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A dense street procession in a temple town, with many women carrying brass pots on their heads and walking barefoot past uniformed police officers in khaki. Several women wear saris in red, teal, and pink; men wear white shirts and trousers. Many orange-saffron flags are raised, and a tall multi-tiered gopuram temple tower and a decorated temple chariot rise behind the crowd. Loudspeaker boxes stand at right and a sign reading Sakravarthi is visible at upper left. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the crowd.

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December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A street procession in a temple town moves past a multi-tiered, brightly painted gopuram-style temple tower with a golden dome. Many devotees balance brass kalasha pots on their heads, some with white flowers in the rims, while saffron-orange flags are raised along the road. Police officers in khaki uniforms walk along the left edge. A shirtless man in an orange-saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala stands at right with a red-tipped ritual rod, near a stack of loudspeakers. Many devotees wear white shirts and dhotis. A small figure in the upper left appears on a ceremonial float among decorated structures.2011-12-20A dense street procession in a temple town, with a large crowd filling the road. Many devotees carry saffron-orange flags and brass pots or kalasha vessels on their heads. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand at the left edge, and a man in a white dhoti and shirt walks near the centre. A man with a long grey beard in orange clothing stands among the crowd at right, and a woman in a white sari with orange border stands with hands folded. Behind them, a tall multi-tiered ratha/chariot with decorated pillars is parked on the street, and colourful gopuram towers rise at right. Banners and a large loudspeaker are visible on the right. Photographers and onlookers crowd the foreground.2011-12-20A dense outdoor street procession in Tiruvannamalai with a large crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, many carrying saffron-orange flags on poles. Several men hold yellow clay pots with green leaves, and one smiling man in a pink shirt cradles a pot in the foreground. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a peaked cap stand among the crowd. Behind them rise a multi-tiered colourful gopuram-style temple tower and a painted ratha/chariot-like structure, with a hill in the background. A large painted deity image on a float appears at the left. No identifiable a person is clearly visible.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Dense street procession outdoors near a colourful multi-tiered gopuram temple tower. Many saffron-orange flags with a flame-like emblem are raised by people in white shirts and dhotis. Two men in saffron-orange robes, with rudraksha or beaded necklaces, carry brass and clay pots on their heads, with leafy green foliage tied to them. Devotees in white and one in pink shirts hold up pots and leaves around them. Uniformed police officers stand at the left edge. A decorated chariot appears in the background, and a loudspeaker stack is at the right. The scene is a festival procession with pot-carrying devotees.2011-12-20A dense outdoor crowd fills a street at a temple town, with many people carrying saffron-orange flags on poles. Uniformed police in khaki and dark-blue caps line the crowd. Men in white shirts and dhotis, women in saris and salwars, and cameras held up by several photographers are visible. In the background a decorated deity murti or palanquin sits under an ornate golden canopy beside a tall temple gopuram, and a wooden chariot with a multi-tiered roof stands at right. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the scene shows a procession-style festival crowd.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20