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Outdoor street procession of a large crowd of devotees moving under decorated parasols. Colourful umbrellas with blue dove emblems and gold-embroidered borders are carried on poles above the crowd. Many men wear white shirts with saffron-orange shawls, and several carry orange flags bearing a black emblem. In the centre, a saffron-robed sannyasi walks with a long rudraksha mala and orange garments, flanked by other saffron-clad monks. A woman in a pink and gold sari walks in the middle, and a banner in Tamil script is visible behind the parasols. Roadside onlookers and a police officer in khaki appear at the lower edge.

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A street procession moves through a crowded town road. Many participants wear white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls, and several men and a woman in a blue and a pink sari play long brass wind instruments (nadaswaram-style horns and trumpets). Ornate umbrellas with blue, green and red panels and tasselled fringe, along with tall orange flags and a red banner, are carried above the marchers. A banner across the top reads in Tamil with the name Tiruvannamalai. A monk in orange robes walks near the centre of the group, and onlookers line the roadside behind a blue tarpaulin stall.2008-08-01A large street procession moves through a crowded road. Several decorated umbrellas with blue, green and orange panels, dove motifs and gold fringe are held aloft. Behind them a white banner with Tamil script is carried. Marchers wear white dhotis and orange shawls, and many carry orange flags. In the centre, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala walks beside a woman in a pink and blue sari holding a long object. A drummer in white stands at lower left, and onlookers line the street.2008-08-01A street procession moves through a town with a crowd of devotees. At the centre, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange saffron robe walks with his hands clasped, smiling. Flanking him, devotees wear orange shawls and white clothing, and a man in orange dhoti carries a staff. Red and multicoloured fringed umbrellas are held overhead, and orange flags are visible in the background. A banner in Tamil script is strung across the street above the crowd, and shopfronts line the road.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor procession on a road with crowds of devotees carrying saffron flags and holding colourful umbrellas decorated with lotus-style emblems and tassels. In the centre, a man wears an orange robe, rudraksha mala and a bright orange turban, walking near a man in white with an orange shawl. Many people in orange and white clothing surround them, with a bus visible in the background among trees.2009-01-12A street procession in Tamil Nadu with devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls walking beside several large canopy umbrellas with red, blue and multicolored fringed tassels. At the centre, a long-haired man in an orange robe and a long rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, flanked by a sannyasi in orange and men in white. Behind them a banner with Tamil lettering is strung across the street, and orange flags flutter above the crowd. Shopfronts and buildings line the road. A broad-faced older man in white with a rudraksha mala smiles in the foreground. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), the long-haired figure in orange with a rudraksha mala at the centre of the procession.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor procession on a road with many people walking under multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas, each with a red, yellow, green and blue canopy and a white-blue emblem. Many men carry orange flags on poles. In the centre, a young man in an orange robe, orange turban and a long dark rudraksha mala walks forward with one hand raised in greeting, flanked by a man in an orange shirt with a yellow-orange garland and a man in a white kurta with a yellow shawl. Others wear white and saffron. Trees and parked vehicles line the background.2009-01-12A large street procession moves along a tree-lined road with many devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, carrying tall orange flags and multicoloured umbrellas with blue and white emblems. Several musicians play long brass horns and drums in front, including a woman in a light blue sari. A woman in a purple sari walks near the center. Behind them a long white banner with lettering is held aloft, and vehicles and onlookers line the road in the background. The scene is outdoors in daylight.2008-08-01A street procession of devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing with orange shawls walks past colourful umbrellas and orange banners carried on poles. Two figures stand prominently in front: a young man with long dark hair in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala, walking barefoot, and beside him another robed devotee in orange. Behind them, many people in white dhotis and orange shawls follow. In the foreground a man in a white shirt plays a long wind instrument, and a bald man in a turquoise shirt stands nearby. Bystanders in blue and khaki line the foreground, and an umbrella with an embroidered emblem is visible at left. a person is the young man in the orange robe with long hair and rudraksha mala, walking in the procession.2008-08-01A street procession of devotees marching through a town, led by men in white shirts and orange saffron shawls and dhotis. Several colourful ceremonial umbrellas on poles, red and yellow with blue emblems, shade the marchers, and orange flags wave overhead. A banner with Tamil lettering is strung behind them. A man in a white shirt on the lower left plays a brass horn. In the centre, a figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala with hands pressed in anjali stands beside a bearded devotee in orange, while others in white carry staffs and pots. Dense crowds of onlookers fill the foreground and background.2008-08-01