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Outdoor festival procession at dawn: a decorated wooden ratha/palanquin-style float heaped with marigold and rose garlands sits at centre, bearing a deity murti. Before it, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a man in white shirt and dhoti perform an aarti, holding a lit oil lamp over a brass plate of offerings. Around them, devotees in saffron and orange clothes and red-orange saris press close, with hands folded and some raising smartphones. Men in cream shirts and a checked shirt sit on the float; a uniformed officer stands at the right. A red wall and a few sannyasis in orange robes stand in the background.

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Outdoor street procession on a decorated float with a blue-and-red arched canopy. On the float, a deity murti is dressed and heavily garlanded with marigold and orange-yellow flower strings. A bare-chested man in white dhoti waves a lit flame over the murti, while another man in a cream shirt stands at the front of the float and two men in uniform-like clothes stand to the side. A man in a red-maroon shirt and a man in a checked shirt sit on the float beside a brass kalasha and offering plates. Behind, a crowd of devotees in orange, saffron and red saris and dhotis press forward, several holding up mobile phones to record. Red walls and trees line the road behind. Visible people number over twenty.2021-01-15Outdoor temple procession on a road beside a red wall and a green gate. A decorated ratha or chariot with a red-and-gold roof, blue arched frame and garlands of yellow and white flowers carries a deity murti. A shirtless priest in white dhoti stands on the chariot tending the murti, another bare-chested man assists beside him, and a uniformed officer in khaki reaches up at the right. On the ground women in orange and red saris carry brass vessels and lamps, one woman wears a purple sari, and a man in pink shirt stands among them. Several people raise phones to take pictures.2021-01-15January 16 20212021-01-16A festival procession with a decorated wooden ratha bearing a deity murti garlanded with thick bands of yellow and red marigold and rose garlands, flower-covered and lit by oil lamps. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands on the ratha steps, reaching down toward a brass vessel. Another shirtless man in white dhoti stands on the platform holding a red pillar. Surrounding devotees in saffron and orange robes, some women in orange and yellow saris, and a uniformed police officer stand at the chariot's edge. Fruit, a kalasha-style pot and offerings sit on the ratha base beneath the car's red and blue frame.2021-01-16 +1 copiesJanuary 16 20212021-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16A photograph of a street procession at dusk. On the right, a red and gold canopied palanquin is decorated with heaps of pink, white and yellow flower garlands around a deity murti. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands before it, holding a lit flame on a tray. A man in a white shirt stands beside him. A crowd of devotees sits and kneels on the road in front, many with hands raised in worship, several in white and red garments and one man wearing an orange headcloth. Behind them, a red wall displays a large banner with portraits of a figure in a crown and a figure in saffron, with Tamil text. Sugarcane stalks stand upright near the procession.2018-01-16Outdoor temple-procession scene in daylight beside a thatched-roof building. On a decorated wooden chariot draped with garlands of yellow and white flowers, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti stands atop, while another man in a white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl leans in to offer garlands and flowers. Below, a crowd of shaven-headed men in saffron/orange robes and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas, press forward holding flowers and offerings. A uniformed police officer stands at left and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers watches at lower right.2011-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16January 16 20212021-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16January 16 20182018-01-16