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A night-time photograph of a group walking along a dark road during a girivalam circumambulation at Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe and orange shawl walks with a long wooden staff, flanked by a woman in a cream-and-gold saree with an orange shawl and a woman in an orange robe and white dhoti. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with rudraksha-style malas, follow under a single orange street lamp. A pile of rocks sits at left.

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January 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.2008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02January 02 20082008-01-02Night procession on a dark road during a girivalam walk around Arunachala at Tiruvannamalai. In the centre, a man in orange saffron robes walks with arms folded, flanked by people in white dhotis with orange shawls and gold-bordered white garments. A woman in a yellow-gold sari walks beside a man in white clothes. On the left, a woman in a white and gold sari and an orange shawl holds a microphone and speaks. Street lamp glow and trees frame the scene. a person is not clearly identifiable here; the saffron-robed walker is a devotee-like figure of uncertain identity.2008-01-02A nighttime photograph of a procession walking along a dark road lit by a street lamp under trees. A large group of devotees, mostly men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls draped over their shoulders, walk in a loose crowd. Several wear orange wraps across their bodies, and one woman in a yellow sari walks near the centre. Some people hold small objects and lamps. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a specific person from appearance alone.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 20082008-01-02Night photograph of a crowd walking a girivalam path near a temple, the figures dressed in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl stands with his back partly turned, and a woman in an orange sari with a dark shawl walks beside a man in orange robes holding a walking staff. Other devotees in white and orange follow along the dirt road. The scene conveys a devotional circumambulation at night.2008-01-02