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Night procession on a dark street with a crowd walking toward a lit temple gopuram in the background. Centre, a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha mala holds a small object in his hand. Left of him, a barechested young man wears an orange dhoti and orange shawl and smiles. Right, another young man in an orange dhoti and shawl walks beside a man in white holding a tall orange flag with a blue crescent. Many men in white dhotis and orange shawls surround them, with a camera operator at the right edge.

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Night procession on a dark road with a crowd of devotees walking together. A central man with long dark hair wears a loose saffron-orange robe and has a red tilak on his forehead, walking in the middle of the group. Around him, men in white dhotis and white shirts wear orange shawls and rudraksha malas, and a woman in a white outfit with an orange shawl walks among them. A man in front wears an orange robe and a small bag strap, and another holds a small light. A roadside sign and a street lamp are visible in the background.2008-08-03Night procession on a stone-paved temple path with a gopuram-style structure behind. A central man in saffron robes and an orange head cloth stands with hands folded, wearing a rudraksha mala; his long dark hair is loose. Beside him a woman in saffron with red border and a younger man in saffron shawl walk among devotees. At right an older man in saffron with a gold necklace holds a book. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron shawls follow, some barefoot. a person cues: long swept hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone.2008-01-02February 05 20092009-02-05August 03 20082008-08-03April 11 20122012-04-11January 02 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a crowd walking along a paved road, lit by a single street lamp at upper right. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis; several wear rudraksha malas. Centre, a man in a long flowing saffron-orange robe raises one hand while walking. Beside him, a man in white with an orange shawl holds the shawl and a mala. At right foreground, a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl walks with another in white and a beaded mala. The crowd behind is dense and partly obscured by darkness.2009-01-11Night photograph of a barefoot procession walking along a dark road during a girivalam around a sacred hill. In the centre, a man in a saffron/orange shawl over a white kurta wears a rudraksha-style beaded mala and bangles, walking with a group behind him. Around them are devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, several in saffron or orange shawls, and a few in orange sarongs. An orange-robed sadhu walks at the front left. Dark trees line the road above them.2008-01-02January 11 20092009-01-11Night photograph of a crowd walking a girivalam path near a temple, the figures dressed in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl stands with his back partly turned, and a woman in an orange sari with a dark shawl walks beside a man in orange robes holding a walking staff. Other devotees in white and orange follow along the dirt road. The scene conveys a devotional circumambulation at night.2008-01-02August 03 20082008-08-03Night photo of a crowd walking along a road in procession. In the centre, a smiling man in saffron-orange robes with a red shoulder cloth holds a small flashlight, and beside him a smiling young man in full orange robes with a red tilak on his forehead walks forward. Around them, many people wear white dhotis and kurtas with orange shawls, and a woman in white with a red shawl and a red bindi walks among them. Some devotees carry water bottles. The scene looks like a girivalam-style circumambulation procession at night.2008-08-03