A photograph of a long line of devotees walking along a forested hillside path in Tiruvannamalai, surrounded by green trees and bare branches under a pale sky. Many participants wear white clothing and saffron-orange shawls or sashes. In the lower foreground, a hand in a white sleeve rests on the edge of a dark vehicle or cart. Hills and distant buildings are visible through the trees. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a long line of devotees walking along a forested hillside path in Tiruvannamalai, surrounded by green trees and bare branches under a pale sky. Many participants wear white clothing and saffron-orange shawls or sashes. In the lower foreground, a hand in a white sleeve rests on the edge of a dark vehicle or cart. Hills and distant buildings are visible through the trees.

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A photograph of a long procession walking uphill along a wooded forest path lined with green trees and bare branches, under a pale sky with hills in the distance. Many devotees, mostly men, wear white clothes with orange or saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Several people in the foreground, including a man with a moustache wearing an orange shawl, face the camera. The crowd fills the path and continues into the trees. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible in this view.

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A large outdoor gathering on a wooded hillside with dense green trees and bare trunks. Many people in white garments with orange shawls stand and sit along a dirt slope, some with hands folded in devotion. In the foreground, a black portable speaker sits on the ground beside a man in white reaching toward it, and a white-capped person with dark hair faces away from the camera. Hazy hills and buildings appear in the distance beyond the trees.

A photograph of a group walking single file along a dry, scrubby dirt path through low trees and bushes. Most walkers are seen from behind, wearing white ritual clothes, several with orange shawls draped over one shoulder. Some wear orange or saffron wraps and one person has long dark hair. A man in front wears a white garment with an orange shawl and a wrist band. The ground is reddish earth with scattered stones under bright daylight, with a utility pole on the right horizon.

A photograph of a hillside path shaded by large overhanging tree branches and leafy green foliage. A long line of people in white clothing, many with orange or saffron shawls draped over their shoulders, walks single file along a stone-edged steep pathway on the right, while a blue metal railing with chain runs along the edge. Some figures wear white dhotis and white shirts; a few bend or carry objects. Many are walking together as a procession or pilgrimage along the rocky slope, with a rocky hillside and dense trees below. No identifiable individual is clearly distinguishable for appearance-based labelling.

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A group of devotees walks along a dirt path through dry scrubland and trees, apparently on a circumambulation of a hill. In the foreground, a man in a saffron orange robe and sandals leads, with another man in orange dhoti and shirt beside him. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl walks, followed by people in white clothes with yellow shawls and orange sashes. Rocks line the path and a videographer stands in the background near the trees. a person presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance.

August 03 2008

A long line of devotees walks single file up a shaded, tree-lined path beside a whitewashed rock wall, a girivalam pilgrimage in Tiruvannamalai. Many wear white clothing with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and some carry handbags. A woman in the foreground wears a white sari with a gold border, and a girl with a braid wears a white top and orange shawl with printed text. Green foliage and branches frame the scene, and the crowd continues up the slope toward the top of the frame.

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A photograph of a group walking in single file along a dirt path beside a rocky riverbed, with dense green bushes and tall trees behind them. Several people wear saffron-orange robes or orange dhotis and shawls, while others wear plain white clothing and white dhotis. One man in a white shirt and white dhoti walks near the front, and a man in a khaki shirt and pale green lungi walks at the right edge. Large grey boulders fill the foreground. The scene suggests a walking pilgrimage through a natural countryside setting.