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A street procession in a South Indian town. In the foreground a man in an orange sleeveless top and long orange dhoti-style wrap, hair tied in a bun, walks past a stone step on which sits a steel kalasha-style urn with a framed picture. Behind him people in white dhotis carry orange flags, and a red ceremonial umbrella with tassels is visible at left. A black placard with white/yellow Tamil text rests on the roadside. A shop with a blue tarpaulin and a signboard reading Alex is in the background, with a seated elderly man. Trees and a white building line the street.

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January 20 20092009-01-20Outdoor street procession on a dusty road beside a large shady tree. A man with long dark hair tied back, wearing an orange sleeveless top and a red-orange dhoti-style wrap draped over his shoulder, walks barefoot in orange sandals. Behind him, men in white dhotis and shirts carry a red and multicoloured fringed umbrella and orange saffron flags. A man in white holds a book. Beside the road, a black board displays Tamil text on a stone pedestal, and a white van and parked vehicles are visible. The scene reads as a street procession, with the walking figure's long hair, saffron-orange clothing and ornate parasol as the main cues.2009-01-20January 20 20092009-01-20January 30 20092009-01-30January 20 20092009-01-20Street scene during a procession in India. A man with long dark hair in a white kurta and white dhoti, with an orange shawl over his shoulder, gestures with one raised hand while speaking. Beside him, a young man in orange saffron robes with a red forehead mark stands near a red umbrella, and another man in orange robes stands behind. A man in a white shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a lanyard. A woman in a white sari with gold border walks past on the right. A temple gopuram with a deity image is visible in the background, and a wooden cart edge is in the foreground.2009-01-30Outdoor photo on a dusty open ground. A man with long dark hair swept back wears a flowing saffron-orange wrap over a red sleeveless undergarment and orange dhoti-style cloth, with orange-and-black sandals. He walks to the left with one hand slightly raised. On the right edge, a person in white ritual clothing with a red-bordered cloth holds up a dark umbrella-like staff. Behind them are parked white vans and a car, a thatched shade structure, black water tanks and green trees under a pale sky.2009-08-08Outdoor photograph of a man in a saffron-orange draped robe standing on a dirt road, his long dark hair tied back at the nape, looking to his left. Behind him an orange flag hangs from a pole beside a white building and a blue car. To the left, a bearded man in orange robes and a white-clad man stand nearby, and an orange-vested man in white dhoti stands on the right. The standing man has distinctive long swept-back hair and saffron robes, consistent with the page's reference to a person, but the appearance cues are not sufficiently distinctive to confirm identity, so the figure is described by role only as a robed devotee.2008-11-12A man walks on a paved brick walkway, looking downward, wearing saffron-orange robes draped over one shoulder and a long rudraksha mala of dark beads hanging across his chest. He has a red tilak on his forehead and his hair is swept back. Behind him are a white signboard frame with a colourful poster and two blurred standing figures in the background. Sandals are on his feet. Given the page is about a person satsang and the appearance cues of saffron robes, rudraksha mala and swept-back hair, the figure is a person walking in an outdoor setting.2011-02-05A street procession in a town with auto-rickshaws and low buildings. Several men in saffron-orange robes walk in a group; a central man in an orange-red robe wears a large orange-and-red flower garland and a gold necklace, with tilak on his forehead, and walks with his hands clasped. Beside him a man in orange carries a tall ceremonial staff topped with flower garlands. Young men in yellow and white dhotis walk alongside, and a few people in white stand at the edges near yellow taxis. a person candidate is the central orange-red robed man wearing a gold necklace and a large garland, the cues being the distinctive ceremonial adornments and ceremonial procession setting; identity is uncertain.2009-07-13January 12 20092009-01-12A street procession moves along a paved road lined with trees and houses. Several people in saffron and orange robes walk alongside devotees dressed in white kurtas and dhotis with orange shawls. Under a red and orange canopy with fringed decoration, a woman in a saffron sari and orange headwrap smiles, and a bald man in orange robes walks nearby with a rudraksha mala. Behind them, a man in an orange cap and white clothes, women in white saris, and others follow. Orange flags are visible in the background, and a white van is parked at the right edge.2009-01-12