a figure in an orange turban with a saffron-and-magenta garment and ornate neck garland stands out among them. To the right, an elderly bald man in an orange shawl and white dhoti walks alone.2006-11-24Outdoor photo at a South Indian temple gopuram with a golden palanquin decorated with pink and white garlands on the left, carrying a deity murti. In the centre a man in saffron/orange robes and a large floral garland stands with an orange-clad bearded sadhu beside him holding a tall silver staff. Around them men in white dhotis and shirts, one wearing a yellow shawl, and a woman in sunglasses stand in the crowd, with a printed Tamil sign on the temple building. Appearance-based a person: long hair, saffron robes and garland, at the temple procession.2009-08-06Street procession outside a temple with a richly decorated wooden ratha-style palanquin carrying a deity murti heavily garlanded in white, pink, purple and yellow flowers under a red-and-yellow canopy. Several saffron-robed sannyasis walk with tilak and rudraksha malas; the central figure in orange robes wears a long flower garland and holds a small object. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala, a man in white dhoti with a saffron shawl, and a man in white and gold guide the procession past a gopuram with painted sculptures. Crowd of onlookers lines the street.2018-01-16Evening procession on a brightly decorated ratha or float with pink, green and black geometric panels, rows of small lights and a red fringed canopy over a blue backdrop. Two men in saffron-orange robes sit inside the float: one with a full dark beard and a garland of white flowers, the other wearing an orange turban and white flower garland, waving with his right hand. A shaved-headed attendant in white stands at the lower front of the float, and a crescent moon shows in the pale dusk sky. Overhead wires and a signboard with printed text appear at the left edge.2010-01-29Photograph of a tall, ornately carved gopuram temple tower of pale stone, its sculpted tiers crowded with figures and topped by small kalasha finials, with an open entrance doorway below. In the foreground a group of men in white shirts and white dhotis walks across a paved courtyard toward the gate. A figure in an orange-saffron robe with a red-and-orange head wrap and a garland walks at the centre of the group, and to the right an older bearded man with white hair wears an orange shawl over a white dhoti and walks barefoot. The figure in the saffron robe and head wrap is a sannyasi-style figure, with appearance cues that are not distinctive enough to confirm identity, so the a person field is unsure. Clear blue sky and utility wires are visible above the temple.2006-11-24September 12 20122012-09-12