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December 18 20182018-12-18December 18 20182018-12-18December 18 20182018-12-18Night-time ritual outdoors where a woman in a saffron-orange shawl and matching head wrap holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti and red waist cloth beside her. Behind them stands a figure in a decorated ceremonial headdress and ornate garments near a lit torch, under a black ceremonial umbrella. Several men in saffron robes and rudraksha malas, including one in white ritual dress, stand around the lamp, and a flaming torch rises at right. Smoke drifts above the scene.2013-02-11September 05 20162016-09-05A night procession at a temple-style open area lit by dim evening light. In the centre, a figure in orange saffron cloth and a string of beads walks ahead beside a bare-chested sannyasi in orange dhoti with a gold necklace. Behind them a decorated palanquin or ratha with an ornate umbrella canopy and gold-and-red trim is carried through the crowd. On the right, a bald man in white dhoti and shirt wears a red shawl. Spectators in white dhotis, white shirts and a woman in green sari line the path, and a white-clad figure stands on the left. Vehicles and a few lamps are visible in the background. Tall palms and a canopy frame the scene.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21Night-time procession at a temple courtyard with an ornate palanquin or ratha topped by a decorated canopy and garlanded with flowers. In the foreground, a young man in saffron-orange robes with a gold-bordered cloth, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a red tilak walks forward, and beside him a bald man in saffron robes with eyeglasses and gold beaded necklaces walks. Behind them, a man in white dhoti and red shawl carries a shoulder bag, and several people in white and cream saris and dhotis follow along a dark path lined with hanging tassels and lamps.2010-11-21November 25 20152015-11-25Night photograph of a temple procession on a paved courtyard lit by string lights. In the foreground a young saffron-robed sadhaka with a bare chest, rudraksha mala and white tilak holds a flaming torch aloft. Beside him a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with a bare chest plays a large drum. Other saffron-robed boys in orange turbans and malas stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and men in white dhotis observe. A gold-covered palanquin or ratha stands in the background among red-walled buildings. No identifiable figure in the scene is clearly a person by appearance, so the subject remains uncertain.2017-09-03November 21 20102010-11-21A nighttime procession moves along a paved path beside green shrubs and a red wall. A man in a rust-brown garment with a floral garland and a trident-topped staff walks at the centre under a multicoloured fringed canopy held on a pole, with a lit torch beside it. Behind him, men in saffron-orange dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and forehead markings, carry ritual items, and a man in white with a mala follows. Further back, a decorated palanquin with a red umbrella and a deity murti is carried by people in white. On the right, a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold borders stands with folded hands and a shawl over his shoulder. Smoke drifts across the scene.2016-11-12 +2 copies