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December 20 20102010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20Outdoor photo on a dirt road at an ashram-style campus. Several children and young adults stand in a crowd, many holding and waving bright orange-red flags with a dark emblem. A boy in a light blue t-shirt raises a flag on the left, and a girl in a blue top holds a flag on the right. A woman in an orange sari holds a brass tray with offerings, facing a bald man in white dhoti with red-bordered cloth who stands barefoot, appearing to receive the tray in a puja-style gesture. A policeman in white uniform and cap stands behind the group beside a green metal structure and a brick wall. Flat hazy sky in the background.2010-12-20Outdoor photograph on an unpaved dirt road at an ashram-like site, with a green-roofed structure and a red-brick wall behind. A uniformed security guard in a dark cap and white-gloved stance stands on the left. A crowd of about two dozen people, mostly children and young women in white, green, pink and blue clothes, gathers near the centre. Several hold orange-red flags with a blue emblem, one raising a flag on a pole with green leaves tied to it. On the right an elderly person in white robes with a yellow shawl stands facing the group, and a silver SUV and a red car are parked nearby.2010-12-20Outdoor procession on a dirt road between low brick buildings and trees. Children in pink, blue, yellow and green clothes line the left side watching. Several people in white dhotis and white kurtas walk in the procession, and a man in an orange robe stands near the middle carrying something green. Orange flags with blue emblems are raised along the route. In the background a decorated palanquin or ratha with orange and gold trim is carried toward the right. Trees and a clear sky complete the scene.2010-12-20December 20 20102010-12-20January 01 20122012-01-01December 20 20102010-12-20Outdoor photograph of a firewalk preparation at an ashram. A line of men in white dhotis and orange shawls, some with rudraksha malas, stand on dirt beside a charred fire trench. A man in white carries a tall golden staff topped with a decorative finial in the foreground. Women in saris and salwar kameez, one in pink and one in teal, and children stand along the right side watching. A silver SUV is parked behind a white shrine with a small dark deity figure. No individual clearly identifiable as a person is visible in the frame.2007-02-14A festival procession moves along a dirt road past tents and a decorated chariot. At centre, a man in an orange turban, orange shawl and orange garment with a gold necklace walks among white-clad devotees, a person by his orange turban and ornate gold necklace, shown in procession. Around him, many people in white kurtas and dhotis, and women in white, orange and blue saris carry orange and white flags and a tall ceremonial staff. Behind them, a flower-covered deity palanquin and ornate chariot are pulled along, with purple and red canopies overhead and a white flag on a pole.2005-12-31Outdoor photograph of a crowd of devotees walking along a dirt path beside tall coconut palms under an overcast sky. Children and young people in white shirts and white dhotis or trousers, many wearing beaded necklaces, move through the crowd. A bald man in white robes with an orange shawl stands in the centre, and a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl stands at the right foreground. A man in white robes with an orange sash, near the right edge, holds a ceremonial umbrella and a video camera is raised on the right. A tall copper-coloured pillar stands in the background with a white structure and a silver SUV parked behind the palms.2007-07-28Outdoor procession on a dusty open ground under a hazy sky. Many people in white and cream clothing walk among saffron-orange flags and orange umbrellas. A tall ornate golden palanquin or ratha with orange canopy rises in the centre. Several children in front wear name badges, one in a green-and-white striped shirt and one in a dark top. A woman in a pink and blue shawl with a lanyard walks at lower left. Stage scaffolding and a large blue screen stand at the back.2009-12-27