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Night photograph of a street procession crowd in Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground a bearded man with long dark hair and white tripundra on his forehead stands with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling, wearing a rust-orange unstitched robe and a brown beaded rudraksha-style mala across his shoulders. Beside him a bearded man in a white dhoti with gold border and a gold bead necklace looks on. Behind them women in saris and devotees with white forehead marks stand close together; a woman on the right holds her hands in anjali. A wooden pole and a black signboard with gold lettering are visible in the background.

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February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07Night-time street procession in a crowded lane lit by warm bokeh lights. In the centre, a bearded man with a white forehead band and a broad smile wears a saffron-orange shawl over his shoulders and a thick rudraksha mala. Behind him, a man with a short beard wears a gold chain and white dhoti with a shirtless upper body, and others in yellow garments stand nearby. Several devotees in yellow and orange clothing crowd the background, and one person bends low at the lower left edge.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05January 16 20182018-01-16February 07 20172017-02-07A bearded man in a maroon-red turban with gold leaf and crescent ornaments stands with eyes closed and a faint smile, wearing a rust-brown shawl over a bare chest, layered gold beaded necklaces, a gold armband and a leopard-print cloth at the waist. Behind him a crowd sits in white, orange and purple clothing, with a priest in orange dhoti at left gesturing with raised hands during a ritual at an evening ceremony with lamps. Appearance-based probable Swamiji (probable) stands centrally with the turban, gold necklaces and saffron-toned shawl as cues, shown in a ritual setting.2016-12-08A man in a brown-orange robe stands at the centre with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling broadly. He wears a large garland of pink, yellow and white flowers with green leaves, a white horizontal forehead mark, and a rudraksha-style cord at his waist. Around him, devotees and onlookers in white and light clothing, some wearing gold ceremonial necklaces, press close in a narrow street lit at night with a yellow pillar and shopfronts behind. A woman on the right wears a floral sari and holds her hands together. Appearance-based label: a person, shown in person with garland and greeting, though cues are limited to the robe and garland and the identity is uncertain.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +3 copies