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January 02 2016

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November 24 20152015-11-24Night procession at the ashram: a golden processional palanquin (ratha) carries a deity murti dressed in purple and gold cloth, adorned with thick garlands of yellow and red flowers, under an ornate golden arch with a decorative canopy. A shirtless young man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands at the left, sweeping the platform with a broom. Strings of coloured lights and trees glow in the background, with parked cars and a cloth screen beside the road.2016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 06 20162016-12-06December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesDecember 06 20162016-12-06January 24 20162016-01-24Night photograph of a festival deity murti on a decorated palanquin-style shrine under a yellow canopy with blue, red and green fringes. The gilded arch frames a red-and-gold figure seated on a golden peacock vahana, draped in garlands of white, yellow and red flowers. A priest in a yellow-orange dhoti with bare chest stands at left waving a feathered chamara fan toward the deity. Marigold petals lie on an orange cloth at the base. Only the priest is a physical person in the foreground, with a partly visible figure at the far left edge.2016-11-05December 06 20162016-12-06Night procession at an outdoor temple-style setting. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold border stands on a raised green-draped platform, waving a white chamara fan over a golden palanquin-style vahana carrying a deity murti adorned with garlands and a decorated crown. A large ornate golden umbrella canopy and string lights frame the scene. Behind, another ornate decorated palanquin with a deity is visible, with trees and lights in the dark background. Shoes are neatly arranged on a rack at left.2016-12-06March 02 20162016-03-02 +1 copiesNight procession scene with a man in a white dhoti and shawl with maroon borders, holding a microphone to his mouth with both hands, standing on a raised golden palanquin or vahana. Behind him is a deity murti decorated with a peacock-feather fan, red drapery and flower garlands. An ornate multicoloured canopy with tassels shelters the platform. Silver trident and other ceremonial staffs stand at the right, and a golden mirror-shaped fan is visible. Several people in white and saffron clothing and shaved heads watch from the lower left and right edges against the dark sky.2010-11-11