A dense crowd of devotees in a procession, many men and women wearing yellow and orange garments with red threads and beaded necklaces. A large yellow-and-white cloth-wrapped object is raised on a bare-shouldered man's shoulders at centre, decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Devotees around press forward with hands raised and folded, some holding red-and-yellow offering trays. - Nithyanandapedia

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A dense crowd of devotees in a procession, many men and women wearing yellow and orange garments with red threads and beaded necklaces. A large yellow-and-white cloth-wrapped object is raised on a bare-shouldered man's shoulders at centre, decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Devotees around press forward with hands raised and folded, some holding red-and-yellow offering trays.

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A dense crowd of devotees in a temple or ashram hall, many men wearing yellow and saffron-orange clothing and turbans in red, yellow and green. Several people press forward with hands folded in namaskar and some hold red and yellow offerings or a decorated pot. A man in a yellow shawl stands at centre, with a young boy in orange beside him, and an older man with white hair and beard at lower right holds his palms together. Garlands of marigold hang on some people. Yellow and orange banners hang in the background. Many faces are blurred by motion.

Outdoor temple-street scene during a procession with a crowd pressing close. A bare-chested man with long swept-back hair, a crown-like tilak, a red rudraksha mala and a yellow dhoti leans forward over a metal pole, holding an orange fruit and reaching toward a silver tray of fruit offered by devotees. Around him, shaven-headed men in saffron-orange cloth wear gold necklaces, and a man in a white shirt wears a rudraksha mala. Garlands of yellow flowers hang on a decorated stand at left, and a child sits on an orange vehicle at right. Trees and a temple gopuram stand in the background.

Crowded outdoor temple scene during a procession. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a cream dhoti with red rudraksha beads and white sacred markings leans forward to reach toward a silver vessel decorated with orange and pink flowers, held up by a man in saffron cloth wearing a gold necklace. Around them shaved-headed men in saffron and white garments, gold chains, and white forehead markings press close, while onlookers and photographers with cameras fill the background beside a temple gopuram with colourful carvings and green trees.

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A dense outdoor procession crowd moves under colourful parasols, with a red and gold umbrella, a blue umbrella and red-and-yellow fringed canopies overhead. In the foreground on the left, a figure in green costume with a tall ornate headdress and garlands stands beside a silver-topped ritual pole. Several men wear bright yellow turbans and yellow-gold garments with white forehead markings and arm bands, and a few wear orange cloth and rudraksha malas. A man in white shirt and glasses walks in the middle, and a bare-chested man in an orange wrap with a beaded mala stands near the centre. Many people press close together in a festival procession.

A street procession at Thiruvannamalai centres on a decorated palanquin draped with yellow and orange marigold garlands, with a deity murti visible at its top. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and a white-clad attendant stand on the cart, one priest raising his arm toward the deity. Around them a dense crowd of mostly bare-chested men in white dhotis, saffron-clad sannyasis and onlookers presses close, some with hands folded and one photographing with a camera. Brass pots and offerings sit on a tray at the base. A thatched-roof building and roadside trees form the background. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable in the crowd.

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Outdoor temple-street ritual crowd with flower garlands and marigolds at lower left. A shirtless priest in a yellow dhoti with a red rudraksha mala and tilak stretches his arm toward the group while a long pole is held upright. Dense devotees in white, red and orange surround a central figure with long dark hair, a green and white flower garland and a gold necklace, seated among bald men in orange and white. Some bystanders are photographing with cameras and a child wears an orange garment. Temple gopurams and shrines appear in the background.

A crowded outdoor scene at a temple entrance during a darshan procession. Saffron-robed sannyasis in orange cloth crowd around a golden kalasha-topped palanquin draped with yellow marigold garlands and pink fabric. A bare-chested man in the foreground raises a garland toward the palanquin. A man in a golden-orange silk robe with a beard stands at the centre, and a saffron-clad man with a dark rudraksha mala and orange shawl stands at right, both appearing to be devotees or sannyasis rather than clearly identifiable. Uniformed police officers in khaki stand at the edges, and onlookers in white and pale clothing fill the background near a red-and-white painted temple gateway with scaffolding.

Outdoor temple-street scene during a procession. A man with long dark swept-back hair and a green flower garland stands centre-right, reaching toward a silver-and-brass vessel of offerings and fruit held by a bald man in orange robes and gold necklace. Around them, shaved-headed priests in white dhotis and bare torsos with white tilak marks press forward, some holding out hands for blessings. A bare-chested man with a red-and-white tilak and rudraksha mala leans in from left. Behind, flower-garlanded poles, marigolds, a temple gopuram and a lamp-lit shrine are visible under trees.

Outdoor procession on a dry, sunny day at a Kumbhamela event in Karnataka. In the right foreground, a man in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a heavy gold-beaded necklace and a rudraksha mala, walks beside a young man in orange and white with a long dark hair. Behind them an older bearded sadhu in orange robes stands among devotees. A bare-chested priest in the left foreground holds a brass plate of offerings, and a white-clad older man holds a coconut wrapped with marigold and orange flower garlands. Above the crowd, a devotee carries a ceremonial pot topped with yellow and orange marigold garlands on his head. Several onlookers fill the background.