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A photograph of a narrow village lane beside a white two-storey building with green trim and barred windows. A group walks toward the camera in an outdoor procession. In front, an older man with a white beard and cream shirt wears a rudraksha mala. A second man in white shirt and dhoti walks beside him. Centre, a person in maroon and red sari-style robes wears a large marigold garland and looks toward the camera. Behind, a woman in white sari with a red border carries a silver tray holding a small offering. To the right, a bald sannyasi in saffron-orange robes wears rudraksha beads. Other men in white and light clothing follow, with a rocky hill and power lines overhead.

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June 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 23 20132013-06-23 +1 copiesA narrow alley lined by a plain wall and a doorway procession through a village street in Tamil Nadu. A festoon-decorated canopy of banana stalks, leaves and red-and-pink cloth shades the way. Foreground, a bald man in saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala walks at the front; a man in white with a vibhuti tripundra and an orange shawl walks in front of him. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a red border and a garland of white flowers smiles while carrying a decorated pot; another woman in a red blouse and orange sari holds a brass plate with flowers. Several men in white shirts and saffron-clad sannyasis follow, along with children and onlookers. Pedestrians pack the lane behind them.2014-07-04 +1 copiesJuly 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 22 20142014-06-22 +1 copiesJune 23 20132013-06-23July 04 20142014-07-04 +1 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +3 copiesA narrow lane between a yellow wall and a whitewashed wall during a house-visit padapuja in Tamil Nadu. A central figure with long dark hair wears a maroon-brown robe with a gold border, a white and red flower garland, and bangles, and is being welcomed with folded hands by women in saris and an elderly woman with grey hair on the left. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and a man in a red-brown robe with a rudraksha mala stand nearby, and a shaved-headed young man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala stands at right. Behind them a crowd of onlookers in white and colourful clothing walks along the lane.2014-06-23January 12 20092009-01-12