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A night-time group procession on a dark road beside trees, walking devotees' girivalam around the sacred Arunachala hill. Many people in saffron/orange and white ritual clothes walk closely together; several men wear orange robes with orange shawls, and a woman in a pale yellow-white sari carries a shoulder bag. A bright light glows at the left edge. In the right foreground a man with a sleek dark hairstyle wears an orange garment, holds a camera and carries a camera strap. A small tent sits at right. An orange-clothed figure walking near the centre is not clearly identifiable and is not described as a specific person.

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Night photograph of a group walking along a dark road during a girivalam-style procession, with streetlights and a glowing lamp in the background. Foreground: a person in a yellow garment with a black Nikon camera strap, head bowed. Behind them, many people in white dhotis and white garments with orange saffron shawls walk in a loose crowd, with a few women in white saris. A figure in an orange robe stands near the centre-left. Trees and a utility pole frame the scene.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a barefoot procession walking along a dark road during a girivalam around a sacred hill. In the centre, a man in a saffron/orange shawl over a white kurta wears a rudraksha-style beaded mala and bangles, walking with a group behind him. Around them are devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, several in saffron or orange shawls, and a few in orange sarongs. An orange-robed sadhu walks at the front left. Dark trees line the road above them.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night procession on a dark road lit by a single street lamp, with a crowd of devotees walking together. In the center a woman with long dark hair wears a plain saffron-orange garment and walks with hands clasped. Beside her a young man in orange robes with a red-bordered cloth walks in step. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls and an older bearded sannyasi in orange robes with a red border carry garlands, and a man in white stands at the right edge. Tall trees and a utility pole frame the background. Consistent with the girivalam circumambulation described in the page excerpt, though no sacred landmark is clearly visible.2008-01-02Night photograph of a large group of devotees walking along a road lit by a street lamp, with dark trees behind them. Most wear saffron-orange or white garments and yellow-orange shawls. A tall man in an orange robe stands centre-left with his hands clasped at his chest and looks upward, and a young man in orange with a shawl stands at left. Several women in orange saris and white clothing stand beside them, and a small boy in a red shirt and shorts stands in the middle foreground. The scene appears to show a group circumambulation of the sacred hill. No readable text is visible in the image.2008-01-02A night-time photograph of a group walking along a dark road during a girivalam circumambulation at Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe and orange shawl walks with a long wooden staff, flanked by a woman in a cream-and-gold saree with an orange shawl and a woman in an orange robe and white dhoti. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with rudraksha-style malas, follow under a single orange street lamp. A pile of rocks sits at left.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02