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June 19 2014

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A photograph of a large crowd of women in a procession outside a whitewashed building with a blue sign reading "மறைமலை அடிகள் அரசு மேல்நிலைப் பள்ளி" (Maraimalai Adigal Government Higher Secondary School), Embalam. Most women carry silver kalasha-style vessels topped with yellow coconut-like offerings and white flower garlands with green leaves, as in a Poorna Kumbha offering. Foreground women wear white saris with red or gold borders, an orange sari, a yellow-green silk sari, and gold necklaces and rudraksha-style beads. Several older women stand at the right in white saris. No a person candidate is visible in this crowd scene.2014-06-29June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA photograph of a crowd of women and children standing outdoors in a roadside line, many holding small silver vessels decorated with flowers. Women wear saris in green, teal, purple, white with red borders and pink tones; a young girl wears a yellow outfit. Men stand behind, and a large blue-and-white banner with Tamil text and a seated meditating figure hangs on a pole. Trees and a concrete wall are behind the crowd.2007-01-12A procession of women in traditional saris walks along a dirt road in front of a blue-painted building with a red awning and a palm tree. In the centre, a woman in a mustard-yellow sari with a red-and-gold border carries a brass tray of flowers and green leaves topped by a red and yellow decorated kalasha pot. Around her, women in white saris, orange and green borders, and lavender prints walk with garlands and bindi markings, and a blue bus and white van are parked behind. A green signboard with Tamil lettering is visible in the background.2006-10-28A photograph of women in a procession outside a pink building with a blue door and a rubble heap in the foreground. A woman in a mustard-yellow sari with a red-and-gold border carries a large garland of white and pink flowers with green leaves in both hands. Beside her, a woman in a pale green sari with yellow flower print holds a similar garland, and another woman in white holds a brass tray of petals. Men in white shirts and dhotis stand at left, one pointing toward the doorway, and a metal vessel of green fruit is carried overhead in the background. Several women wear rosette ribbons on their saris. Some participants are in a Ratha Yatra procession, with devotees bearing garlands and offerings.2006-10-28A procession of women in white saris with orange shawls walks under a banner arch decorated with a banana bunch and orange flags. Many carry brass milk pots on their heads, some decorated with pink flowers. Devotees line the path, including a man in white with an orange shawl on the right and an elderly woman in an orange-bordered sari on the lower right. The gate and a banner in Tamil and English welcome participants, with a crowd and a bicycle visible behind them.2008-08-01June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJuly 05 20022002-07-05 +1 copiesJuly 28 20082008-07-28 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copies