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August 03 20092009-08-03June 24 20142014-06-24 +2 copiesA photograph of a crowd of devotees on a covered temple veranda with orange and cream painted walls and an orange wooden door on the right. Many women in white and red saris and orange blouses carry brass and steel kalasha pots decorated with orange flowers and green leaves, moving in a long line. A man in a striped shirt holds a microphone toward the front of the line. In the foreground a figure in white dhoti and shawl with an orange garland stands with his back to the camera. Banana leaves and green mango leaf torans hang overhead, and flower garlands line the doorway.2014-06-19January 21 20102010-01-21A dense outdoor crowd of many men and women in white clothes gathers under a canopy strung with orange and multicoloured festival flags and banners. In the centre a decorated ceremonial figure with a red and white plumed headdress is carried or borne forward, with a pink cloth hanging at the right edge. A man in white with an orange shawl holds a camera at right, and several people in orange and white stand near the procession. Faces are not visible enough to identify anyone, and no clearly identifiable a person figure is present.2006-12-31A dense outdoor procession at a Hindu festival, with many devotees in white clothes and orange or saffron scarves. A man in front of the crowd raises one arm, wearing a white kurta with an orange shawl over his shoulder and a rudraksha mala. Women in white saris with orange borders carry brass plates and kalasha-style pots topped with coconuts and mango leaves. Orange flags and banana-leaf decorations line the route, and a videographer with a camera on his shoulder films from the left. Several people in the foreground wear orange garments and ornate gold necklaces, and a few wear white and blue. The scene reads as a ritual procession with offerings, with a crowd of roughly twenty to forty visible people.2008-12-31A dense crowd of devotees in white ritual clothes gathers outdoors at a Brahmotsav-day event. Many men and women wear white shirts, dhotis and sarees, with white and yellow flower garlands draped over their necks. Several people press palms together in prayer, and a man in the foreground holds a folded-hand gesture near a decorated painted pot with flowers. A woman in a red sleeveless top stands at the right edge facing the group. Palm fronds and a glimpse of orange cloth appear at the top right.2007-12-26A crowded outdoor procession gathers around an orange-painted vehicle in the foreground, with a metal horn fixture at its front edge. Many devotees stand with palms pressed together in namaskar and look upward. Men and women in white dhotis and saris hold trays of fruit, coconuts, marigold garlands and pink flowers. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha beads stands at centre, holding a basket of coconuts. Young shaven-headed boys in white and orange wear gold necklaces, and saffron-robed sannyasis stand among the crowd. A uniformed police officer stands in the background near a man playing a long brass horn. Trees, a red brick building and a few motorcycles fill the background.2011-01-16August 17 20122012-08-17A dense crowd of devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris and dhotis, sits closely packed in a festival hall decorated with striped red, orange and yellow cloth hangings. In the foreground a young girl with a long braid wears a blue shawl, and a woman in white holds a steel bowl and a yellow-wrapped item. Behind them, men and women in white stand in the far background near an open doorway lit with warm light, and a figure in a white robe stands at upper left. Several women wear red bindi and vibhuti markings and rudraksha-style beads. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the frame.July 01 20142014-07-01June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copies