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Outdoor procession crowd on a sunny day with many devotees in white and orange. At center, a smiling person with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a pink and white flower garland, hands folded in greeting. Nearby, a white-clad man wears a red beaded mala. Several people in white shirts and white dhotis hold large multicolored umbrellas with yellow and red fringe, and orange flags with a blue and white emblem flutter. Handheld placards with Tamil text are visible. Many onlookers fill the foreground and background, and a few devotees wear orange garments.

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January 21 20092009-01-21A street procession in a crowded Indian town. Several colourful ceremonial umbrellas with red, yellow, green and blue panels and fringed tassels are held overhead. Beneath them a central figure with long dark hair and an orange robe smiles and is surrounded by devotees in white shirts and dhotis. Nearby, a young man in an orange robe and a white-shirted man wear pink flower garlands. Shopfronts, a passing bus and roadside banners line the street behind the crowd.2009-01-21A street procession of many devotees in white dhotis and shirts with orange sashes moves under large white and orange parasols with gold finials and red fringe. At the centre, a man in an orange robe and orange turban, hands joined in namaste, wears a green and white flower garland and walks between parasol bearers. Behind him, a bare-chested man in white dhoti holds a parasol pole. A man in a white dhoti and orange shawl walks nearby, and a crowd of onlookers in saris and shirts lines the road. A small framed portrait on a yellow board is carried in the lower left. Orange flags wave in the crowd.2006-09-24January 21 20092009-01-21Street procession in a Tamil town crowd with decorated yellow, red and orange canopies overhead and saffron flags. A woman in a red-orange sari with a pink flower garland and a long beaded garland stands at centre, palms pressed together in greeting while a man in white shirt and mundu bows before her. Around them, men and women in white dhotis and shirts, saffron-robed youths, and devotees with rudraksha malas line the road. Hand-lettered banners in Tamil and portrait posters are held aloft in the background, and a bus is parked at left.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor procession crowd in Tamil Nadu. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark swept-back hair and a red tilak wears a flowing saffron-orange robe and holds a small white item in his hands; he is a person (appearance-based: long swept-back hair, saffron robe, rudraksha-style neck mala), walking among devotees. Around him are many men and women in white shirts and white dhotis or kurtas with rudraksha malas, some holding wooden poles with banners and an orange flag. A second saffron-robed sannyasi walks at left, and an older bald man with white hair stands in the foreground. The scene is a ratha yatra procession.2009-02-02February 02 20092009-02-02January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21 +1 copies