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Outdoor festival procession under a multicoloured striped canopy with a small decorated umbrella. A crowd of devotees and musicians gathers on a dirt road. Foreground: a man in a white dhoti and shirt with a mustard-yellow shoulder cloth plays a shehnai-style wind instrument. Next to him, a bare-chested young man in a white shirt and maroon cloth plays a horn, and a man in a white shirt plays a saxophone-like brass instrument. Several men wear saffron/orange shawls and yellow dhotis; one older man in white holds a small hand bell. A videographer with a camera on a stand is at left in an orange shawl. Red plastic chairs sit in front. Trees and parked cars are in the background. a person presence is not visibly established.

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Photo 11691983 +1 copiesFebruary 08 20132013-02-0813 ஜனவரி 2015 உலக அமைதிக்கான பங்களிப்பு +1 copiesJuly 29 20072007-07-29Outdoor ceremonial procession under trees. A woman in a black cap and red-gold garment with a large gold pendant and marigold garlands stands at centre, smiling, beside a gold-tipped horn. Behind her a man holds a tasselled colourful parasol, and a line of devotees in orange and red-gold robes with white tilak marks and rudraksha malas follows. On the right a bald man in red-gold robes with a white tripundra and garlands stands by a stone platform while a man in white crouches near a camera. Musicians in white blow long brass horns in the foreground.2016-01-03Outdoor procession on a red carpet walkway beneath a large multicoloured striped canopy with red, green, yellow and blue panels. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk with shehnai and nadaswaram-style wind instruments, one player in a white shirt with a sash playing a long pipe in the foreground. Behind them a man in a saffron-orange robe and shawl walks with a shaved head, and devotees in orange and yellow garments follow. A yellow ceremonial umbrella is visible in the background among trees, with onlookers and parked vehicles along a dirt roadside. The crowd is visible in the middle distance.2008-10-09Outdoor procession under a clear pale sky. In the foreground, men in white shirts and dhotis hold silver nadaswaram horns and metal pots, and a drummer in white with an orange cloth drums on a round drum. A man in a yellow shirt plays a horn beside them. Behind, a decorated palanquin or ratha with orange canopy, garlands and colourful tassels is carried forward. On the right, attendants in white with yellow shoulder cloths hold a tall ornate umbrella with floral embroidery and a gold finial. A golden trident stands on the left among banana leaves and a chain-link fence. Several people in orange and saffron robes walk among the crowd.2010-01-01Outdoor procession in a crowd at a festival ground with a red and white tent behind. A man in a white kurta, with a grey beard, claps his hands while smiling. Beside him a man in saffron robes with a red-and-white rudraksha mala and a gold chain smiles broadly. A man in a white dhoti and shawl wears a large red flower garland over a gold chest ornament, with long dark hair and a tilak on his forehead; he holds his hands together in greeting. Robed sadhus in saffron carry a golden staff and a ceremonial trident-topped staff. A man in white and a drummer's wooden horn-shaped instrument appear at the lower right. Ornate saffron and gold banners with floral patterns flank the crowd, and orange flags wave above.2009-01-01October 01 20062006-10-01A crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, gathers inside a red-canopied tent beneath hanging crystal chandeliers. A large multicoloured umbrella with tassels and bird motifs shades a central area where a figure in saffron robes stands near a golden deity murti backdrop. Several men in saffron and orange garments stand close by, while a photographer with a camera and a man holding a phone are among the onlookers. Striped ceremonial pillars frame the tent, and the crowd appears to be moving toward the central area.2013-02-08January 04 20152015-01-04January 04 20152015-01-04 +1 copies