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A photograph of a festival procession outdoors under a pale sky. In the foreground a bare-chested devotee with a flower garland and a saffron cloth tied at his waist holds his hands up in an ecstatic pose, while a second man on the right, with a shaved head and a white garland, leans against a wooden frame. The frame is a wooden kavadi-style structure decorated with banana leaves and rope. Behind them a yellow and green tiered temple gopuram rises. At right a large printed banner shows a smiling man with a red-orange turban and a long dark beard, with Tamil text printed beside him. Not clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone; the visible figure in the banner is a printed portrait.

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A festival procession scene with a bare-chested man in white dhoti and flower garland hanging from a bamboo and banana-leaf frame lashed with rope, one arm extended holding a red object. Behind him a large vertical banner shows a smiling man in an orange-red turban and tilak, with Tamil text. Orange flags and a tall orange-and-yellow gopuram tower appear in the background.2011-12-20A street procession on a tractor-drawn float decorated with banana plants and a maroon banner. Two shirtless devotees with garlands hang from wooden poles on the float, one in a saffron-coloured cloth. Below, a man in white dhoti and a man in a dark green shirt stand on the float, and a man in white shirt raises a hand in the foreground among orange-clad devotees. A colourful multi-tiered temple gopuram and a cream-coloured temple dome rise behind the crowd. Photographers with cameras stand at the left edge.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Outdoor festival scene with a devotee lying face-up, bare-chested and wearing a white cloth, suspended on a wooden frame decorated with banana leaves, marigold garlands and orange flags. Below him, bare-chested men in rudraksha malas and orange shawls hold up the frame, while a man in white with an orange shawl raises a hand and shouts. A large banner shows a portrait of a smiling saffron-clad man labelled with Tamil text. Blue sky, a hill and a tower are behind.2011-12-20A street procession with a bamboo and banana-leaf structure built over the road. Two shirtless men in orange-and-white cloth hang from a horizontal bamboo pole, one arm and legs extended, while a third man in white shirt and orange lungi stands on the pole nearby. Orange flags fly from bamboo poles and a red tractor-trolley sits below. A large banner shows a smiling man with a red head-wrap beside Tamil script. Crowds of onlookers, many in white shirts, line the street; a loudspeaker is mounted on a building. Garlands of marigolds hang from the frame.2011-12-20Outdoor procession on a decorated open vehicle under a pale sky. A man in a white dhoti and bare chest, wearing a multicolored flower garland, stands on bamboo poles lashed to banana-leaf decorations and balances on the frame. Behind him a second bare-chested man hangs from a rope or pole with his hands folded in namaskar, also garlanded. A man in a dark green shirt stands in the foreground, and seated men in casual clothes fill the lower right. A framed portrait of a man with a saffron cloth is mounted on the cart, and an orange-robed man in a saffron garment stands at left among flower garlands. Orange and white flags are visible at right.2011-12-20A festival procession scene viewed from below: four young men in dhotis sit astride a long red wooden ratha or float beam, their legs dangling over the edge, with a striped multi-coloured temple tower (gopuram) rising behind them. Below, a man in a white shirt stands on the flatbed truck while devotees with ceremonial sheaves of wheat and red flower garlands crowd the street in the foreground. The truck carries a sign reading Salem K. Selvam Pushari, and a rooftop stepped shrine-like structure sits at left. Overcast sky.2011-12-20A street procession in Tiruvannamalai shows a decorated vehicle with a tall ornate arched frame, painted in white, pink and gold, topped with carved faces, saffron flags and green foliage. Two shirtless men in pink dhotis stand on its platform, one holding a sword. A man in a blue striped shirt walks in the foreground, and a woman in a red sari and onlookers in white watch from the right beside a gilded carved animal form adorned with garlands. Garlands of marigold hang from the structure.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Silhouetted against a pale cloudy sky, men hang from long wooden poles on a festival structure decorated with garlands of yellow and white flowers and banana leaves. Two bare-chested men swing mid-air on ropes, one in an orange cloth, while a man in a white shirt and cream lungi stands at right with arms raised. Scaffolding and a flag appear at right, and an arch bearing a painted portrait of a woman is visible below. A man in white stands at lower left among onlookers.2011-12-20Kailasa Paramparagatha Arunagiri Yogishwara Adi Arunachala Sarvajnapeetha Samrajyam