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Photo of a crowd at a temple entrance during a procession. A blue-painted gateway with a dark doorway leads into a Sri Renukambigai Amman temple, marked by a yellow sign in Tamil and a sculpted roofline with white bulls. A young man in white clothes with an orange shawl, in the foreground, lifts a silver kalasha-style vessel over garlanded coconuts decorated with white flowers. Women in saris of orange, purple, blue and green carry similar flower-garlanded coconuts and small brass pots. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand behind, some holding white flags. A drummer in a red shirt plays a large drum at left. No identifiable a person is visible.

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October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A village procession gathers in a sandy lane in front of a small blue-and-cream temple gateway topped with a pink-roofed shrine containing a deity murti flanked by bulls. Men in white dhotis and shirts play drums and a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style horn), while women in colourful saris—pink, blue, orange, and yellow—stand along the left, some holding white flags on poles. A bare-chested man stands at right near a bicycle, and trees and a utility pole frame the scene. The event is a ratha yatra-style procession of temple deities.2006-10-16A procession in Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, with women carrying silver kalasha pots topped with coconuts wrapped in white jasmine garlands and mango leaves. A woman in a cream sari with an orange border leads, another in a magenta sari and a woman in a yellow sari follow. Men in white dhotis play a drum and long wind instruments, and a man in an orange shawl with a red tilak stands at a wooden table in the foreground arranging more kalasha pots. Onlookers in white shirts and colourful saris fill the background, and a dotted rangoli is visible on the ground.2006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16October 16 20062006-10-16A dense crowd of devotees gathers in a narrow street during a procession, with many women in colourful saris and men in white shirts and dhotis. In the foreground a young man in white with an orange shawl and a red tilak on his forehead holds a coconut decorated with white jasmine garlands and green leaves. Nearby a woman in an olive-green sari holds a similar coconut, and another woman in a yellow sari carries a brass pot and a child in yellow. Blue-painted walls and a doorway form the background. No printed name or portrait is visible in the frame.2006-10-16Dense crowd at an outdoor Tamil Nadu temple procession, with a striped green, red and yellow canopy with tassels at left and a yellow-and-gold banner at right. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt and orange shawl holds coconuts decorated with white jasmine garlands and green leaves. Behind him a woman in a green blouse and yellow floral sari carries a small pot with leaves, and another woman in a green-and-grey sari stands nearby. Many men in white shirts and women in saris and salwars fill the crowd under a stone pillared colonnade.2006-10-16Outdoor photograph of a village procession gathering. In the foreground a young man in white dhoti and orange-bordered shawl holds a silver vessel with a green leaf and white flowers, while women in colourful saris, including teal, pink and green, carry brass plates and similar offering vessels. Behind them men in white dhotis play a brass horn and wind instruments, and a drummer stands among older men in dhotis and shawls, with papaya trees and green foliage behind. About a dozen men and women are visible, with more people partially visible at the edges.2006-10-16