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A night photograph of a group of devotees walking in a girivalam procession around the sacred Arunachala hill at Tiruvannamalai. Many are dressed in white with orange shawls or sashes, and some wear saffron-orange garments. A figure at the lower left in an orange robe and white dhoti holds a small camera up to their face while standing on a low stone step. Behind them stands a street lamp and an illuminated temple gateway with painted red and white stripes and a few colourful banners. The scene is dark, with the crowd lit mostly by the street light.

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Night photograph of a group walking in procession on a dark road. Many devotees wear saffron and orange sannyasi-style robes and white dhotis with saffron shawls, while a woman in a cream sari with gold border walks among them. In the right foreground a figure with dark tousled hair, wearing a white garment with an orange shawl, faces away from the camera toward the group. Several others carry small lamps and walk in step. The background is almost entirely dark.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a large group of devotees walking along a dark road in Tiruvannamalai. Many men and women wear saffron/orange shawls and white dhotis or sarees with rudraksha malas. A man with long swept-back hair in a saffron wrap, carrying a walking staff, stands in the centre-left of the group and appears smiling; the appearance cues are suggestive but not conclusive, so identity is uncertain. A bearded man in white clothes stands at the front left. A street light glows in the background and a blue-purple bird logo appears at the top left.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night-time crowd at a temple gathering in Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a figure with long dark swept-back hair wears a bright orange-saffron turban and orange robe, with a long rudraksha-style bead mala, and is turned away from the camera toward devotees. Around him, sannyasis and devotees in saffron and orange shawls, some in white clothes, press close; one devotee on the right wears a gold necklace and holds up a book bearing a printed portrait. A man in a white shirt in the foreground has his back to the camera, and others have hands joined in greeting. Dark temple walls form the background.2008-01-02Night procession on a dark road at Tiruvannamalai during girivalam around the sacred Arunachala hill. A group of devotees walks in a tight line, most in white dhotis and kurtas with saffron-orange shawls draped over their shoulders. A man in the center wears a saffron-orange shawl over white clothes with his arms folded across his chest, and a woman in a pale yellow saree walks beside him. Behind them, figures in deeper orange robes and white outfits follow under dark trees. Some walkers are visibly older than the young men at the front.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a group walking along a dark road lit by a single street lamp, apparently a girivalam circuit. At the centre, a man in a long saffron-orange robe with a walking staff and a rudraksha-style necklace walks beside a man in a rust-brown robe. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and white garments with orange shawls walk in procession, and women in white and gold saris with orange shawls and one woman in a yellow sari walk nearby. Trees line the dark background.2008-01-02