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A dense crowd of devotees fills a busy street lined with temporary market stalls and canopies, heading toward a stone temple gateway with a painted deity panel. Many men wear white dhotis and white shirts with orange or saffron shawls over their shoulders, and some hold their hands folded in namaskar. Drummers with a large drum and a wooden stick lead the group in the foreground, and a decorated palanquin or float with orange and gold trim appears near the gate. At the right edge, a red banner shows a deity in a shrine image. A person in the centre wears a white outfit with a red blouse and carries a long instrument. a person's presence cannot be confirmed from appearance.

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A dense street procession moves through a crowded market lane toward a stone gateway with ornate sculpted tops. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and shirt plays a long wooden nadaswaram-style pipe, with a drummer beside him. Behind them, men and women wear white garments and saffron-orange shawls, and one figure in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style necklace stands among them. A small ornate palanquin or deity float is visible further down the lane. Stalls with tarpaulin roofs line both sides, and a roadside shop sign shows a deity picture. Many people press forward, some with hands folded in namaskar.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02A 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.2008-08-02August 01 20082008-08-01August 02 20082008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02August 01 20082008-08-01December 27 20092009-12-27August 02 20082008-08-02