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A photograph of an outdoor procession moving along a palm-lined path shaded by large banana leaves. Several people in front wear saffron-orange robes, with one bald figure in orange near the centre-right. Behind them, many devotees in white dhotis and white garments with yellow shawls walk in a crowd. A long golden staff topped with a trident and a ceremonial pole stand among the leaves, and an orange flag flies overhead. Blue and white signboards and a red-roofed building appear in the background.

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A large outdoor procession moves along a dirt road under a clear blue sky, lined with banana plants and a distant building. Many people, mostly women in white and cream saris and men in white kurtas, walk closely together. Several carry ceremonial items: a man in a white dhoti and shirt at centre holds a long gold-topped staff, and a few people in saffron/orange robes walk among them. Yellow-sashed white-clad men and a woman in a red sari appear among the crowd. Ornate ceremonial umbrellas and parasols in orange, red and gold are held aloft, and a trident-topped standard is visible at right. A procession crowd of roughly 100 people is in view, and a standing figure in orange robes is at right.2010-01-01A large outdoor procession moves along a dirt road lined with tall banana plants and palm fronds. Many devotees fill the frame, mostly women in white and cream sarees with gold borders, and men in white shirts and dhotis. Several carry orange flags on poles. Some wear orange or saffron cloth, rudraksha malas and orange lanyards with ID badges. A decorated chariot topped with an orange canopy and umbrellas, carrying a deity murti, is visible in the distance at the centre of the crowd. A small bright-coloured tent and trees stand in the background under a hazy sky.2010-01-01December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31January 01 20092009-01-01A large outdoor procession moves along a dusty sandy path lined with banana plants and tall grass under a pale sky. Many devotees in white traditional clothes and white shirts walk closely together, several wearing orange and blue lanyards or ribbon badges. A woman in a purple sari and a woman in a cream sari with gold borders are prominent in the middle, and a man in a white shirt with a yellow lanyard stands at the right foreground. Orange flags are carried at the edges, and a decorated ratha or chariot with orange canopy and ornaments appears in the distance above the crowd.2010-01-01A procession walks along a dirt road lined with coconut palms under bright daylight. A shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala, walks barefoot near the centre, his back to the camera. Around him, men and women in white traditional clothing carry yellow-bordered shawls, and a drummer in white plays a drum. Ceremonial standards are carried: a golden trident-topped staff, a saffron flag, and tall gilded poles with decorative umbrella-like canopies. Palm trees and a white building with a tin roof stand in the background.2010-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01Outdoor procession on a dusty dirt road lined with banana plants and orange-and-yellow banners, with hills and buildings in the hazy background. A crowd of devotees walks toward the front, where a bald man in an orange-saffron robe with a draped orange shawl leads, accompanied by a man in white and orange robes and others in white dhotis with yellow shawls. Women in white, cream and sari-style dress with yellow shawls walk beside them, some with folded hands, and a girl in a purple top stands in the foreground. Ceremonial flags, a long-handled ritual item and smoke rise near the front.2010-01-01December 31 20082008-12-31December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with banana plants and tall orange saffron flags on poles. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in the crowd, some wearing lanyards, and a drummer in a white dhoti beats a drum in the middle of the road. A man in a white shirt wears a crossbody bag and a figure in white with a yellow shawl walks nearby. In the distance an ornate palanquin or chariot with a decorated canopy moves ahead through the crowd under a clear hazy sky. a person's appearance is not clearly visible in the scene.2010-01-01