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July 22 20132013-07-22A night-time procession of women in deep red and maroon saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas walks past a chain-link fence and a tarpaulin-covered structure. Several women carry tall gold-and-silver ceremonial staffs topped with ornate finials and spear-like tips, and one carries a gold staff with a spiral shaft and a decorative crest. A woman in white garments stands in the centre-right holding a staff, and a man in white stands at the left edge. Some women wear sacred ash markings on their foreheads and red bindis.2013-11-14February 27 20142014-02-27July 22 20132013-07-22Outdoor evening procession under a open-sided roofed pavilion, with palm trees behind. A line of devotees walks on a sandy path. In front, a monastic in saffron and red robes carries a silver kalasha pot, and another man holds a tall pole with a blue, orange and gold canopy umbrella overhead. Several men in saffron robes with bare shoulders and shaved heads, some with white sandalwood markings on arms and rudraksha malas, walk beside them. Women in white and orange saris wear rudraksha necklaces. A man in white dhoti with gold border holds a decorated banner pole on the right, and a red and white ceremonial item is carried on the left.2014-04-07November 17 20132013-11-17A procession of devotees in saffron and maroon dhoti-style garments walks across a paved courtyard beneath palm trees. In the foreground a man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti with a white flower garland holds his hands in anjali mudra, while a woman in orange sari and rudraksha mala walks beside him. Behind them a bearer carries a tall trident-topped staff, and a blue and orange canopy with tassels is raised over the group. Other people in white and orange clothing follow, with a red-walled building and a flagpole in the background.2014-10-05Night procession with women and men in maroon and gold-bordered saris and dhotis carrying silver and gold tridents and staffs, several women wearing rudraksha malas. A bare-chested man with white tilak and a rudraksha mala walks at right beside a shaved-headed man in orange-brown cloth; fruit is stacked on a cart at far right beside a decorated pillar with floral patterns. Dark night backdrop with oil lamps and a bright flash-lit ground.2013-11-14July 22 20132013-07-22July 22 20132013-07-22December 30 20182018-12-30 +2 copiesNovember 21 20132013-11-21