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Outdoor ceremony on temple steps with a large crowd. A multicolored umbrella with fringe and gold finials shades a central figure in a white kurta with a yellow shawl. Nearby, a person in saffron robes holds a gold trident-topped staff. A figure in orange garments bends over a flower-and-garland-decorated platform heaped with marigolds and yellow blooms. Many men in white dhotis and mustard-yellow shawls stand around, and women in saris, including one in orange, watch. Possible identification is uncertain; the person in the white kurta with a crown-like headpiece is a central figure, and the scene resembles a sacred water ritual with flower offerings.

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January 02 20102010-01-02January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA procession at an outdoor temple-style site moves under colourful multi-panel umbrellas with yellow-gold canopies overhead and red-and-orange flags on poles. A central figure in saffron-orange robes wears a white flower garland and a yellow headband, walking with a tray of offerings. Around him, devotees in saffron and orange shawls and white dhotis and kurtas carry items, and women in white saris follow. A cameraman with a video camera stands at right beside a cloth-covered table with flower garlands and an oil lamp. Ratha-like procession with umbrellas, flags and offering trays on a brick-and-mat ground. Stone shrine structures are visible at the top right. Brahmotsavam-style processional scene.2008-12-24A photograph of an outdoor ceremony at a stepped bank with a crowd. At the centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron dhoti and a white and red flower garland, seated on an ornate gold throne with red cushions and a gold trident on its back. Golden floral garlands and marigolds decorate the throne and a palanquin-like frame. A seated attendant in orange robes sits to the right beside a small trident. Behind them, people in white and yellow sashes stand on steps, and multicolour umbrellas with tassels shade the scene. Water sprays at the left edge. Many devotees with raised hands fill the lower foreground. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, orange clothing and a flower garland on a throne.2010-01-02 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23A crowded outdoor procession on stone steps near water, with many people dressed in white and some in yellow or orange. Two large multicoloured umbrellas with tasselled edges and a trident-topped staff stand out, and a golden palanquin-like cart or ratha is decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and green leaves in the foreground. Men in white dhotis and women in white or yellow saris move along the steps, some holding books or objects, while others in orange and saffron robes are near the center. A few people stand on the steps in western-style white shirts with ceremonial shawls. The scene feels like a devotional ritual or temple procession.2010-01-02 +1 copiesA festival procession climbs a stone stairway outdoors under bright sun. At centre, a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes wears a large white flower garland and multiple gold-toned necklaces, and walks ahead of attendants. Behind him, saffron-clad sannyasis and white-clad devotees carry a brass tray and walk beneath colourful ceremonial parasols with gold fringes and blue, red and yellow panels. Some attendants wear rudraksha malas. A man in a red shirt in the foreground and a man in white with a rudraksha mala stand at left. Background shows white-clad devotees, a decorated white pedestal and a flower-adorned deity murti, with orange flags above. The figure matching the swamiji cues is walking in procession with saffron robes, long hair, gold necklaces and a flower garland.2008-12-23January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesPhotograph of a floral-decorated boat-style procession float in a water tank with red-and-white striped walls and palm trees behind. A man in an orange-saffron robe stands on the float holding a small bell and a plate. Many people wade in the water around it: several men in white clothes with yellow scarves, some in orange robes holding golden kalasha-shaped vessels and brass plates of petals, and devotees with palms pressed together. Crowded onlookers stand along the steps. The float is draped in red cloth and garlanded with white, yellow, red and purple flowers, appearing to be a theppotsavam float ceremony.2009-07-08December 24 20082008-12-24 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copies