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January 12 2007

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A street procession passes under a white banner tent with Tamil script. Men in white dhotis and shirts play brass nadaswaram-style horns and drums, while others carry large red and gold ceremonial fans with blue emblems. Colourful fringed parasols with red, yellow and blue canopies shelter the procession. A figure in a red-and-orange shawl stands at left among the crowd. Several men are visible in the foreground and middle ground, with more people behind them, consistent with a temple-bound festival procession.2007-01-12January 01 20122012-01-01December 27 20082008-12-27A photograph of a procession on a dirt road in front of a gated entrance with orange-walled gatehouses. Several musicians in white dhotis and shirts play drums and wind instruments, some with traditional drums slung at the waist. Behind them, colourful ornate umbrellas with fringed canopies are raised, and a group of men and women in white ritual clothing stand and walk nearby. Trees and a yellow vehicle appear in the background.2009-12-23A street procession moves along a paved road lined with trees. Several men in white dhotis and shirts play traditional instruments: one in a pink shirt and white dhoti beats a large drum slung at his waist, while others blow long brass horns and nagaswaram-style pipes. Colourful decorated parasols in red, green and yellow with tassels are carried overhead. A central figure in white robes wears a turban and a garland of white flowers, and a man at left holds a tall white plume. Crowd members in white and orange clothing follow behind.2005-12-09 +1 copiesOutdoor festival procession with musicians leading a crowd past banana plants and tall painted parasols. Drummers in white dhotis and cream shirts beat dhol drums with long wooden sticks, and a bare-chested musician in a white shirt blows a long brass horn. Behind them a shaved-headed figure in orange-red robes walks barefoot with a garlanded man, and a man in a grey-blue shirt with a red shawl plays a drum. Two decorated umbrellas and a tall trident-topped staff rise above the crowd, which includes men in white and yellow sashes. Cream-coloured tents and a sound system stand in the background.2010-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 25 20072007-12-25A temple procession scene with musicians in white dhotis and shirts playing traditional instruments in a stone-paved courtyard. A boy in a yellow kurta plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), an older man in white plays a small drum-like instrument, and a younger man in white holds a frame drum. Behind them a crowd of onlookers stands in the stone temple doorway, and a woman in a white sari is seen at the left edge beside a large orange and red decorated umbrella. White kolam rangoli patterns are drawn on the ground.2012-05-18 +1 copiesA procession on a dirt road moves past red and white draped tents. Musicians in white dhotis and shirts play long nadaswaram-style wind pipes and a drum, while a man in orange cloth beats a barrel drum at right. Several men wear rudraksha-style beaded malas and white garments. Above them a decorated canopy with red, yellow and green patterned cloth and a kalasha-like motif is carried on poles, with orange flags flying behind. Behind the musicians, more people in white follow in a crowd.2005-01-01November 29 20162016-11-29July 12 20062006-07-12December 29 20082008-12-29