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Outdoor procession at a temple colonnade with a tall gopuram-style pillared hall in the background. Men and women in white dhotis and sarees, many wearing saffron-orange shawls, stand in a crowd. Several drummers hold round frame drums, and two men play long wooden pipes (nadaswaram-style). A sannyasi in saffron robes stands among them with a shaved head. A large ornate saffron and red ceremonial banner on a pole is at the left edge, with market stalls behind.

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A festival procession moves through the colonnaded corridor of a temple gateway with tiered gopuram towers and sculpted niches above. Drummers in white dhotis with orange shawls play frame drums held at the chest, and nearby musicians in white hold long wind instruments. A man in an orange robe with a bare, shaved upper body stands at the center-left, and a group of devotees in white and orange clothing surrounds them. A decorated orange and red umbrella or canopy appears at the far left, with market stalls selling colourful goods along the walkway.2008-08-02A procession of devotees in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls stands in a stone-paved temple lane flanked by pillared gopuram-style colonnades. Several men play drums and brass wind instruments, while women in saris and girls in orange shawls stand on the right, some with hands folded in namaste. Two large gold-and-red ceremonial banners on poles are carried through the crowd toward a towering gopuram in the background. Market stalls with blue and green tarpaulins line the street, and a hill rises behind the temple.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A large procession of devotees moves through a stone temple gateway, with a tall ornate gopuram tower behind. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts wear orange shawls, and some women wear orange and saffron saris. Musicians play drums and long wind instruments, while an ornate red and gold palanquin or deity carriage is carried in the centre. A man in a red dhoti at left and a drummer in a teal shirt lead the group. Stone pillars and a banner-like structure frame the scene.2008-08-02Procession outside a large gopuram temple with ornate sculpted pillars, led by musicians playing wind instruments in front. A tall, long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a long orange mala walks at the centre of a crowd, flanked by men in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls. A man in a khaki uniform stands at the right edge, and a ceremonial umbrella with a red and gold design rises at left. Swamiji (probable): the centre figure has long swept-back hair and a saffron robe with a long orange mala, cues consistent with the page's Swamiji reference, shown as an appearance-based candidate in the procession.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02