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Outdoor procession on a roadside with tall trees behind. Four men in matching orange satin kurtas and green dhoti-style trousers with yellow edging carry palanquins (palaki) overhead. The left palanquin is draped in green and purple cloth with yellow and red marigold garlands and brass finials. The right palanquin is covered in red cloth with gold trim and brass finials. Men wear pink, checked and white head cloths, and some have ankle bells. A few other people stand at the roadside.

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December 16 20172017-12-16Outdoor street procession on a paved road with a parked white car and a red-and-white bus behind. Three men in matching orange tunics and green dhoti-style trousers with yellow trim stand barefoot. The central man, wearing a pink headcloth, lifts a palanquin on his head with both hands; the palanquin is draped with green and red fabric and heavy garlands of yellow, orange and white flowers, with a small figure visible among the flowers. Another palanquin with red velvet panels and gold trim is at right, carried by a man in an orange tunic and a checked headcloth. A drum is partly visible at left. Anklets are worn on the feet, and a man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks behind.2010-07-24Photo 11708431 +1 copiesOutdoor procession on a dirt road with a crowd of white-clad devotees on both sides. Three barefoot men in red kurta-style shirts and white dhotis carry two tall palanquins on their heads, decorated with yellow marigold garlands, multicoloured silk drapes and finials, with gold deity faces on the front. Banana plants line the route and a smoky incense haze rises behind. Several devotees wear orange and white, and drummers are partly visible.2009-12-31Outdoor procession at a festival, with colourful umbrellas (chhatris) in red, yellow and blue with tasselled fringes overhead. In the centre-right, a man in an orange saffron robe with a white-and-red-flower garland, palms pressed together in greeting namaskar, wears a tall white and gold headdress topped by a golden crest and a gold necklace; a long-haired man in an orange robe with a gold beaded mala walks beside him. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts, a man in a grey shirt, and an attendant in an orange robe holding an umbrella pole. A nagaswaram-style wind instrument player in white stands at left. A chain-link fence and bunting flags are in the background under a clear blue sky.2008-12-30Outdoor ceremony beneath green trees at an ashram, showing a dwajarohanam-style flag-hoisting rite at a tall white flagpole. A man in an orange turban, orange robe and a long white-and-red flower garland holds rose petals in his hands and offers them at the pole's base. Beside him, a man in orange robes holds a white tray of pink petals. A woman in a white sari with gold border holds a brass puja vessel, and a multicoloured fringed parasol shades the central figure. Petals and flowers lie scattered on brick-edged ground, with about a dozen white-clad devotees standing behind. A man in orange robes holding the tray is visibly present; the central figure in turban and garland has appearance cues consistent with the page's a person reference, though the match is uncertain.2008-07-27December 25 20092009-12-25April 14 20132013-04-14A festival procession at an outdoor temple site, with a tall palanquin-like structure heavily decorated with horizontal bands of marigold and other flower garlands in orange, white, red, yellow and blue, topped by brass kalasha finials and draped with yellow and red cloth. Men in orange and green satin uniforms hold up golden lamp stands and the palanquin. A bald shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and a white-robed devotee stand at the right, and a woman with long curly hair in a white sari smiles toward the procession. A man in a white turban and bare-torso attendants are visible in the crowd, with a dhoti-clad figure carrying a plate in the foreground. Onlookers fill the background.2011-01-01December 29 20082008-12-29January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesOutdoor procession on a dirt road under bright hazy sky. A figure with long dark hair, a white flower garland, a multi-strand rudraksha and gold necklace and orange robes walks centrally, palms raised in greeting; this appearance-based candidate is Swamiji (probable). Beside him, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala carries a gold trident, and another in orange holds a gold staff. Behind, men in white dhotis and orange shawls walk under red and orange ceremonial umbrellas with tasselled edges, and orange flags fly. A small boy in a white shirt walks at left, and a man in orange with a garland walks at far right. Spectators line the background.2008-12-28