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A large street procession winds down a busy town road lined with cream and pink multi-storey buildings, parked cars, an auto-rickshaw and a white van marked AMM Travels. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the crowd, some waving orange flags. In the foreground, drummers beat red-and-gold drums while a man in a white dhoti with a red kumkum mark on his forehead plays a long wind instrument. Two men carry large orange-and-gold triangular banners with ornate borders, and a palm-leaf decoration stands at the left. A cart with a green engine sits at the right edge.

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A large street procession moves down a town road toward a gopuram temple tower in the background. Many men in white dhotis and shirts walk in dense crowds, many carrying orange flags. Drummers in white with wooden drums lead the front, while ornate umbrellas with red and gold embroidery and a colourful striped canopy are carried above the crowd. A vehicle with an old engine and cart is on the right, and a white bus runs alongside. Multi-storey buildings line the street, and orange-clad figures appear near the umbrellas at the centre.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesDecember 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Aerial view looking down a busy town street during a procession. A large crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts walks along the road, many carrying saffron-orange flags. Drummers in white play dhol drums at the front, and a decorated vehicle with a golden canopy or chariot-like structure moves through the crowd in the distance. Speaker boxes are stacked on a green truck at left. Shopfronts, a banana palm, multi-storey buildings and power lines line the street under an overcast sky. No individual clearly identifiable as a person is confidently visible in this view.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A dense street procession in Tiruvannamalai moves past a stone temple wall on the left. Hundreds of men in white dhotis and shirts crowd the road, many playing long wind instruments and drums, with some in orange-banded clothing. Orange flags and a multicoloured umbrella lead the procession, and a decorated chariot with a deity murti is visible in the distance among buses. A figure in orange robes and a red-and-gold headdress with garlands walks near the front, flanked by police in khaki uniforms. Yellow petals fall in the air above the crowd.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20January 12 20092009-01-12