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A large outdoor crowd fills a street during a festival procession, with many people pressing forward, some with hands folded in namaskar. Many men wear white shirts and dhotis; others wear pastel and checked shirts, and a few women wear saris. Saffron-orange flags and banners rise above the crowd, and a man at the lower right wears a khaki police uniform. Nearby stands a stall of fruit and offerings beside a colourful temple gopuram, with a painted portrait banner hanging on a structure. Smoke drifts in the background. A red vehicle is visible at the right edge.

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A large outdoor crowd fills a street in front of a colourful gopuram-style temple tower with striped tiers. Many men in white shirts and dhotis, and some women in saris, press forward while many raise orange-saffron flags on poles. A white domed structure stands behind them, and a tall banner beside it shows a bearded figure in an orange turban and saffron robes, with Tamil script beneath. Palm trees and roadside shops line the scene under a pale sky. The crowd is dense.2011-12-20A crowd of men gathers on a street during a procession, many holding saffron-orange flags on poles. In the foreground a drummer in a light blue shirt and a boy in a blue and orange top play drums, while a shirtless man with a shaved head stands at right. Behind them a colourful multi-tiered gopuram-style temple tower and a white temple dome rise above the street, with garlands hanging from an arch at upper right. A sound system stands near a stage at centre, and a photo sticker with a banner appears among the flags.2011-12-20A dense street procession in a Tamil Nadu town, with many men and women in white dhotis and white saris moving among crowds lining the road. Many people hold tall saffron-orange flags with dark emblems, and several ornate umbrellas in green, red and blue sit above the procession. Drummers in white play large drums at left. In the foreground a bare-headed person in saffron-orange clothing and a woman in an orange shawl walk near a gold-coloured palanquin or ratha frame. Street banners, shop signs and a scaffold stand behind the crowd. A small placard shows a portrait photo. The scene reads as a ratha paada yatra procession.2009-02-05A large outdoor crowd gathers in a street festival scene, with a tall multi-tiered ornamental chariot or ratha at the upper left, its wooden pillars decorated with colourful cloth and figures. Many people, mostly men in white shirts and dhotis, stand or sit with hands folded in namaskar. Numerous saffron-orange flags wave above the crowd, and a truck with a blue cab sits near the temple wall. In the foreground, sacks of grain, bundles of bananas and produce are laid out on tarpaulins, and a woman in an orange sari sits among devotees. A man in an orange cloth with a shaved head stands at right, and a crowd-level banner and smoke haze fill the background near a decorative arch.2011-12-20A dense outdoor crowd fills a street in front of a temple gopuram during a procession. Many men wear white shirts and dhotis, some in orange-trimmed clothing, and uniformed police officers in khaki stand among them. Orange flags rise above the crowd. On the right, a decorated ratha with a golden-and-red canopy and a large garlanded elephant-shaped float is pulled forward. In the centre, a man with a bare upper body wears a large red and white flower garland and an orange cloth, with a person in white beside him. A banner with a portrait is visible on the lower right. A photographer with a camera stands at the bottom centre. Most visible people are in the 100+ range, though the photograph shows a large but countable gathering.2011-12-20A photograph of a large outdoor procession of devotees moving along a dirt path between a red tent wall and banana plants. Many men and women in white clothing, some in white dhotis and saris, carry orange-red flags and handheld placards. Two drummers in white stand at the centre playing large drums. Overhead, ornate palanquin-style canopies in gold and red decorated with colourful panels are carried on long poles. A few people in orange and saffron clothing appear at the left edge. The scene is crowded with well over a hundred people visible across the frame, several with lanyards.2010-07-24A dense outdoor street procession in a small Tamil town, with a large crowd of men, women and children filling the road. In the foreground, young men in bright orange shirts with blue collars play drums and a metal instrument, and a man in white shirt plays a long wind instrument. Beyond them, a red and gold ornamented chariot or palanquin rises above the crowd under palm trees, with utility poles, cement buildings and thatched roofs lining the street. A banner with a portrait is visible on a building at right. The crowd is too dense to count precisely, and the scene is a physical event rather than a printed graphic. No candidate for the a person is clearly identifiable in the visible figures.2008-07-28Large outdoor crowd gathers in a open street plaza in front of a temple complex, many men in white dhotis and shirts with some women in saris, carrying orange flags on poles. A red metal barrier marked Traffic Police Thiruvannamalai runs across the foreground beside a roadside stall with heaps of packaged goods and produce. In the background a multi-tiered colourful gopuram tower with painted deity figures stands beside a white domed temple structure. A large banner portrait of a saffron-turbaned man with long hair is hung near a blue-domed stage and orange-decorated arches. Crowd count is large but not exactly measured.2011-12-20A dense outdoor procession moves through a courtyard with a large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white with orange sashes and saffron or orange headbands. Several tall orange flags on poles rise above the crowd, and two multicoloured canopy umbrellas are carried overhead. Drummers in the foreground beat drums, one older man in white and orange gestures with raised hands, and a row of people in white saris and dhotis stands behind. Apartment buildings and trees form the background under an overcast sky, and a purple cloth banner hangs at the right edge.2008-07-17December 20 20112011-12-20April 27 20082008-04-27A dense outdoor crowd of devotees fills a street during a procession. Most men wear white shirts and dhotis or trousers, and many raise orange-saffron flags on poles. Behind them, a colourful multi-tiered temple ratha/chariot stands beside a white domed temple gate. A large vertical banner in the background shows a portrait of a man in an orange turban and saffron clothing, with printed text in a local script. Several uniformed police officers stand among the crowd on the right. Some people hold papers or objects aloft, and palm trees and a speaker stack appear at the edges.2011-12-20