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A procession on a temple路 street outdoors, with two ornate multicolored parasols with fringed edges held aloft over a group of saffron-robed sannyasis walking together. The central figure has a shaved head, a vertical red-and-white forehead mark, and layered rudraksha and white bead malas with a gold pendant. Flanking monks in orange robes wear beaded necklaces, one with an arm band, and one bearing a gold pendant. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a red mala walks at the right edge. Crowds of onlookers in white and light clothing line the blue-and-red painted temple wall behind. A man in a red shirt stands in the foreground.

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Outdoor procession with a crowd walking past a whitewashed wall painted in red and blue stripes. Two large ornate parasols with green, yellow and red panels and fringed tassels are held over the centre. A bald, elderly man in a saffron-orange cloth with a long white-and-black rudraksha mala, a gold pendant and a headband walks at the centre. Men in saffron robes with beaded garlands and gold pendants walk alongside him, and many devotees in white dhotis and shirts fill the background.2012-05-18Outdoor procession of saffron-robed sannyasis walking past a whitewashed wall with red and blue painted bands. Two large ornate umbrellas with yellow, red, blue and green panels and fringed tassels are held over the group. Several saffron-clad men wear rudraksha and beaded malas, gold pendants and gold chest ornaments; one wears a crown-like headpiece. Men in white dhotis and white shirts walk alongside, and a boy in a red shirt and a man in white carry or support the procession. A person in a white shirt holds a microphone at left. Among the saffron-robed figures, a man with long swept-back hair wearing a gold necklace and rudraksha malas walks at center, but his appearance is not conclusively distinctive enough to be confirmed.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18A photograph of a procession outdoors near a temple gopuram. Three saffron-robed men walk forward beneath two red and green parasols with tasselled fringes, one held by a man at the right. The man at centre left is bald with a gold necklace and a wristwatch, the man at right wears a white and gold rudraksha mala and a bindi and has an open mouth as if chanting, and the man at left wears a headband with a vertical tilak and a chain of beads. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand around them, and palm trees and a colourful temple tower stand in the background.2012-05-18May 18 20122012-05-18A procession of saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees walks along a narrow street past red-and-white painted walls. Two saffron-robed men in the centre wear long rudraksha and bead malas, ceremonial gold pendants and wrist bands; the man on the left holds a fan-shaped umbrella on a long pole. Behind them, a red and gold canopy is visible. Men in plain white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, several with sacred ash markings. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with a pen in his pocket gestures toward the group. a person cues are present on the central figure with a headband, long rudraksha malas and gold pendant, but identity is uncertain.2012-05-18 +1 copiesMay 18 20122012-05-18June 05 20122012-06-05July 24 20122012-07-24May 18 20122012-05-18July 24 20122012-07-24A temple procession in bright sunlight moves across a stone courtyard in front of a colourful gopuram tower. At centre, a man in orange-saffron cloth with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant walks forward, his head bare and shaved, and his hand raised toward a companion. Beside him, a younger man in orange carries an ornate gold-toned vessel. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts and women in cream saris with red borders follow, some holding large ceremonial umbrellas with floral and red fabric. Garlands and beads are visible on several people. The scene reads as a devotional temple procession.2012-05-18