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Street procession of devotees walking along a sunlit road past pink and white buildings and a red-walled compound with a gate. Many people in saffron-orange clothing wear orange shawls and rudraksha malas. At right, a man in an orange kurta and orange shawl carries a yellow and green ornate palanquin-like canopy topped by a gold finial. Women in orange saffron saris and a woman in a green patterned dress walk in the group. A motorcyclist and a white vehicle appear at the edges. Painted red Hindi lettering on the wall and a yellow sign with text are visible. Around 20 to 30 people are visible.

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A street procession in a small town, with saffron-robed sannyasis walking along a dusty road lined with shops and roadside stalls. In the centre, a man in a bright red-orange dhoti and shawl wears a long orange-and-gold garland and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small brass vessel. Beside him a bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and orange head cloth carries a tall silver trident. Behind them, men in white dhotis with yellow shawls walk in the crowd, and a woman in a light sari with a long braid stands at left. Shop signs, a yellow auto-rickshaw and a colonial-style building appear in the background.2009-07-13A street procession in a South Indian town moves along a dusty road lined with shops, palm trees and a yellow-fronted colonial building. In the centre, a figure in orange robes carries a long staff with a trident-like top and walks barefoot, followed by others in orange and saffron clothing. 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Several men in orange clothes carry tall poles topped with ornate red, gold and blue embroidered parasols and a fan-shaped canopy. The central figure wears an orange dhoti and shawl, long dark hair and rudraksha malas. Others wear orange shawls and malas, and a few women in saffron saris walk behind. A motorbike and pedestrians are visible on the left.2006-06-04June 04 20062006-06-04A street procession moves along a dusty road lined with multi-storey pale buildings and shopfronts. A central figure with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala, walks at the front; a man beside him wears a white kurta. Behind them, devotees in orange robes carry ornate ceremonial staffs and a red, blue and gold canopy, with an orange umbrella at right. A man in a red shirt with a camera walks at left, and a photographer with a camera stands among the group. a person: the central figure with long hair, orange robes and rudraksha mala fits the depicted presentation, but the appearance is not certain enough to confirm identity. Roughly a dozen people are visible.2006-06-04A street procession of many devotees in saffron and orange robes walks along a narrow town road. Several carry tall poles with red-and-white fringed canopies and orange-and-red banners, and some hold tridents and staffs. Many wear orange or white cloth with orange shawls, and some have rudraksha malas. A figure in the centre of the procession wears orange robes and carries a trident, while a man in white with an orange shawl walks nearby. Cream and blue buildings, trees, a utility pole and a wall with a painted sign line the street, and a camera operator stands at the right edge.2006-05-25