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Outdoor festival procession with many devotees crowding around a central figure with long dark hair wearing a saffron-orange robe and a large white and red flower garland, smiling with hands together. Colourful ceremonial parasols with fringed tassels and a gold-tipped staff rise above the crowd, and a decorated vehicle with loudspeakers stands behind. Men in white dhotis and shirts, women in orange and white saris, and monastics in saffron clothes surround the scene, many clapping and raising hands in celebration. Banana leaves and a small white building form the backdrop.

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January 01 20082008-01-01A festive procession outdoors in daylight, with a crowd of devotees behind and around the central group. In the centre, a smiling man in a white dhoti and a red-and-gold garlanded necklace stands between two saffron-robed sannyasis and a man with a long dark beard. At front left, a man in a white kurta applauds with raised hands. Several sannyasis in saffron robes hold a tall golden trident-topped staff and a gold-handled ceremonial staff. A man at right in a cream kurta and red shawl claps. A brass horn-shaped ceremonial instrument and a drum with yellow straps are at lower right. Ornate yellow and red parasols and tall saffron flags appear above the crowd, with banners behind.2009-01-01December 30 20072007-12-30An outdoor festival procession in a dusty open field. Many devotees in white kurtas and orange-saffron stoles crowd together, with several people raising hands and smiling. Four large ceremonial parasols with multicolored striped canopies and silver-tipped poles rise above the crowd, and a silver staff is held in the foreground. Behind them a truck with loudspeaker stacks and a Velmurugan-related banner stands near a low boundary fence. A man with long swept-back hair and an orange stole stands center-right among the crowd, but his appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm his identity. Crowd density is high, with more than twenty people visible.2008-01-01Outdoor procession on a dirt road with a crowd of devotees in white and saffron clothing. A central figure in saffron robes and a long white garland with red flower garlands stands raised among the crowd, with a gold necklace and rudraksha mala visible. Colourful fringed parasols with blue, red and yellow patterns are held aloft around him. Behind, a truck bearing a red and yellow signboard and a palm-lined landscape frame the scene. Many people raise their hands in greeting and devotion.2008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor procession with a large crowd of devotees raising hands and cheering. At centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a white garland with pink flowers, raising his hands in greeting. Beside him, a bald man in an orange robe holds his palms together, and several women in orange and saffron saris stand nearby. Colourful ceremonial umbrellas with fringed borders and a decorated ratha-style float appear behind them, with a truck reading VELMURUGAN and a loudspeaker stack in the background. A cameraman with a flash camera is in the lower right.2008-01-01Outdoor street procession with a large crowd pressing around a truck with a black speaker stack and a banner reading "VELMURUGAN". Above, a multicoloured canopy and tall poles topped with trident-like tips and a decorated flag mark the procession. At the centre, a long-haired man bare-chested in an orange cloth holds a ceremonial staff and a trident-shaped standard. Nearby, several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas walk among devotees in white, and a bearded man in an orange shawl with a garland stands at left. Banana plants line the route and the scene is lit by low sunlight.2008-01-01Outdoor procession on a dusty road with a crowd of devotees. In the centre, a man with long dark hair and a red bindi raises both hands with eyes closed in ecstatic devotion, wearing a saffron-orange shawl over an orange garment and a white and red flower garland with gold beads. Behind him, two large decorated umbrellas with orange, green and yellow tassels shade the crowd. Women in white saris with red borders and rudraksha-style beads stand around him, and a man in cream clothing stands on a truck decorated with a banner reading Sri Velmurugan, operating a camera. Many people raise their hands in celebration.2008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01Outdoor procession at a festival ground in bright daylight with dust rising from a dirt path. A central figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a white and gold-bordered shawl over a gold-bordered garment, a long red-and-white flower garland, layered gold necklaces and a rudraksha-style bead mala, walks forward with a hand raised in greeting. a person by appearance: long hair, ornate gold jewellery and garland, though the figure is not clearly confirmed. Around him, several men in saffron-orange robes and orange shawls, some carrying a tall golden trident and a golden staff, walk alongside. Two large ceremonial umbrellas with multicoloured red, blue, yellow and green panels and tassel fringes are held aloft over the group. Orange and red pennants flutter in the background, and a crowd of devotees follows, including women in red and pink saris. A banner reading Velmurugan is visible at the back.2009-01-01