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Crowded street procession in India with devotees throwing pink and red petals into the air. A man in a white dhoti and sleeveless white top with a gold-and-red neck garland and a bald, saffron-clad older man in a mustard robe walk at centre, flanked by a bearded man with white hair and a white vest. Behind them, a uniformed officer in a dark cap and a grey-and-black jacket with an ID lanyard holds a microphone. Several men in white ritual dress, with red marks on their foreheads and garlands, carry or flank decorated umbrellas in red and orange. Behind, a camera operator films with a large video camera; a stone temple with a tall shikhara and marigold garlands hung over an archway stands in the background.

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A crowded outdoor procession moves through a temple street lined with stone shrines and carved spires, with orange marigold garlands draped over an arch. In the centre, a bald elderly man with a white moustache, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti, walks beside a bald man in a pale yellow robe. A uniformed officer in a dark cap and green jacket stands at the front, and a cameraman with a video camera films from the left. Devotees raise their hands, some holding small red and orange umbrellas or pink-clad figures amid the throng.2015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA dense outdoor procession moves through a temple precinct with a stone shikhara tower at right and a tree canopy overhead. At center, a man in a red turban and gold garlands raises his hands beneath a multicoloured striped parasol. Around him, saffron-clad men wear marigold garlands and rudraksha-style beads, and an elderly man in a white vest and white beard is helped forward by hands. Devotees crowd the sides, some holding up phones and a video camera, while a man in a grey cap and face mask stands at right. Pink and red powder is visible in the air. The scene reads as a festive Kumbh-style yatra or sadhu procession, with the parasol carried over the central figure.2015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20152015-09-13September 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesMay 09th 20162016-05-09September 15 20152015-09-15A crowded procession of ascetics at a Kumbh-style shahi snan, with a central figure covered in white ash, wearing a marigold garland and an orange cloth, raising both arms in a salute. Around him, sadhus with white-smeared bodies and long matted hair walk among police in khaki uniforms and caps, a man in a lanyard holding a camera, and devotees in orange clothing and a white turban. A bearded elderly man in an orange shirt and a rudraksha mala stands at right. Marigold garlands are visible on several ascetics, and a sign-free crowd surrounds them.2016-05-09Blurred photo of a dense street procession crowd in Tiruvannamalai. Many men in saffron-orange robes and white ritual dhotis, some with white sacred ash on their foreheads, press along a narrow lane lined with red walls. A man in the centre wears a yellow and green garland and folded hands, with long dark hair. A police officer in khaki uniform and cap, with a camouflage-patterned head covering, stands in the foreground pushing back the crowd. A large orange umbrella and a flame glow appear in the upper background. A central figure in orange with a rudraksha mala may be a sannyasi but the identity is uncertain.2018-01-16A blurred street procession in daylight with a dense crowd pressing close. A man in a cream uniform shirt and dark cap in the foreground holds out his arm toward the crowd. To the right, a man with a long garland of yellow and red flowers and an orange-brown cloth stands near brass ceremonial lamps and a kalasha-topped palanquin, with a yellow umbrella and a pink-red canopy behind. Saffron-clad devotees and a cameraman with a shoulder camera are visible at left. Several people are only partly visible.2018-01-16A crowded indoor ritual scene where devotees throng around a figure in a rust-red robe draped over a bare shoulder, adorned with gold bangles and a large garland of pink and white flowers. Pink rose petals fall through the air over the crowd. A man in a white shirt on the left looks intently ahead, a man in an orange-brown cloth with a white forehead band stands in the foreground, and a man with bare upper body and white dhoti with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands at right while others in white dhotis and saffron-pink garments press forward. A woman in pink and a woman with dark hair also appear among the devotees, with a child at lower right holding flower petals. A photographer's raised arm is visible at the top left. The setting appears to be a hall with blue plastic chairs at the right edge.2017-04-02