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A dense street procession crowd fills the foreground, mostly men and women pressing forward. A man in a grey-and-white checked shirt holds a silver offering tray with flowers, and a woman in a green sari with floral garlands stands nearby. Behind them, a large portrait on a white banner shows a smiling man in a white turban and light clothing, held up above the crowd. Yellow and white buildings, bunting strung across the street, and a palm frond frame the scene. Many people hold flower garlands.

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January 12 20072007-01-12January 12 20072007-01-12A dense outdoor crowd gathers on a roadside in daylight. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a white shirt with a rudraksha mala stands beside a person in an orange-red garment wearing a white flower garland. Women in saris and men in white and pale shirts press around them. A woman in a blue sari holds a kalasha-style brass pot decorated with green leaves and white flowers on a plate, and another woman carries a coconut and flowers. Roadside buildings, a truck and a signboard are visible behind the crowd.2009-08-08A large outdoor crowd of villagers fills a dusty street in Pattanam, Tamil Nadu, pressing together during a procession. Most people wear white shirts and dhotis or saris in cream, red, pink and yellow; several women wear red and maroon saris with kumkum bindis and gold necklaces, and a bald older man in the foreground wears a white shirt. A young man in the lower left has a yellow tilak on his forehead. Behind them a blue-and-white banner hangs from a pole, showing a painted portrait of a figure in an orange turban and a Tamil caption. Tiled-roof houses, a banana plant and a bamboo flagpole line the background.2008-07-28A crowded street procession in a Tamil village. In the foreground, shirtless young men wear white dhotis and blue sashes over their shoulders, seen from behind. Men in white shirts and white dhotis walk among the crowd, and a man at right in white with an orange sash stands on a raised platform. A large blue banner with Tamil script and a portrait of a smiling man with long hair and a rudraksha mala hangs above the road. Further banners in orange and green line the street, with a temple gopuram visible at the top. A person in white holds a camera overhead, and yellow and orange cloth hangs from a building. Several people carry fruit and offerings on trays.2008-07-28 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesOctober 10 20062006-10-10A crowd of devotees moves through a village lane during a procession. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and a woman in a red sari hold metal trays heaped with green and yellow sprouted plants. Behind them, many men in white shirts and dhotis walk close together, and a bald older man in white stands at center. Some onlookers watch from a roadside, a child is held up on a shoulder at the top, and a brick house with a corrugated roof and palm trees stands at right. Two trays of fruit or sweets are visible near the top left.2006-11-13January 12 20072007-01-12A photograph of a crowd of women and children standing outdoors in a roadside line, many holding small silver vessels decorated with flowers. Women wear saris in green, teal, purple, white with red borders and pink tones; a young girl wears a yellow outfit. Men stand behind, and a large blue-and-white banner with Tamil text and a seated meditating figure hangs on a pole. Trees and a concrete wall are behind the crowd.2007-01-12A dense street procession crowds a village road lined with palm trees, a banana plant and low buildings. Many women in saris, including orange, yellow and red ones, carry brass trays and baskets of fruit, coconuts and flower garlands on their heads. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk among them. Above the crowd, a decorated red-canopied ratha or palanquin is visible in the distance. No individual can be clearly identified as a person, so the figure at the centre is unsure.2008-07-28 +1 copiesJuly 14 20092009-07-14