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Night outdoor photograph of a man in a reddish-brown saffron-toned robe walking barefoot on a woven mat, wearing a red-and-white flower garland and a white vibhuti forehead mark. A younger man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala holds a gold-pole umbrella with multicoloured tassels above him. Behind them, an older man in white shirt and dhoti and a man in blue kurta walk, with red wooden structures in the background. Four visible people in total.

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January 14 20182018-01-14Night procession on a red carpet at the Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam. In the centre, a bearded man with a white forehead line wears a long brown-maroon robe and a maroon-and-white flower garland, walking barefoot. Behind him, a man in an orange robe and rudraksha mala holds a tall golden umbrella with multicoloured tassels. Other saffron-robed and white-clad attendants walk behind, one holding a flower bouquet, with a bus and bougainvillea in the background.2018-01-14February 09 20172017-02-09March 11 20172017-03-11Night procession on a dirt path. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, a heavy gold necklace and a large pink-and-white flower garland walks in a rust-orange robe with gold borders, eyes lowered. Behind him, a shaved-headed man in a similar rust robe with a white forehead band walks beside him. A large ornate umbrella with fringed multicoloured tassels, a red and gold canopy and an orange-and-red decorated fan-shaped banner are carried above the procession. A cart with a canopy and wheels follows, along with more robed devotees and onlookers in the dark background.2013-04-25February 24 20172017-02-24July 31 20152015-07-31January 01 20172017-01-01February 17 20162016-02-17A procession on a dirt ground in front of a red brick wall, with a large multicoloured fringed parasol held over a central man in a rust-red robe, a thick white jasmine garland around his neck and a rudraksha mala. He walks barefoot along a narrow cream mat edged in blue. Around him, young men in orange dhotis with bare chests wear white vibhuti stripes and beaded necklaces, and a man in a white dhoti with gold border carries sandals. a person, walking in procession, with rudraksha mala and flower garland.2017-03-11Night procession on a dirt path lined with a red carpet, with a long-haired man in a blue kurta and black trousers walking at left. Centre, a man with long hair and a dark brown-maroon shawl and a white flower garland walks behind a golden-handled parasol with multicoloured fringe, held by a man in orange-saffron garments. Behind him another man in orange and a bare-chested man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala walk along the carpet. At right, a bare-chested young man in orange wrap and rudraksha beads. Coloured lights and flowering bougainvillea decorate the background, with a man in a white dhoti and shirt at centre-right. The scene reads as a formal procession.2018-01-14August 15 20172017-08-15