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A street procession in an Indian town, with a central figure in long unshaved wavy dark hair, orange saffron robes, and a rudraksha mala walking barefoot. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls carry tall umbrellas with red, orange and blue fringed canopies and orange flags, while a banner reads in Tamil script. Shops and buildings line the road in the background. The central figure is an appearance-based candidate for a person, shown in procession with attendants in saffron and white.

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August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession moves through a town with a crowd of devotees. At the centre, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange saffron robe walks with his hands clasped, smiling. Flanking him, devotees wear orange shawls and white clothing, and a man in orange dhoti carries a staff. Red and multicoloured fringed umbrellas are held overhead, and orange flags are visible in the background. A banner in Tamil script is strung across the street above the crowd, and shopfronts line the road.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession in Tamil Nadu with devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls walking beside several large canopy umbrellas with red, blue and multicolored fringed tassels. At the centre, a long-haired man in an orange robe and a long rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, flanked by a sannyasi in orange and men in white. Behind them a banner with Tamil lettering is strung across the street, and orange flags flutter above the crowd. Shopfronts and buildings line the road. A broad-faced older man in white with a rudraksha mala smiles in the foreground. Appearance-based label: Swamiji (probable), the long-haired figure in orange with a rudraksha mala at the centre of the procession.2008-08-01A street procession in a town with shopfronts behind. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe, a long rudraksha mala and bare feet, walks with hands folded in front. Around him, men in white shirts and dhotis and saffron shawls walk alongside; several hold saffron-and-blue ornate umbrellas with tasselled fringes. Another man in a saffron robe walks to his right, and a man in white carries a saffron flag on a pole. A banner reading in Tamil is strung across the street in the background, and people in the crowd wear white, saffron and a woman in a blue sari stands at the right edge.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor procession on a paved road with a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts, many wearing orange shawls and rudraksha malas, some with vibhuti on their foreheads. At the centre, a figure in an orange robe with gold border and an orange turban walks with palms pressed together in greeting, wearing a gold necklace and long hair; a probable Swamiji by these cues, leading the procession. Two large orange, green and blue decorated parasols shade the group, and roadside signboards and utility poles appear behind. Roughly two dozen people are visible.2007-01-12August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession of devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing with orange shawls walks past colourful umbrellas and orange banners carried on poles. Two figures stand prominently in front: a young man with long dark hair in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala, walking barefoot, and beside him another robed devotee in orange. Behind them, many people in white dhotis and orange shawls follow. In the foreground a man in a white shirt plays a long wind instrument, and a bald man in a turquoise shirt stands nearby. Bystanders in blue and khaki line the foreground, and an umbrella with an embroidered emblem is visible at left. a person is the young man in the orange robe with long hair and rudraksha mala, walking in the procession.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A large procession moves along a paved road lined with trees. In the centre, a figure in saffron robes with a long rudraksha mala walks forward, surrounded by followers in white dhotis and saffron shawls. Several colourful decorated umbrellas with fringed edges and emblem panels are held aloft by devotees, and saffron flags wave above the crowd. Some men carry brass pots and vessels. A pale-robed devotee in a white cap is visible on the right, and a person in the foreground at the bottom edge is partially visible with a red mark on the forehead. The scene reads as a ceremonial walking procession.2008-08-01