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A street procession scene at a temple car. A deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and red and white cloth, displayed in an open-sided canopied palanquin. A man in white dhoti and shirt pulls back a white cloth from the canopy while a shirtless man in a white dhoti reaches up. A bearded man in a saffron-orange turban and white clothes stands with arms folded, and another bearded man with a mala and bare chest stands near. A man in a pink shirt and white cloth, a man in a red shirt, and several men with long matted hair and orange garments and garlands crowd the scene. Smoke or incense drifts on the right beside a temple gopuram with painted deities in the background.

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January 16 20182018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16A photograph of a temple procession in a street beside a stone temple gopuram-style entrance. On the left, a golden palanquin or procession car is densely decorated with yellow and purple flower garlands and carries a deity murti. A bare-chested man in a red shirt stands in front, and a man in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands on the car, holding a pole. Devotees around them include men with bare torsos, sacred ash marks and white dhotis, and women in saris. A figure in an orange robe stands in the background near the temple wall. Other people in white and orange clothing gather along the street.2018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16Outdoor temple procession at a decorated palanquin car draped in garlands of marigold and jasmine, with a deity murti under a curved gold arch. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and red-bordered cloth leans over the car to tend the deity. In the foreground, a man in white shirt and orange-saffron shawl holds a green pole and stands beside the car. To the right, a young man with long dark hair, bare-chested, wearing a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads, stands with devotees, some with white vibhuti on their forereheads. Behind them, a carved gopuram tower with painted sculptures rises against an overcast sky, and a Tamil-script sign is visible on a building wall.2018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16January 11 20172017-01-11January 16 20182018-01-16Outdoor temple procession beside a decorated palanquin draped in dense garlands of white, yellow and purple flowers, carrying small deity figures under a canopy. A bare-chested man in white dhoti kneels at the palanquin holding a brass pot, while a shirtless man in orange cloth and a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, white ash marks on his arms. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti kneels nearby with folded hands. On the right, several men with white horizontal tilak lines and long hair, one in orange cloth with flower garland, stand among onlookers. A gray-haired woman and a young girl are at the left edge. Temple walls with carved pillars rise behind.2018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16