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September 24 2006

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June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA street procession in a busy Indian town with a crowd of men, boys and a young girl in a red top gathered around a group of drummers playing large round drums. Several drummers wear red shirts and white trousers, while others wear checked and striped shirts. Shopfronts, strings of bunting and a large billboard advertising Onida and Aircel line the road. Stall signs for STD Local Nipo batteries and torches appear at left. No a person candidate is visible in the scene.2006-09-24February 02 20092009-02-02July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20092009-02-02A street procession in a busy Tamil Nadu town moves between shopfronts, with a large multicoloured umbrella and smaller decorated parasols carried above the crowd. Men in white shirts, dhotis and rudraksha-style beads walk alongside a player with a long wooden pipe and a drummer in a yellow shirt. Several placards held aloft show framed portraits of a saffron-clad figure with a label reading Paramathi Velur, and a sign reads Nithyananda Youth Club. A man in orange cloth with a garland walks near the centre, and many onlookers and police officers in khaki fill the road. The photograph is a standard daylight street view with a date overlay in the corner.2009-02-02A dense street procession in Tiruvannamalai moves past a stone temple wall on the left. Hundreds of men in white dhotis and shirts crowd the road, many playing long wind instruments and drums, with some in orange-banded clothing. Orange flags and a multicoloured umbrella lead the procession, and a decorated chariot with a deity murti is visible in the distance among buses. A figure in orange robes and a red-and-gold headdress with garlands walks near the front, flanked by police in khaki uniforms. Yellow petals fall in the air above the crowd.2011-12-20September 24 20062006-09-24A street procession in an Indian town. Drummers and musicians in red shirts and white dhotis play drums and other percussion on the road, while a bare-chested man in a saffron shawl and white dhoti beats a large drum at left. Orange and white bunting strings across shopfronts with tiled roofs, and orange flags fly from poles at right. Banners and hoardings hang on the shop walls, and a few onlookers in white stand nearby under trees and power lines.April 27 20082008-04-27June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesFebruary 05 20092009-02-05