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A street procession in a Tamil town, with a crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis walking along a narrow road lined with shops and multi-storey buildings. A bearded man in a saffron-orange robe walks near the centre beside a uniformed police officer in khaki. Musicians play drums and a long horn-like instrument, and an ornate canopy or palanquin with a red and gold top is visible further back. Saffron-orange flags flutter along the route, and a banner held up on the left shows a portrait of a figure in an orange head-wrap with text in Tamil script. The scene is a grand procession during a spiritual event.

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April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27April 27 20082008-04-27A street procession in a South Indian town. Uniformed police officers in khaki with peaked caps and belts march in the foreground. Two musicians play long brass horns called nadaswaram-style wind instruments, one in a teal shirt with white dhoti, the other in a dark green shirt with a red-and-white cloth over the shoulder; a drummer in green shirt plays a drum at right. A saffron-robed man with a shaved head and an orange cloth walks in the centre of the crowd among saffron and orange flags and a multicoloured canopy umbrella carried over the procession. Shops with Tamil signs line the road and palm trees appear behind.2008-04-27August 01 20082008-08-01Street procession at dusk in a town with low concrete buildings and shopfronts, orange and green signboards, and bunting. A man in a saffron-orange shawl and orange turban stands on a raised platform at left, arm outstretched and pointing, with long dark hair and a rudraksha-style necklace visible. Below him, a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts walks along the road, many carrying orange flags. Two large ornate parasols with blue, green and red panels and gold motifs are held aloft over the procession. Trumpet-style and drum players in white walk in front, and a large banner with a portrait hangs above the street.2008-04-27August 01 20082008-08-01August 01 20082008-08-01April 27 20082008-04-27