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December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor evening-style procession on a dusty dirt road under a pale blue sky. Devotees in white dhotis, white shirts and white saris walk in formation, many wearing yellow or saffron shawls. Some hold long wooden poles with decorated flags and umbrellas in orange, yellow and multicoloured patterns. On the left, a decorated palanquin or chariot with garlands, tassels and a carved golden figure moves forward. A man at right plays a large drum slung over his shoulder, and another devotee in orange cloth walks near the centre. Palm trees and a flat landscape stand in the background.2010-02-12Outdoor procession on a dusty dirt road with many devotees in white clothing and yellow shawls. Several decorated ceremonial standards with orange and gold fabric, floral embroidery and gold finials are carried aloft, along with a gold trident and ornate gold staffs. In the centre, an orange-robed figure walks beneath a golden umbrella canopy, and a garlanded deity murti is carried in a procession. A woman in a white sari and yellow shawl and a man in white dhoti with mala beads walk nearby. Mixed crowd, bright hazy daylight, concrete water tanks and low buildings in the background.2009-12-27Outdoor evening procession on a dusty dirt road under a pale blue sky. Many devotees in white dhotis and white saris, with yellow shawls and orange-saffron wraps, walk behind a decorated ratha-style palanquin topped with an orange canopy and garlands. Men and women carry tall poles with colourful embroidered pennant banners and multicoloured parasols with fringe. A man in white shirt and white dhoti at front-left holds hands with another devotee, and a drummer at right plays a large barrel drum. Construction structures and palm trees appear in the background.2010-02-12A procession on a dirt road passes through a dusty open site. Devotees in white dhotis and white saris walk alongside, many holding tall orange and yellow ceremonial flags with embroidered emblems and ornate parasols with tasselled red, yellow and green fringes. A drummer in a red shirt beats a drum at centre, and a decorated temple tower or ratha rises in the background among orange flags. A man at the front right wears a white shirt and holds a parasol pole, and a woman in a white sari with a red bindi walks in the left foreground. Several participants wear garlands and rudraksha malas.2009-12-29December 25 20072007-12-25December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesPhotograph of a procession on a dirt road with a cloudy sky overhead. Women in white and cream saris and dresses carry tall brass and silver tridents and a silver ceremonial staff, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Men in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, and several hold orange and saffron flags and ornate fringed banners with a dove emblem. Behind them, decorated umbrellas in purple, red and gold rise above the crowd. The scene conveys a temple-village padayatra with ritual regalia.2005-12-31A photograph of a festival procession outdoors under bright sky. Many men in white dhotis and white kurtas, several wearing orange shawls, march along a dirt path, with a drummer in white and yellow-trimmed clothes beating a drum. Large orange flags stream overhead and colourful fringed parasols with embroidered panels are carried on poles. A man in a white robe and orange shawl walks barefoot in the foreground, and women in pink and purple saris, along with bystanders, line the route beyond. Trees and a low yellow building appear in the background.2007-12-25A festival procession moves along a paved road lined with palm trees. At the centre, a man in a long orange saffron robe with an orange head wrap and a gold-beaded necklace walks forward, his face visible and his hands folded at his waist. Around him, saffron-robed sannyasis walk barefoot, and people in white dhotis, kurtas and sarees carry large lavender and red fringed ceremonial umbrellas on tall poles. Women in white and cream saris and white salwar kurtas carry green peacock-feather fans with blue emblems, and a banner with red and yellow decorations and white flags sits behind them. Only white or saffron clothing and marching gestures are described here.2005-12-31Outdoor religious procession on dry sandy ground under a hazy sky. In the foreground, a young woman in white with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala walks beside a woman in white with a red shawl holding a long pole. Behind them, a man in orange robes carries a trident-topped staff, and a woman in white with a red shawl holds a tall pole topped with an orange and red banner decorated with flowers and a dove emblem. Several marchers in white and saffron-orange clothing with yellow and red shawls follow, and a decorated ratha-style chariot with a canopy and gold ornaments appears in the background among banners and devotees.2009-12-27February 02 20072007-02-02