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Street procession in a small town with a crowd of men and boys lining a paved road. In the foreground, drummers in blue and orange uniforms play large drums with sticks. Behind them, a decorated vehicle is hung with bunches of green bananas and coconuts. A large red banner on the left shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and orange robes beside Tamil script. Motorbikes, a white and yellow minibus and multi-storey buildings with arched windows are visible.

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A street procession in a town, with a crowd of men and boys lining a road. Drummers in blue and orange sleeveless uniforms play drums with sticks in the foreground. Behind them a decorated cart is loaded with bananas and coconuts, and a yellow van and motorcycles move through the crowd. A large red roadside banner shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and saffron robe, beside Tamil script. Concrete buildings and utility poles line the street under a bright sky.2014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01July 01 20142014-07-01June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesOutdoor street procession in a South Indian town on a bright day. Drummers in blue and orange uniforms play large drums with sticks at the front. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts walk and raise their arms in devotion, and onlookers in shirts and lungis watch from the roadside. A large banner beside the road shows a smiling figure with a garland and a red-orange background, with Tamil script above. A gopuram temple tower with white and gold sculpted levels stands behind a yellow building on the left, with palm trees and a thatched shelter visible.2014-07-01A street procession in Tamil Nadu moves past a city wall and roadside buildings. Devotees in saffron and orange shirts and sarongs walk among people in white dhotis and shirts, some holding orange and red flags and a yellow-and-red parasol. A drummer in white beats a large drum at right. Behind them, a large photographic poster of a smiling woman in orange hangs on a float, and a banner with Tamil text and a portrait of a man in a dark suit is mounted on a richly carved stone shrine structure. A uniformed police officer stands at the left edge, and a man in an orange shirt walks in the foreground.2009-01-30July 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJanuary 30 20092009-01-30June 19 20142014-06-19July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesA street procession moves down a paved road lined with parked motorcycles, pink and white shophouses, palm trees and a thatched hut. Many people in white dhotis and shirts walk in the crowd. Near the centre, a figure in orange robes walks at the left edge beside a police officer in khaki uniform with a baton. Shirtless men in orange and yellow dhotis carry flags on poles, and devotees with bundled offerings walk behind a kalasha-like decorated group. A man in a white striped shirt in the foreground gestures toward the crowd. Multiple saffron and orange flags fly above the procession.2014-06-19