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Night procession of devotees in white ritual dress carrying ceremonial items along a dirt path in front of a red wall. Several men and women hold tall gold-poled umbrellas with ornate brocade canopies and orange embroidered banners with a blue emblem. The man in the centre wears white dhoti with a red shawl and a bead necklace, holding an orange banner. Others wear white kurtas, dhotis and saris, with ID lanyards around their necks. Foliage and small lights are visible in the background.

A night procession photographed in motion and slightly blurred, with a dense crowd of men lining both sides of a lit path. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shirt wears a rudraksha mala and a saffron-and-gold shawl. Next to him a man in a white shirt holds a tall gold-coloured staff with a ceremonial top, and another man in white with glasses carries a similar gold staff and wears a pendant on a cord. Behind them more devotees in white and saffron shawls, some with hands folded. Strings of multicoloured lights and bulbs decorate the trees and poles overhead, and a small light glows at the top of a staff. The scene resembles a temple or ashram procession, with no visible central figure identifiable as a person.

A night-time procession at an outdoor ground, lit dimly, with a crowd of devotees dressed in white dhotis and white shirts. In the centre, a man in white holds up a pair of golden trident-tipped staffs (tridents) while another man in white walks ahead. Two men on the right carry tall poles topped with bright orange-red flags, and a man on the far right holds a staff with a small ornamental finial. A young girl in a pink dress and other children stand among the crowd, and several devotees have their hands folded in namaste. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible in appearance, so the identity is left uncertain.

Night procession on a dirt ground with many men in white dhotis and shirts carrying ceremonial staffs topped with tridents and ornate gold finials. A decorated palanquin or ratha with a deity murti garlanded in red and flowers sits under a multicoloured fringed canopy at top right. A woman in white with a brown shawl walks among the procession. Onlookers including children in orange, green and yellow stand at left in the darkness.

Night procession on a dirt road with string lights along the edge. In front, an elderly man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-and-white bead necklace carries a long gold pole topped by an orange and gold banner with floral embroidery and a blue bird emblem. Behind him, several men in white dhoti and shirts carry similar orange banners on poles, and others walk with red shawls. In the background, illuminated deity palanquins and chariots glow with golden light.

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A night procession photographed from the front on a dirt road lined with string lights in green, pink and blue. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts carry tall golden tridents, one held upright at the front and others raised beside them. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a dark rudraksha-style mala stands in the foreground, and a drummer in white is visible at the left. A large crowd of people stands behind them in the dark, with more string lights and decorative poles in the background. Men wearing red shawls walk among the marchers.

A night procession on a dirt path with many people in white dhotis and shirts, some wearing orange shawls. Ornate triangular banners with gold fringe, red fields, blue floral borders and a white bird emblem are carried on tall poles. Tall ceremonial tridents and a round fan-shaped ornament are held aloft, with drummers and striking drums in the background and a few people in orange robes. A central figure with long light hair wears a white garment with an orange shawl and gold border, placing him among ritual attendants rather than a clearly distinguishable figure. Decorated umbrella-like canopies stand in the distance. The scene suggests a temple procession.

Night procession of devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and red-orange shawls, carrying tall blue-shafted red flags bearing a blue emblem. A large ornate golden umbrella and a red-and-gold parasol are held above the procession, with a decorated palanquin-like structure visible behind. In the foreground, a bespectacled man in white with gold borders and an orange shawl walks beside a young boy in white holding a flag, and a smiling woman in white with gold border carries a flag pole on the right. Drums and other participants are visible in the background.

Devotees in white ritual clothes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar at a hall event. Two tall golden ceremonial staffs with round medallion tops frame the foreground, one showing a relief of a lion-faced figure. Several men wear white dhotis or white shirts with red shawls and orange lanyards; a woman on the left wears a white sari with a red shawl. A green backdrop and a large grey sculpture of raised arms appear behind the crowd. A man in the centre wears white with a red shawl and round glasses, hands folded. The setting resembles a puja or satsang gathering with participants standing in devotion.

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