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Night street procession in a Tamil town, with a brightly lit temple chariot glowing in the distance up the road. In the foreground, a young man in an orange dhoti holds a small brass vessel, and a bearded man in a rust-brown robe holds a large garland of white and pink flowers at chest height, walking with hands folded. Beside them, a man in a white dhoti with gold-coloured border and a gold necklace carries a silver bowl. Women in saris stand along the roadside with hands pressed together. Shop signs and metal shutters line the street. Several ritual participants in yellow and green clothing follow behind.

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February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesNight street procession in a town with shops and billboards lit by street lamps. A bare-headed man in a white dhoti and cream shirt stands at the left edge, with a green cloth around his waist. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe holds a brass vessel, and beside him a man in a maroon-brown robe wears a flower garland and carries a rudraksha mala with a folded hand gesture. Another man in a cream and gold-bordered dhoti holds a small brass pot, and an older man in white dhoti walks at the right. Several people in white and saffron follow behind, walking along the road toward a temple procession.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight street procession in a town lane lit by string lights and shop signs. At centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe wears a large multicoloured flower garland and a long rudraksha mala, with tilak on his forehead, walking barefoot. Around him, young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls with rudraksha malas and white tilak walk alongside, while on the left a man in a white dhoti with gold border and bright bead garland carries a small metal vessel. On the right an older man in a white shirt walks with eyes downcast. Shopfronts and hoardings line the street. Five to six people are visible in the foreground.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesNight street procession in a busy Tamil town. A central bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth with a long rudraksha mala and tilak stands with palms joined in namaskar, wearing a large marigold and pink flower garland. Beside him a man in cream and gold dhoti with a gold chain holds a metal kalasha-style vessel, and a younger man in orange dhoti holds a brass vessel. Others in orange and maroon robes and white dhotis walk alongside, with onlookers at the edges. Shop signs and a lit illuminated procession canopy appear behind. Barefoot walking indicates a ritual walk.2017-02-07Night procession on a paved street lit by street lamps, with a temple gopuram glowing in the background. In the centre, a bearded man with long hair and a white forehead mark wears a rust-brown robe and a long garland of multicoloured flowers, hands pressed together in prayer as he walks barefoot. Rudraksha beads are around his neck. To his left, a man in orange cloth and a gold chain carries a brass pot, and to his right a man in white dhoti with a gold border and gold chains holds a small silver vessel. Behind them, more orange-clad men and white-clad women with gold necklaces and flower garlands walk in the procession, with onlookers along the roadside. The description is an appearance-based a person in the centre, with a long garland, rudraksha and a rust-brown robe, walking in the Panchamurti procession.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copies