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A large procession of women in white saris with orange shawls walks along a temple colonnade, many balancing brass milk pots or kalashas on their heads, some decorated with pink flower garlands. Orange flags are raised among the crowd. Behind them stands a temple gopuram-style hall with carved pillars, and to the left stalls sell colourful garlands, bangles and offerings. A man in a white shirt and a man with an orange turban walk nearby. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd scene.

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August 01 20082008-08-01August 02 20082008-08-02August 01 20082008-08-01August 02 20082008-08-02A large crowd walks along a dirt road in a procession, most people in white clothes with orange shawls or sashes. Many women and men carry brass pots, kalasha-style vessels, on their heads or in their hands. A white banner with orange flags is carried at the upper right, and colourful domed ratha or palanquin canopies appear beyond it. A wire fence and dry field with trees lie to the left. The scene is an outdoor ritual procession; no a person is clearly visible among the marchers.2008-08-01A dense outdoor procession crowd moves through a palm-lined street past a white building with arched colonnades. Many women in white saris with orange shawls balance brass pots or kalasha vessels on their heads, while men in white dhotis and shirts walk among them. Orange and black flags on tall poles rise above the crowd, and a red-and-orange canopy and an electric pole with speakers sit to the right. A woman in the foreground holds a steel vessel and a plastic water bottle. Several people in white shirts and orange shawls stand near a roadside stall. Partial figures fill the lower edge, so the count is approximate.2008-08-01A dense crowd of devotees walks along a dusty street in a South Indian town, most wearing white dhotis or shirts with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Some carry brass plates of food offerings at the right edge. Behind them stand small shops, a tiled-roof shrine and a white domed structure, a corrugated metal roof on the left, and a decorated gate arch on the right. Several faces are clearly visible in the front rows, and a few devotees in the foreground wear tilak marks. No specific individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowded procession.2008-08-02A street procession in a village market town, with devotees in white clothes walking in a line. Several people carry brass pots or kalashas on their heads, some with yellow cloth and white flower garlands. Men and women wear white dhotis and sarees and white garlands. Two men at the front hold tall orange saffron flags on poles. Behind them are shop fronts with Kannada signage, a red-painted shutter and a blue awning, and a bicycle at the left edge. The scene reflects a padayatra-style procession.2005-12-31August 01 20082008-08-01August 02 20082008-08-02A procession of women in white saris with orange shawls walks under a banner arch decorated with a banana bunch and orange flags. Many carry brass milk pots on their heads, some decorated with pink flowers. Devotees line the path, including a man in white with an orange shawl on the right and an elderly woman in an orange-bordered sari on the lower right. The gate and a banner in Tamil and English welcome participants, with a crowd and a bicycle visible behind them.2008-08-01August 02 20082008-08-02