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February 23 20152015-02-23Outdoor procession at a Brahmotsava celebration on a sunny day with bare trees and a metal-frame stage canopy behind. Several people in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas walk beside an ornate red and gold parasol with fringed tassels, held aloft by an attendant. A tall golden staff with a finial and a trishul-style standard appear in the procession. A bearded man in orange robes and dark-rimmed glasses holds the golden staff. Nearby, people in plain white clothes with dark malas stand watching, and a woman in a green sari stands at the left edge. Some participants wear flower garlands and a young child in white stands in the foreground.2008-12-23January 06 20132013-01-06 +1 copiesOutdoor temple procession under a bright sky with trees behind. In the foreground, a woman seen from behind wears a dark red sari with gold border and a red flower garland with a pearl strand on her hair. On the right, a man in a white dhoti and a pale attendant holds a tall ceremonial standard with a pointed finial and a fringed banner bearing a decorated emblem. Beyond them, a line of people in white and saffron-orange clothes walks toward a small open-sided shrine with a red-and-yellow roof, where a deity murti is decorated and framed. Several people stand in white dhotis and saffron saris along the path.2015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23February 23 20152015-02-23January 06 20132013-01-06Outdoor photo of a house-visit procession on a narrow paved lane lined with green trees and a pale pink-orange boundary wall. A bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with a long rudraksha mala and a thick red-and-white flower garland, walks barefoot and smiles while a woman in a pink-and-cream sari bows low with folded hands. Petals scatter on the ground. Behind him, saffron-robed followers and a man in white kurta walk, and an older woman in a blue sari with folded hands stands by the wall. Several more people are visible in the background. a person: the central figure wears long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial flower garland, matching the page's padapuja house-visit context.2014-07-07November 25 20092009-11-25November 05 20132013-11-05Outdoor ceremony beneath two red and multicoloured umbrellas with tasselled fringes, strung with bunting and set against a rocky hillside with green trees. A woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange sari and layered garlands of orange and white flowers, holds a small brass object as she stands on a striped mat. Beside her, a shaven-headed man in orange robes stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some in green, stand with hands folded in prayer. In the foreground, a framed portrait of a seated woman in white is garlanded with pink and white flowers, and offerings of flowers, a red cloth and a brass tray sit on a white-draped table. Ceremonial padapuja or devotional worship appears to be taking place.2008-07-27A photograph of an outdoor festival event under a white canopy at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Bidadi. A bare-chested elderly man with a long white beard and an orange-saffron turban wears an orange cloth, a white flower garland with orange marigold strands and an orange sash, and holds a bright red-orange cloth over the head of a kneeling man in a red top. Beside them a golden ceremonial vessel is visible, and a row of garlanded flower decorations lines the red carpet. Behind, a crowd of devotees in white and saffron clothing watches, with a tall orange-clad attendant at right. a person: the elderly man wears a saffron turban, long white beard, orange sash and a white flower garland, a distinctive ceremonial presentation; he is honouring the kneeling devotee.2009-07-07