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December 09 2005

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A street procession moves along a paved road lined with trees. Several men in white dhotis and shirts play traditional instruments: one in a pink shirt and white dhoti beats a large drum slung at his waist, while others blow long brass horns and nagaswaram-style pipes. Colourful decorated parasols in red, green and yellow with tassels are carried overhead. A central figure in white robes wears a turban and a garland of white flowers, and a man at left holds a tall white plume. Crowd members in white and orange clothing follow behind.2005-12-09A street procession passes under a white banner tent with Tamil script. Men in white dhotis and shirts play brass nadaswaram-style horns and drums, while others carry large red and gold ceremonial fans with blue emblems. Colourful fringed parasols with red, yellow and blue canopies shelter the procession. A figure in a red-and-orange shawl stands at left among the crowd. Several men are visible in the foreground and middle ground, with more people behind them, consistent with a temple-bound festival procession.2007-01-12A festive procession moves across an open dirt ground with bare trees and a low building behind. Several drummers lead the way, including a man in a white dhoti and white shirt beating a large drum and a man in a red shirt and dhoti playing a long wind instrument. Behind them, people in white and orange-saffron clothes walk beneath two ornate umbrellas with striped and multicoloured canopies, carried on poles. Many more people, including children in colourful outfits, follow in a crowd. The scene suggests a ritual or religious parade.2009-02-23A street procession moves along a dusty road lined with large ornate parasols in orange, yellow and multicoloured panels bearing a white bird emblem. Musicians lead: a man in a golden-brown dhoti and shawl plays a long brass horn, and beside him another in white dhoti plays a similar horn. Drummers in white shirts and white dhotis carry drums, one with a pink cloth draped over it. Behind them, several men in orange robes and orange shawls, one wearing a large red-and-white flower garland, walk among crowds of people in white clothing. Palm trees stand in the background under hazy light.2008-12-26Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha SamrajyamPhoto 11691983 +1 copies13 ஜனவரி 2015 உலக அமைதிக்கான பங்களிப்பு +1 copiesJanuary 01 20172017-01-01A photograph of a procession on a dirt ground in front of a white-walled building and trees, with bunting strung overhead. Several large canopies with red, orange and blue panels and gold finials are carried on poles above the group. Many men and women in white dhotis, kurtas and saris walk in the procession, with orange shawls among them. Drummers in front play drums held at the waist, and a man in white with a rudraksha-style mala leads a pair of shoulder-carried poles topped with ornate silver finials. A cameraman filming in the centre. No figure in the procession is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2006-12-30A street procession of devotees in white dhotis and shirts walks under ornate umbrellas (kudai) with red, orange and gold canopies and tassels. Several musicians play long wooden nadaswaram-style pipes and a brass horn; the player in front has a red tilak on his forehead. Behind them, a man in a white turban and saffron-yellow garment with a white flower garland stands with hands folded in namaste. Other men in white stand nearby, and a uniformed officer in khaki appears at right. Trees and a roadside sign line the background.2005-12-09A procession moves outdoors past a white building with a row of white flags bearing a blue bird emblem. In the foreground, a musician in white dhoti and shirt with a red tilak on his forehead plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style pipe) into a microphone, with other pipers in white beside him. Two large ceremonial umbrellas with red and orange canopies, gold fringe and blue-and-white bird emblems are carried aloft on poles. Behind them, a man in white with a garland and yellow-bordered cloth stands with hands folded in greeting, while other men in white shirts and dhotis, some with rudraksha-style necklaces and sashes, follow in the crowd. A patterned multicoloured parasol with tassels is raised at right.2005-12-09November 11 20132013-11-11