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Outdoor street procession in bright daylight. A young man in an orange robe with a long multicoloured flower garland and a tilak on his forehead stands smiling in the centre, while a man in white dhoti and shirt with a white and multicoloured flower garland raises one arm beside him. Behind them, a man in white holds up a large orange flag bearing a blue emblem, and a red and gold ornate umbrella with tassels overhangs the scene. Crowd members in white and orange clothes raise their arms and hold placards and banners behind them. A man in white with a rudraksha mala stands at the right edge. Identity uncertain from appearance alone; the page does not state a presence.

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February 02 20092009-02-02A 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 20082008-08-01January 21 20092009-01-21A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes stands at the centre of a dense crowd, wearing a white floral garland with red flower accents and a white vertical tilak with a red dot on his forehead. He smiles and faces forward. Around him, men and women in white shirts and orange shawls, some with rudraksha malas, press close. A man in a white shirt on the right wears a white garland. Behind them, a large orange flag bears a purple emblem. A wooden staff is held at the left edge. Several people in the front foreground have red tilak marks.2009-02-05Outdoor street procession on a sunny day, people walking barefoot along a paved road. At the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with an orange turban and a long rudraksha mala walks at the front, flanked by orange-robed sannyasis and men and women in white dhotis and shirts. Several attendants hold multicoloured ornate umbrellas with tassels, and orange flags wave at the right edge. Shops and buildings line the street in the background, and a woman in a white sari with a gold border walks at the right. a person cues: the central figure wears an orange turban and a long rudraksha mala. Note: the figure is presented as a procession leader, with rudraksha and saffron attire.2009-01-12December 30 20062006-12-30 +1 copiesA 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.2008-08-01Outdoor procession crowd in Tamil Nadu. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark swept-back hair and a red tilak wears a flowing saffron-orange robe and holds a small white item in his hands; he is a person (appearance-based: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, rudraksha-style neck mala), walking among devotees. Around him are many men and women in white shirts and white dhotis or kurtas with rudraksha malas, some holding wooden poles with banners and an orange flag. A second saffron-robed sannyasi walks at left, and an older bald man with white hair stands in the foreground. The scene is a ratha yatra procession.2009-02-02A street procession in a busy Tamil Nadu town. A central figure in an orange robe with long, swept-back hair and a multicoloured flower garland around the neck walks forward, flanked by two younger sannyasis in orange robes and red-bordered cloth. Behind them, men and women in white clothes walk in the crowd, one man in white holds a bundle of yellow and red flowers, and saffron and yellow flags on poles rise above the crowd. Shop fronts with blue awnings and large banners showing portraits line the street.2009-02-02A street procession in an Indian town, with a central figure in long unshaved wavy dark hair, orange saffron robes, and a rudraksha mala walking barefoot. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls carry tall umbrellas with red, orange and blue fringed canopies and orange flags, while a banner reads in Tamil script. Shops and buildings line the road in the background. The central figure is an appearance-based candidate for a person, shown in procession with attendants in saffron and white.2008-08-01Street procession in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, with devotees walking on a paved road. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl over a red-orange garment and walks barefoot, with a crown-less appearance and distinctive long swept hair and saffron robes; the sole visible cues are saffron clothing and long hair, so the identity is uncertain. Around him, men in white dhotis and white shirts wear black-and-white rudraksha-style malas, and a woman in a white sari with a green-and-gold border carries a bag. A man on the left holds a garland of white and yellow flowers. Behind them, people hold up printed portrait placards on sticks, and a banner of a deity-style emblem rises above the crowd, with a large statue visible in the background.2009-02-02