Night photograph of a group of devotees walking the Girivalam path around Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, several people seen from behind wear orange shawls over white dhotis and white garments with gold borders, with dark hair visible. Behind them, a figure in an orange robe stands at a distance against dark foliage and trees. Watermarked archive photo. - Nithyanandapedia

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Night photograph of a group of devotees walking the Girivalam path around Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai. In the foreground, several people seen from behind wear orange shawls over white dhotis and white garments with gold borders, with dark hair visible. Behind them, a figure in an orange robe stands at a distance against dark foliage and trees. Watermarked archive photo.

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A night-time outdoor gathering on a dark road beside trees. A man in an orange robe sits cross-legged on a white raised platform, speaking to a seated crowd. Around him, roughly thirty devotees in white dhotis or clothing and orange shawls sit on the ground, many with long braids or hair bunched at the back. A woman in a yellow saree stands at the right edge of the platform. An orange-clad figure with a shaved head sits at the left of the platform.

Night photograph of a procession on a dark road during a girivalam around Arunachala. A figure with long dark hair in saffron-orange robes sits elevated on a raised platform or vehicle at right, surrounded by a crowd of devotees in orange and white clothing seated and standing close together. Bright lights from a vehicle and a street lamp illuminate the scene, with a white car and a lit vehicle or palanquin visible in the background. Foreground devotees, some holding cameras, are seen from behind. Cues for a person: long swept hair and saffron clothing seated centrally on the raised platform as the honoured figure of the procession.

Night-time photo of a seated man in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long dark hair sitting cross-legged on a white concrete platform, smiling. Around him, a seated group of devotees in orange and white clothing face him, including a woman in white with an orange shawl and a long braid, and an older man in white on the left. The candidate's appearance has several cues (long hair, saffron robe) and the page indicates a person was present, but the face and features are not clearly verifiable, so the seated figure is described as a person.

Night photograph of a group walking in procession on a dark road. Many devotees wear saffron and orange sannyasi-style robes and white dhotis with saffron shawls, while a woman in a cream sari with gold border walks among them. In the right foreground a figure with dark tousled hair, wearing a white garment with an orange shawl, faces away from the camera toward the group. Several others carry small lamps and walk in step. The background is almost entirely dark.

January 02 2008

January 02 2008

January 02 2008

January 02 2008

January 02 2008

January 02 2008

Night procession on a dark road at Tiruvannamalai during girivalam around the sacred Arunachala hill. A group of devotees walks in a tight line, most in white dhotis and kurtas with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in the center wears a saffron-orange shawl over white clothes with his arms folded across his chest, and a woman in a pale yellow saree walks beside him. Behind them, figures in deeper orange robes and white outfits follow under dark trees. Some walkers are visibly older than the young men at the front.