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Night procession on a dirt road with several people in orange and saffron garments. In the foreground, a young man in a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala plays a long curved brass horn raised overhead, while a companion in orange with gold-edged cloth plays a horn beside him, and a player on the left holds a long brass horn with a lit torch. Behind them, orange-robed drummers and devotees walk, and a decorated ratha with a golden canopy and an ornate deity murti moves in the background, with flaming torches and strings of lights glowing in the dark.

November 22 2013

Night-time photo of a ritual scene with a young boy in the foreground playing a long brass wind instrument. He wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulders and has dark rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Behind him, a second young person in orange robes with a rudraksha mala watches, and other blurred figures in white and orange clothing fill the background.

Night procession of orange-robed young participants moving along a paved path, lit by a bright spotlight. In the foreground a child in an orange dhoti with rudraksha beads and a tilak plays a long brass horn (a ceremonial wind instrument). Beside him an adult in orange with a bead mala and a drum hangs at the waist, while another child in orange with gold borders gestures with a hand. Behind them, people in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls and orange-clad attendants carry tall orange and gold ceremonial banners and a decorated kalasha-style umbrella on poles. A white horse-like figure stands in the background. Lamplit trees surround the scene.

May 06 2017

Night photo of a ceremonial musical group performing on a stone-paved courtyard. Two long curved brass horns, one held by the young man on the left and one by the young man on the right, are played with a central musician in a white dhoti and white shawl playing a small brass instrument. Several drummers in saffron-orange cloth and bare chests with rudraksha malas and white forehead marks play round frame drums. Dim lights and bamboo surround the scene.

June 30 2013

October 19 2017

A night-time outdoor scene on a stone-paved courtyard with a tarpaulin canopy and bamboo overhead. Several young male musicians in orange-saffron dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas, play long curved brass horns (kombu-style) and drums. A central young musician in white dhoti with gold border plays a brass horn with a flared bell. Some have tilak and white markings on their bodies.

Night procession photograph in dim blue light. A performer in an orange-red robe with a bare upper back and a dark headdress with beaded ornaments plays a long brass horn held to his mouth. Behind him, another performer in orange-red clothing raises an arm beside a loose cord and small bells. Blurred street lamps and dark figures fill the background of a street procession.

Night procession on a paved street with a lit float in the background. In the foreground a young boy in orange cloth and a bare chest plays a white drum with a stick, beside a teenage drummer in orange garments with a rudraksha mala. A girl in white with a gold border plays a long brass horn. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti carries a tall gold trident. A woman in orange with a rudraksha mala beats a second white drum. Figures in white and orange move behind, with a decorated figure atop the float and an umbrella at left.

Night procession on a dirt path with young men in ceremonial dress playing traditional instruments. In the foreground, a drummer in white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala plays a barrel drum with a leopard-print covering and yellow tassels, while a boy beside him in orange cloth plays a long brass horn. Behind them, several musicians in saffron-orange dhotis and white garments play drums, cymbals and wind instruments, many wearing rudraksha malas and white forehead marks. A dark wall stands in the background.