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A night procession of men in traditional Tamil temple dress walks across an open sandy ground lit by strings of coloured lights in red, green and blue. Many wear white dhotis with gold borders and white shirts, while several in front wear rust-red and saffron cloth. The men hold tall silver staffs and a large golden trident, and some raise their arms and smile as they march. Devotees in white stand on the left side, and a man on the far right wears an orange-red garment with a rudraksha mala. The scene suggests a festival or devotional parade.

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January 02 20162016-01-02Night procession on an open dirt ground lit by strings of coloured lights. Many men walk in a line carrying tall silver and gold staffs, one with a trident-like top, and a spear-like staff. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts with gold borders; several in front wear saffron-orange and maroon robes with gold borders, rudraksha malas, and white sacred ash on their foreheads. Some raise arms in celebration. Devotees fill the background, and a glowing orange sign with Kannada-style lettering is visible.2016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02Night photograph of a procession on a pale open ground. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis, several bare-chested, carry tall silver staffs with ornate finials, some topped with silver ornaments. A man in a white dhoti with broad golden-yellow borders and a white upper cloth walks in the middle. Behind them, a man in white and a figure in maroon cloth stand near string lights and a bright floodlight, with a stone wall to the left. Several people are visible in the frame; the figures are mid-stride, with some turning slightly toward the camera.2017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02A night procession photographed from the front on a dirt road lined with string lights in green, pink and blue. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts carry tall golden tridents, one held upright at the front and others raised beside them. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a dark rudraksha-style mala stands in the foreground, and a drummer in white is visible at the left. A large crowd of people stands behind them in the dark, with more string lights and decorative poles in the background. Men wearing red shawls walk among the marchers.2015-02-17March 02 20172017-03-02Night procession outdoors under a large tent canopy with pink and white draping. Five men in ritual dress carry long silver-tipped trident-like poles on their shoulders, moving across sandy ground. Two wear dark red dhotis with gold borders, one wears orange, one wears white with a gold-bordered cloth, and one wears white with gold edging. Behind them, an ornate gold palanquin with a red canopy and a silver-covered platform carries deity murti, with a figure seated in white on the silver section. A rope runs across the frame. Other people in white stand along the sides.2016-01-02November 11 20102010-11-11January 02 20162016-01-02Night procession on a sandy open ground lit by floodlights and a fireworks display at left. Several men in saffron-orange dhotis and bare or lightly draped torsos carry tall silver tridents and staffs with ornate finials, and wear rudraksha malas and gold necklaces. Behind them, more people in white and dark clothing follow, with colourful string lights along a fence in the background. The procession appears to move forward with energetic steps. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd, so no candidate is named.2017-03-02