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January 01 2004

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December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20062006-12-30A photograph of a festival procession on a dirt road. A central figure in an orange robe with a long white and orange flower garland stands with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling, with long swept-back hair, a tilak and a rudraksha mala. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas wear rudraksha malas, and women in white saris carry a brass tray of flowers and offerings. Large red and gold ceremonial umbrellas with floral borders are held aloft above the group, and a red and gold fan-shaped banner is carried at right. Thatched structures and a pale building stand behind. a person is shown as the garlanded central figure in orange, and the description is based on those cues. Approximately seven to nine people are visible.2006-12-30 +1 copiesA procession on a dirt path beneath leafy trees. In the centre, a smiling young man in an orange-red turban and orange-red robe stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a long multicolour and yellow bead garland, rudraksha malas and a gold pendant. To his left, a man in white clothes and a white turban holds a tall wooden staff topped with an orange and red banner. Behind them, bearded men in white turbans and white kurtas, one wearing rudraksha beads, walk with others in white, and a woman in white stands at the left edge. The scene is a devotional walk with members in white and the central figure in saffron.2004-01-01December 30 20062006-12-30 +1 copiesA smiling man in an orange turban and orange saffron robe stands in a street procession with palms pressed together in namaste. He wears a green leaf garland, a pink and white flower garland, and a gold pendant. Behind him, a man with an umbrella-bearing attendant holds a large red, gold and white parasol with red tassels, and a woman in an orange shawl and white garment walks beside him. Nearby devotees in white and orange move through the crowd, with white triangular pennants strung across the street and hillside behind. A gilded palanquin is visible in the background.2006-09-24December 25 20072007-12-25December 30 20062006-12-30 +1 copiesAn outdoor procession on a dirt path strewn with red flower petals, with several people walking beneath ornate multicoloured canopies with gold finials and a thatched hut behind them. At the centre a woman in an orange sari wears a garland of yellow and orange flowers and holds her hands in anjali, carrying a silver tray with a green offering. Around her, men in orange robes and orange shawls walk alongside men and women in white dhotis and white garments, many with hands folded in greeting. Onlookers in white line the path on the right, some with palms pressed together. Scene reads as a religious procession, possibly part of an ashram inauguration.2008-04-19December 30 20062006-12-30December 30 20062006-12-30