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September 26 2016

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Outdoor procession on a paved path lined with a low brick wall. In the foreground a shaved-headed young man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold-coloured edging, wearing a dark rudraksha mala, carries a tall gold trident staff with a finial. Behind him to the left a bare-chested man in a white cloth walks, and on the far left a yellow banner with red, blue and green floral embroidery and a white bird emblem flutters on a gold pole. Several people in orange and saffron robes follow, and on the right a woman in a pink kurta holds an orange ceremonial umbrella. Pink, orange and yellow decorated umbrellas are carried overhead, a white vehicle appears in the background, and the setting is a procession with ratha-style ceremonial pageantry.2017-01-13January 13 20172017-01-13January 13 20172017-01-13A young man with a shaved head and white ash marks on his forehead and arms walks forward in a procession, holding a tall brass trident with a decorative finial. He wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a dark rudraksha mala and a small pendant. Behind him, other figures in white and saffron follow along a paved road lined with trees, under red and yellow umbrellas, with a white van in the background.2017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12January 22 20172017-01-22A procession of devotees walks outdoors past a thatched hut and palm trees. In the centre a man in a saffron-red robe with a long orange-gold shawl and a heavy beaded mala stands behind a tall silver trident. Beside him a bald man in red holds a silver trident aloft. On the left a woman in orange-red sari and beaded necklace walks under a red and yellow canopy, and a young man in orange holds a long pole. Several women in white and grey clothes hold silver staffs or stand nearby, and a woman in a white dress holds another silver staff at right. Ornate golden objects blur in the foreground.2013-12-02A procession on an outdoor street. In the foreground centre, a young man with short dark hair and white sacred ash on his forehead, bare-chested with rudraksha malas and orange cloth wrapped at his waist, holds a golden tray with two ornate gold vessels and flowers, possibly for ritual offering. Behind him a woman in an orange sari with a red bindi and bangles walks alongside, and a tall orange pole rises beside them under a hanging decorative canopy. Around them are many people in orange and white clothing, some with white forehead marks, and a few blurred figures in the foreground. The background shows a crowd of onlookers, many in white and orange, under a hazy sky.2017-01-08January 11 20172017-01-11A procession of men in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders carries tall gold staffs and trident-topped poles under a large orange and gold umbrella decorated with floral motifs and a white bird emblem. Several men wear white vibhuti marks on their foreheads, rudraksha malas and gold necklaces; one man in front wears an orange shawl and a gold chain. Spectators stand along a covered walkway behind them under a corrugated roof with hanging lamps.2012-01-01September 26 20162016-09-26January 11 20172017-01-11