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Night photograph of a crowd moving across a temple courtyard lit with strings of lights and decorated arches. A bearded man in the centre wears a saffron-brown dhoti-style garment, a white flower garland and a gold necklace, and walks with his hands together in front of him. He is flanked by orange- and brown-robed attendants, and a uniformed police officer in khaki walks beside him. Men in teal shirts, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and other devotees fill the frame. Behind them stand a temple gopuram with painted deity figures and a sign reading Thula Baram, plus a painted deity panel and illuminated stalls. a person candidate appearance uncertain; role depicted as a robed devotee in the procession.

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February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06 +1 copiesEvening procession at a South Indian temple courtyard lit with strings of lights; the temple gopuram and shrine behind are decorated with lamps. A bearded man with long swept-back hair, wearing a maroon-brown wrap and layered gold and rudraksha-style necklaces, walks at centre with hands folded, flanked by a uniformed police officer in khaki. Around them devotees in saffron and orange dhotis and shawls, a man in white dhoti with a gold necklace, and a woman in orange sari walk in a group. Two men in green shirts and blue trousers walk at left. A sign reads Thula Baram, and a stall or hall bears a blue signboard.2017-02-06Night photograph of a procession walking along a stone-paved temple path past a high granite wall decorated with strings of lights. A central figure in a reddish-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing a white flower garland and holding his palms together in greeting, walks at the centre; he has long hair and a beard, and a bald man in a gold necklace and brown-red cloth walks beside him. Around them are uniformed police in khaki, men in teal sports shirts and blue trousers, a man in white dhoti, and a woman in a magenta sari. Behind them is a temple gopuram and an ornate illuminated shrine structure with festoons and lights against a dark sky.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06Night photo of a procession walking along a temple street lit by strings of coloured lights and a street lamp. In the centre, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and a beard wears a dark reddish-brown dhoti and a large white and red flower garland, holding a khaki-uniformed police officer's hand. Around him, a man in an orange robe with a bead necklace, and men in white dhotis and gold-bead necklaces walk among volunteers in teal and green polo shirts with yellow emblems. A man in a green polo shirt with an identity badge on a lanyard and a uniformed officer with a belt are also visible. Illuminated temple gopurams and a decorated structure stand in the background. Several people are visible, roughly a dozen, walking together.2017-02-06Night photograph of a procession walking along a stone-paved temple path lit with strings of coloured lights and a lit gopuram-style structure in the background. At the centre, a bearded man in a rust-brown robe with a large white-and-red flower garland and a gold-toned neck ornament walks with hands joined in greeting; a man in a brown dhoti beside him wears a gold chain. Around them, men in teal sports shirts with yellow emblems escort the group, and a uniformed officer in khaki with a red belt walks at left. Men in orange and white robes, one carrying a brass vessel, follow behind. Several onlookers stand at right. a person: the centre man in the rust-brown robe with garland and gold neck ornament is in the procession; this is an appearance-based candidate only.2017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06February 06 20172017-02-06