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A street procession in daylight, with a crowd walking along a paved road past a low building and a blue signboard in Tamil script. Several decorated umbrellas in red, yellow, green and purple, with tassels and floral embroidery, are held aloft by men in white dhotis and shirts. A central figure in a bright orange robe and orange headwrap, with a rudraksha mala and a long orange shawl, walks forward with arms outstretched. Nearby, another man in orange holds a stick and wears a beaded mala, while a man in white with an orange shawl and mala walks alongside. Women in white saris with gold borders and sandals follow. A devotee in an orange robe and dark mala sits at the right edge.

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Outdoor street procession on a sunny day, people walking barefoot along a paved road. At the centre, a man in an orange saffron robe with an orange turban and a long rudraksha mala walks at the front, flanked by orange-robed sannyasis and men and women in white dhotis and shirts. Several attendants hold multicoloured ornate umbrellas with tassels, and orange flags wave at the right edge. Shops and buildings line the street in the background, and a woman in a white sari with a gold border walks at the right. a person cues: the central figure wears an orange turban and a long rudraksha mala. Note: the figure is presented as a procession leader, with rudraksha and saffron attire.2009-01-12A street procession of saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees walks along a palm-lined road under colourful striped umbrellas. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a long rudraksha mala, walks smiling; he is a sannyasi, and the page's appearance-based cues are insufficient to name him. Around him, orange-clad young men with orange shawls and devotees in white dhotis and white saris carry the umbrellas on poles. A yellow billboard with Tamil lettering stands at the right edge beside a building.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A 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.2008-08-01January 12 20092009-01-12A street procession moves along a narrow village lane. Several men in white dhotis and shirts carry large umbrellas in red, orange and blue with gold fringe and tassels, and others hold round red and gold shields edged with green. At the centre, a figure with long hair, an orange-and-gold robe, an orange-and-gold wrap, a saffron turban and a yellow-and-white garland walks with hands joined, a probable Swamiji candidate by appearance cues, flanked by men in white and in orange wraps wearing rudraksha malas. Blue-and-white houses and a parked white vehicle line the lane.2007-01-12August 01 20082008-08-01January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12Outdoor street procession in daylight with a group of men and women walking along a road lined with low buildings and palm trees. Many carry tall red parasols with fringed edges. In the centre, a man with a saffron-orange turban and saffron robes, with a long dark rudraksha mala across his chest, smiles as he walks. Around him, devotees wear white kurtas and mundus with orange shawls, and some wear rudraksha malas. A woman in a white and orange sari walks at right. A white vehicle is partly visible at left.2009-01-12Outdoor procession on a paved road under tree cover, with several men in saffron-orange robes walking in a group. Red and multicoloured fringed parasols and orange flags are raised above them. A central man in an orange turban and orange robe wears a long rudraksha mala and smiles. Men on either side wear gold ceremonial necklaces over orange shawls. Several men in white dhotis with orange shawls walk among them. The scene resembles a devotional padayatra.2009-01-12