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Outdoor street procession on a busy town road lined with shops and signboards. Central figure in the middle wears an orange saffron robe, a long white and red floral garland, gold necklace and rudraksha mala, walking beside another saffron-robed man with a gold pendant and garland. Several saffron-clad men and figures in white dhotis with gold borders walk alongside, some carrying long wooden poles of a ceremonial canopy overhead. Onlookers and a spectator with a camera stand at the right edge. Shop signs in Tamil script line the street, and a pink building appears in the background.

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April 29 20122012-04-29Outdoor street procession in a busy Indian town with a camera operator filming at right. Three saffron-robed sannyasis walk centrally: the middle man wears a crown-like floral headdress, a long white and orange garland, rudraksha and gold beaded necklaces and a gold pendant, with a gold-bordered orange wrap. Flanking men wear orange robes, rudraksha malas and gold chains, one with a tilted tilak and a red-and-orange headpiece. Behind them, white-clad devotees in gold-bordered dhotis carry long wooden poles and walk along a roadside lined with shops and signboards, with a pedestrian crowd and a building with striped awnings beyond.2012-04-29Outdoor street procession in a busy Indian town. Several saffron-clad men walk in the centre, with garlands of white and red flowers draped over their shoulders. The man at centre wears a gold-beaded necklace and a golden ornament, and carries nothing visible; a bald man on the right wears a gold chain and orange silk cloth. Men in white dhotis and shirts surround them, some holding long wooden poles, and a white fly-whisk (chamara) appears at the top left. A cameraman with a large video camera films from the right. Shop fronts, signboards and a decorated street line the background.2012-04-29Outdoor street procession in a busy Indian town. Two men in front wear saffron-orange robes, rudraksha and gold necklaces, floral garlands, and ornate gold-and-red headwear; the man on the left has white ash on his forehead and a white-haired head, the man on the right smiles and holds a long ceremonial staff topped with a metal finial. Behind them a man in orange holds a red cloth, and devotees in white dhotis with gold borders walk along. A video camera is visible at right edge. Shops with signs line the street behind the procession.2012-04-29A street procession in a busy Indian town, with several saffron-robed men walking under a decorated canopy at the top of the frame. In the centre, a young man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl wears a gold crown-like headpiece, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala with gold beads, garlanded with white flower strands edged in red. Beside him, an older bald man with a white forehead mark and a dark bead mala with gold pendant also wears a garland. Men in orange and white stand behind and to the sides, one in white dhoti with gold border on the left, and a bald man in orange shawl with gold chains on the right. Shops, signboards and a Sri Thanga sign line the street.2012-04-29June 05 20122012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05April 29 20122012-04-29A street procession in a busy Indian town with shopfronts and a temple gopuram behind. At centre, a man in saffron robes wears a long garland of white jasmine, a multi-strand gold bead necklace, a headband and tilak, and holds his hands clasped at waist level. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes wears a gold bead mala. To the right, a bare-chested man in a maroon cloth and mala stands next to a man in white dhoti and shawl. Behind them a red and gold ornate palanquin canopy is visible. a person at centre, shown in procession with devotees.2012-06-05June 05 20122012-06-05Outdoor procession on a stone-paved path near a gopuram temple tower. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing a saffron-orange garment with gold trim, a rudraksha-style gold necklace, a white-and-yellow garland and a forehead tilak, raises his hand in greeting and smiles. Around him walk shaved-headed men in orange and white dhotis with gold necklaces and white forehead markings, some with bare shoulders, and a photographer raises a camera in the background.2010-12-29Night procession outside a temple: two sannyasis in rust-brown and saffron-gold robes wearing long white-and-red flower garlands and heavy gold necklaces walk at the centre. The taller man in the middle, bare-chested shoulders under a rust-brown shawl with a crown-like headpiece, is wearing a large gold garland; beside him an older man with a shaved head and white vertical tilak walks in a rust-brown dhoti with a rudraksha mala. Behind them a man in a white shirt holds a tall staff, and a man in saffron robes stands at the right edge. Surrounding devotees in white shirts, saffron cloths and dark-red saris line the procession, with a decorated ceremonial umbrella visible at the top left and bright temple lights overhead.2012-06-05