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A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with palm trees under a bright sky. Several people in white dhotis and shirts carry umbrellas with orange, yellow and multicoloured canopies and tasselled poles, while drummers play large hand drums and a man in a red-brown shirt walks among them. A central figure in orange-saffron robes wears a red-and-orange garland and carries a long staff. Behind them, a truck displays an orange banner. Strings of flags stretch overhead. Dozens of devotees crowd the scene.

Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees, under a sunny sky with strings of small colourful flags overhead. Many people wearing white dhotis and white shirts walk along, some women in white saris with yellow borders. At the centre, a figure in orange robes with a red-and-white garland stands under a tall decorated parasol, with orange and gold ceremonial umbrellas and colourful canopies held aloft. A man in a white dhoti with a yellow sash carries a flame or lamp, and a drummer plays a drum. Orange flags fly from a vehicle at right, and a banner shows a figure in orange robes.

Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees and strings of small colourful pennants overhead. A central figure with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron garment, a red and white floral garland and rudraksha-style beads, holding a ceremonial object at chest height. Around them, people in orange robes and white dhotis walk beneath several ornate parasols in orange, red, blue and gold with peacock-style motifs. Drummers at left play a drum, and a person at right holds an orange fan-shaped umbrella. Devotees in white and red clothing crowd the scene, and a banner and display boards stand at right.

December 27 2009

December 24 2008

Outdoor procession under bright sunlight beneath palm trees on a paved courtyard. In the foreground a drummer in white shirt and white dhoti carries a dark, red-and-gold drum slung at his side, holding a tall ornate pole with a golden-fringed red banner. Behind him a crowd in white and cream clothing walks toward a striped multicoloured canopy. Several saffron-robed sannyasis and a bearded man in white stand among them, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A devotee in a cream sari walks at right. The scene conveys a ceremonial temple-style procession.

Outdoor procession on a sandy path lined with palm trees and banana plants under a bright sky. Many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing blue or white lanyards, walk alongside saffron-robed figures carrying colourful decorated umbrellas and orange flags. Men play traditional instruments: a drummer with a drum slung at his side, and musicians playing long wind instruments, one in a yellow dhoti and another in a maroon shirt. A man in a blue t-shirt with a white vibhuti mark walks in the foreground. Red and white bunting stretches across the background. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in the crowd.

A festival procession moves along a red carpet under a canopy of decorated umbrellas with orange, blue and red panels and tasselled fringes, with banana plants and palm fronds overhead. Drummers in white dhotis and shirts play drums, and men in white with orange shawls walk alongside. In the centre, a figure in orange robes walks at the head of the procession, with attendants holding ceremonial umbrellas and a bright sky above.

2007-01-01 +1 copies

Outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees and bunting. Several ornate umbrellas with red, green, orange and blue panels and gold finials are carried above a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts. Near the centre, a figure in orange saffron robes with a long white flower garland walks under an orange umbrella, flanked by attendants. In the foreground a drummer in a white shirt beats a drum, and a woman in a sari watches on the right. A bamboo stand and a tall flagpole stand at the left.

A festival procession on a dirt road under a clear sky. Saffron-robed sadhus with garlands and rudraksha malas walk beneath multicoloured ceremonial parasols with tassels. On the left a drummer in a purple shirt and white dhoti plays a large drum, and musicians in red tunics with white dhotis play cymbals. In the centre a man in a red jacket and white dhoti performs a dance step. Devotees in white dhotis and shawls line the road on the right, holding yellow cloths, beside tall red flags with dark emblems and a banana plant behind them.

2008-12-30 +1 copies

A procession on a dirt path near palm trees and a white-walled building. Several men in white dhotis and shirts walk in the crowd, and some wear orange shawls. Drummers in white clothing beat dhol drums slung on their shoulders. Five large colourful umbrellas with gold finials and fringed edges are carried above the group, and a white shrine with a bull statue garlanded in flowers stands at the left. A large crowd of over twenty people follows, with a few women in saris.