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Outdoor festival crowd in a temple precinct. A tall multi-tiered colourful ratha or tower structure stands at left, with several people on its platform. A dense crowd of men in white dress and people in orange and saffron fills the plaza, many waving orange flags. Street vendors sell bags of produce, sacks of grain, and piles of snacks at tarpaulin-covered stalls in the foreground. A man in a white shirt stands at left, and seated onlookers rest on a wall. A red Traffic Police Thiruvannamalai barricade and a large banner with Tamil text and a portrait of a bearded man in saffron appear near the right side. Gopurams and a domed structure rise in the background under a cloudy sky.

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December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Large outdoor crowd gathers in a open street plaza in front of a temple complex, many men in white dhotis and shirts with some women in saris, carrying orange flags on poles. A red metal barrier marked Traffic Police Thiruvannamalai runs across the foreground beside a roadside stall with heaps of packaged goods and produce. In the background a multi-tiered colourful gopuram tower with painted deity figures stands beside a white domed temple structure. A large banner portrait of a saffron-turbaned man with long hair is hung near a blue-domed stage and orange-decorated arches. Crowd count is large but not exactly measured.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A large outdoor crowd gathers in a street festival scene, with a tall multi-tiered ornamental chariot or ratha at the upper left, its wooden pillars decorated with colourful cloth and figures. Many people, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, stand or sit with hands folded in namaskar. Numerous saffron-orange flags wave above the crowd, and a truck with a blue cab sits near the temple wall. In the foreground, sacks of grain, bundles of bananas and produce are laid out on tarpaulins, and a woman in an orange sari sits among devotees. A man in an orange cloth with a shaved head stands at right, and a crowd-level banner and smoke haze fill the background near a decorative arch.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A dense street procession moves through a crowded Indian town road lined with shops and a brick building. Large numbers of men in white shirts and dhotis, many carrying saffron-orange flags, fill the foreground, with some women in saris and people in colourful shirts mixed in. Two tall tiered ratha-style chariots or temple-like towers decorated in red, yellow, green and orange stand in the middle distance, one with a figure standing atop it. A roadside banner shows a man in an orange-saffron turban and a poster with Tamil text. Dome-topped structures and a palm tree appear at the right edge.2011-12-20A large outdoor crowd fills a public street in Tiruvannamalai during a festival procession. Most people wear white shirts and white dhotis, with some in checked shirts and colourful lungis. Many hold up orange flags along the street. A decorated ornate float with a blue domed canopy stands in the centre, surrounded by orange banners and a pulpit-like platform where a man in white raises an arm. Red barricades labelled Traffic Police Thiruvannamalai line the foreground, and a large tractor-like vehicle sits at right. Commercial hoardings, a cutout billboard of a woman, and tall signboards with scaffolding frame the background.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A large outdoor crowd fills a street in front of a temple complex in Tiruvannamalai. Many people wear white dhotis and white shirts, while others wear saffron-orange garments and sarees; several hold orange flags. Behind them stand a colourful multi-tiered gopuram and a cream temple dome, with palm trees and a partly built structure beyond. A red barrier in front reads Traffic Police Thiruvannamalai. On the left, a large banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and white clothing, with printed text above him, and on the right a large portrait shows a woman with long dark hair. A vendor stall with blue tarpaulin and sacks stands at the left edge.2011-12-20A dense crowd of devotees fills a street outside a large gopuram temple tower, a procession of people in white dhotis and shirts and orange shawls carrying tall orange and gold pennant flags with a red and blue emblem. A multi-tiered colourful wooden chariot stands at left beside a hoarding and a loudspeaker box, while uniformed police officers are visible at right. Many raise hands and carry kalasha pots on their heads.2011-12-20A street procession in front of a decorated temple chariot with orange flags, a golden-topped gopuram-style tower behind it. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti dances in the road, and a man in white clothes holds a tall pole with a green leafy bundle. A seated man in orange robes is in the foreground near a row of men in white shirts and white dhotis lining the road, with a uniformed policeman at left and a black speaker stack at right. Banana plants and a white canopy stand in the background.2011-12-20