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Outdoor procession in Tiruvannamalai with a tall banner reading in Tamil and English about milk abhishekam for 1008 lingams. A man with long swept-back hair, rudraksha mala and saffron robe, hands folded in namaste, walks centre; the figure is an appearance-based a person candidate, though the wording is uncertain. Around him, devotees wear orange shawls over white clothes, one man in white raises a hand, and a woman in a pink sari plays a wind instrument. A man in front holds a wooden pole and a red flag is visible behind.

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A street procession of devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls walks beneath colourful striped umbrellas with tassels. A man in the centre wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, his hands folded in greeting, while a man beside him holds a tall wooden staff with a white and orange shawl. On the right a musician in white plays a long brass horn, and a man with a red tilak and white forehead marks walks nearby. Behind them a large banner reads 1008 lingam abhisheka urvalam in Tamil and Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Several figures in the crowd are in white and orange.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01A street procession in an Indian town, with a central figure in long unshaved wavy dark hair, orange saffron robes, and a rudraksha mala walking barefoot. Around him, men in white dhotis and orange shawls carry tall umbrellas with red, orange and blue fringed canopies and orange flags, while a banner reads in Tamil script. Shops and buildings line the road in the background. The central figure is an appearance-based candidate for a person, shown in procession with attendants in saffron and white.2008-08-01Outdoor 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.2009-02-02August 02 20082008-08-02A street procession moves through a town with a crowd of devotees. At the centre, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange saffron robe walks with his hands clasped, smiling. Flanking him, devotees wear orange shawls and white clothing, and a man in orange dhoti carries a staff. Red and multicoloured fringed umbrellas are held overhead, and orange flags are visible in the background. A banner in Tamil script is strung across the street above the crowd, and shopfronts line the road.2008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01Outdoor procession under a bright sky with a tasselled canopy overhead. Around him, men in white kurtas with orange shawls carry a long ceremonial staff and a golden trident, and orange flags with a black emblem flutter behind. Onlookers in white and orange fill the frame in the foreground, and a man in glasses holds a golden trident at right.2007-12-25