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Night photograph of a group walking along a dark road during a girivalam-style procession, with streetlights and a glowing lamp in the background. Foreground: a person in a yellow garment with a black Nikon camera strap, head bowed. Behind them, many people in white dhotis and white garments with orange saffron shawls walk in a loose crowd, with a few women in white saris. A figure in an orange robe stands near the centre-left. Trees and a utility pole frame the scene.

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A night-time group procession on a dark road beside trees, walking devotees' girivalam around the sacred Arunachala hill. Many people in saffron/orange and white ritual clothes walk closely together; several men wear orange robes with orange shawls, and a woman in a pale yellow-white sari carries a shoulder bag. A bright light glows at the left edge. In the right foreground a man with a sleek dark hairstyle wears an orange garment, holds a camera and carries a camera strap. A small tent sits at right. An orange-clothed figure walking near the centre is not clearly identifiable and is not described as a specific person.2008-01-02A nighttime photograph of a procession walking along a dark road lit by a street lamp under trees. A large group of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, walk in a loose crowd. Several wear orange wraps across their bodies, and one woman in a yellow sari walks near the centre. Some people hold small objects and lamps. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance alone.2008-01-02Night procession on a dark road lit by a single street lamp, with a crowd of devotees walking together. In the center a woman with long dark hair wears a plain saffron-orange garment and walks with hands clasped. Beside her a young man in orange robes with a red-bordered cloth walks in step. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls and an older bearded sannyasi in orange robes with a red border carry garlands, and a man in white stands at the right edge. Tall trees and a utility pole frame the background. Consistent with the girivalam circumambulation described in the page excerpt, though no sacred landmark is clearly visible.2008-01-02Night photograph of a crowd walking a girivalam path near a temple, the figures dressed in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl stands with his back partly turned, and a woman in an orange sari with a dark shawl walks beside a man in orange robes holding a walking staff. Other devotees in white and orange follow along the dirt road. The scene conveys a devotional circumambulation at night.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a group walking along a paved road under dark trees, apparently a girivalam circumambulation. At centre, a man with a shaved head wears an orange robe and a saffron shawl and holds a walking staff. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls walk barefoot. A woman on the left in an orange shawl and white sari holds a camera, and another woman in a cream sari with gold border walks beside them. Some men wear rudraksha or bead necklaces. Street lamps glow in the background.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night procession on a dark road during a girivalam walk around Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a man in orange saffron robes walks with arms folded, flanked by people in white dhotis with orange shawls and gold-bordered white garments. A woman in a yellow-gold sari walks beside a man in white clothes. On the left, a woman in a white and gold sari and an orange shawl holds a microphone and speaks. Street lamp glow and trees frame the scene. a person is not clearly identifiable here; the saffron-robed walker is a devotee-like figure of uncertain identity.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02