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A procession outside an orange-walled ashram building. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red tilak holds a drum with a maroon shoulder strap. Behind him stands a man in white holding a colourful fringed ceremonial parasol, and another in white with a rudraksha mala and yellow-trimmed cloth holding a yellow banner pole. A woman in a red sari stands nearby. In the background a deity murti decorated with flower garlands sits in a shrine area, with a table of offerings and several onlookers nearby.

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January 01 20132013-01-01A procession with ceremonial musicians and attendants in Thiruvannamalai. In the foreground a man in a yellow shirt and white dhoti plays a long brass horn (natheswaram-style wind instrument). Beside him a man with white forehead paste and red bindi plays a similar horn, wearing a yellow top and orange cloth. In the centre a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a large barrel drum (thavil) with gold-trimmed straps. Behind them an orange and yellow ornate ceremonial standard with a red emblem is carried, and a young man at right in orange dhoti, bare chest, rudraksha and gold necklaces holds a gold-tipped pole of a large fringed canopy. Several attendants wear white or orange cloth with white sacred ash marks. The scene is an outdoor temple procession with palm trees and a painted deity banner at left.2017-03-11Outdoor procession under bright sunlight beneath palm trees on a paved courtyard. In the foreground a drummer in white shirt and white dhoti carries a dark, red-and-gold drum slung at his side, holding a tall ornate pole with a golden-fringed red banner. Behind him a crowd in white and cream clothing walks toward a striped multicoloured canopy. Several saffron-robed sannyasis and a bearded man in white stand among them, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A devotee in a cream sari walks at right. The scene conveys a ceremonial temple-style procession.2015-01-13April 29 20122012-04-29A temple procession scene with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing traditional instruments in a stone-paved courtyard. A boy in a yellow kurta plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), an older man in white plays a small drum-like instrument, and a younger man in white holds a frame drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands in the stone temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari is seen at the left edge beside a large orange and red decorated umbrella. White kolam rangoli patterns are drawn on the ground.2012-05-18 +1 copiesNovember 29 20162016-11-29December 21 20102010-12-21January 03 20162016-01-03December 25 20072007-12-25November 29 20162016-11-29November 29 20162016-11-29Outdoor procession on a dirt path during a temple festival. Musicians play drums and a wind instrument: a man in a dark shirt and orange-bordered dhoti plays a large drum, a man in white plays a pipe-like instrument, and drummers in white dhotis beat a barrel drum and a frame drum. Devotees in white kurtas and dhotis and women in white and yellow saris walk behind them. Two men in white carry large orange-and-red embroidered umbrella-style banners with tassels, and orange flags flutter in the background beside a green vehicle with speakers.2008-12-24