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Street procession in a temple town with a crowd of people walking in front of a multi-tiered colourful temple gopuram in the background. In the foreground, a uniformed police officer in khaki with a peaked cap and red band stands at right, and a woman in a white sari with a gold border carries a brass pot on her head beside a woman in a green blouse and white sari holding a brass vessel. Men in white dhotis and shirts carry brass pots and walk behind them. A small child in an orange outfit stands among the officers at left, and orange and red flags fly overhead. A sign on a building reads சக்ரவர்த்தி.

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December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20A street procession in a temple town moves past a multi-tiered, brightly painted gopuram-style temple tower with a golden dome. Many devotees balance brass kalasha pots on their heads, some with white flowers in the rims, while saffron-orange flags are raised along the road. Police officers in khaki uniforms walk along the left edge. A shirtless man in an orange-saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala stands at right with a red-tipped ritual rod, near a stack of loudspeakers. Many devotees wear white shirts and dhotis. A small figure in the upper left appears on a ceremonial float among decorated structures.2011-12-20A dense street procession moves through a crowded town road lined with onlookers and many saffron-orange flags on poles. Uniformed police in khaki shirts and peaked caps stand along the route, holding back the crowd. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, and several women wear white saris, while one woman in a teal sari stands in the foreground. A figure in the centre wears a white garment and is surrounded by devotees. In the background a multi-tiered temple gopuram rises above the street, with a white domed structure and a decorated arch with a banner. Loudspeaker boxes and banana plants line the roadside.2011-12-20A dense outdoor street procession in Tiruvannamalai with a large crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, many carrying saffron-orange flags on poles. Several men hold yellow clay pots with green leaves, and one smiling man in a pink shirt cradles a pot in the foreground. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a peaked cap stand among the crowd. Behind them rise a multi-tiered colourful gopuram-style temple tower and a painted ratha/chariot-like structure, with a hill in the background. A large painted deity image on a float appears at the left. No identifiable a person is clearly visible.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Outdoor street procession in front of a South Indian temple gopuram with colourful sculpted tiers. A central figure in a saffron-orange garment with a matching orange turban and a long garland of orange and white flowers walks forward, hands joined at the chest. Uniformed police officers in khaki with peaked caps and belts line the path and flank the crowd. A flower-strewn ground and a red-and-blue umbrella with tasselled edges appear overhead, along with a decorative fringed parasol and saffron flags. Several men in saffron robes and white shirts follow, and a camera operator films at right. Auspicious procession with police escort.2011-12-20April 27 20082008-04-27A dense street procession in a temple town, with many women carrying brass pots on their heads and walking barefoot past uniformed police officers in khaki. Several women wear saris in red, teal, and pink; men wear white shirts and trousers. Many orange-saffron flags are raised, and a tall multi-tiered gopuram temple tower and a decorated temple chariot rise behind the crowd. Loudspeaker boxes stand at right and a sign reading Sakravarthi is visible at upper left. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the crowd.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20