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January 14 2009

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Outdoor festival scene at a temple procession, with a seated figure in orange robes and long dark hair on a white-draped seat or palanquin in the centre. Around them, many men and boys in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange shawls, stand close together. Two ornate umbrellas with red, yellow, green and blue fabric, gold motifs and tasselled fringes shade the group, and a smoking pot and palm fronds appear at left. A man in white kneels at the front, and a seated elder in white stands nearby. The crowd appears to number around thirty people.2009-01-14January 14 20092009-01-14January 01 20072007-01-01 +2 copiesDecember 30 20062006-12-30December 28 20062006-12-28Outdoor procession on a dirt path with a central figure in an orange-saffron robe and a long white and orange flower garland, hands pressed together in namaste and smiling. Long dark hair and a red-brown forehead mark. A rudraksha mala hangs at the chest and gold bangles on the wrist. Around him, devotees in white dhoti and white saree walk with rudraksha malas, and men hold long poles with red, orange and yellow decorated parasols with fringed tassels. Trees and a thatched-roofed building stand in the background under a bright sky.2006-12-30 +1 copiesA photograph of an outdoor ritual gathering with white smoke rising at left from a small fire area. Many people in white dhotis and kurtas and some in saffron/orange clothing stand and sit around a palanquin-style canopy with a large red, yellow and gold embroidered parasol and a yellow umbrella with floral motifs. A man in white with orange shawl and a rudraksha mala stands at centre-left near the smoke, and a woman in an orange robe sits at lower right on a white-draped seat beside the canopy pole. Spectators in casual clothes, including a boy in a blue shirt, watch from the foreground. Dusty ground and a corrugated structure appear in the background.2009-01-14A photograph of a festival procession on a dirt road. A central figure in an orange robe with a long white and orange flower garland stands with palms pressed together in greeting, smiling, with long swept-back hair, a tilak and a rudraksha mala. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas wear rudraksha malas, and women in white saris carry a brass tray of flowers and offerings. Large red and gold ceremonial umbrellas with floral borders are held aloft above the group, and a red and gold fan-shaped banner is carried at right. Thatched structures and a pale building stand behind. a person is shown as the garlanded central figure in orange, and the description is based on those cues. Approximately seven to nine people are visible.2006-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20062006-12-30 +1 copiesDecember 30 20062006-12-30 +1 copiesOutdoor procession scene at a dry field with a crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white shirts and white saris. Colorful decorated umbrellas with red, green, blue and yellow panels and tasseled fringes are held aloft on long wooden poles. At center right, a person in a saffron-orange robe with long dark hair and a white-and-yellow flower garland receives a brass aarti plate from a woman in a white sari. A man with a white beard and white garland stands in front, and a bald older man is seen from behind in the foreground. A white car is parked in the background beside low buildings.2009-01-21Outdoor street procession under colourful striped umbrellas with tasselled fringes and a decorated deity murti visible behind. A central figure in an orange-red robe, red turban-style head covering and a pink-white garland stands with hands in anjali, while devotees in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis surround them. A woman in a green blouse and red-orange sari and a woman in a patterned sari kneel and offer on a plate, and a girl in a pink patterned dress bends low on the ground. Onlookers in white shirts and a man in a light blue shirt watch along the crowded road lined with shops and signs.2009-01-12