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Outdoor temple procession climbing a concrete staircase beneath a leafy bamboo and banana-leaf canopy. In front, a shaved-headed monastic in saffron-orange robes with a gold-and-saffron shawl and rudraksha mala walks ahead. Behind him, another saffron-robed monastic wearing a deep orange turban and a marigold garland steps up. Devotees surround them, including a man in a white dhoti holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, and men in white shirts and dark trousers. Onlookers in white and green clothing watch from below beside a parked dark SUV and a row of festive pink and yellow decorations.2015-05-01Outdoor temple procession climbing concrete steps under a leafy canopy. A central figure in an orange-saffron turban and saffron robe wears a long garland of yellow and orange flowers and holds a small ornate vessel. Beside him a bald priest in a saffron dhoti and rudraksha mala walks barefoot, and in the right foreground another bald man in a saffron-and-gold-bordered garment and rudraksha mala looks down. On the left a man in a white vest and white dhoti carries a brass tray with a flaming oil lamp. Onlookers and a green vehicle are visible in the background.2015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01May 01 20152015-05-01December 14 20162016-12-14Outdoor procession photographed from a close angle. In the foreground a man in a white dhoti and shirt blows a long wind instrument, his forehead marked with white and red tilak. Beside him a cameraman in white holds a video camera, and another man in white with a sacred thread and a sash follows. Behind them a figure in a red and gold garment with a sash and a long garland of beads walks under a red and gold ceremonial umbrella with decorated fringed canopy panels, attended by a group of men in saffron and orange robes and white garments. Many devotees line the route, some with hands folded in prayer. A red brick wall, palm trees and a parked dark SUV form the background.2013-03-10A street procession on a village road lined with palm trees, with colourful red, orange and pink decorated poles and canopies overhead. At centre, a smiling figure in a saffron-orange robe and orange turban, wearing a rudraksha mala and a large garland of white and red flowers, raises a hand in greeting. Around them, saffron-clad sannyasis wearing rudraksha malas walk alongside, one holding a paper. Men in white dhotis and villagers follow, and a cameraman in a white shirt films from the right side.2015-05-01Outdoor procession on sandy ground in front of a red brick wall with wire fencing and trees behind. A central man wears a rust-brown robe, a long white flower garland and rudraksha malas, walking barefoot on a runner mat with blue edging beneath a multicoloured fringed canopy carried by an attendant. Flanking him, several men in saffron-orange dhotis and rudraksha malas, some with white body markings and tilak, walk in step. Men in white dhotis with gold borders and a bare-chested attendant follow. In the foreground, two musicians in yellow shirts play a nadaswaram-style pipe and a drum, one with a red-and-white forehead mark. A cameraman with a video camera stands at the left edge. Probable Swamiji is the central figure in the brown robe, identified by his long swept-back hair, rudraksha malas and ceremonial garland; the canopy and mat mark him as the honoured person of a procession.2017-03-11September 24 20122012-09-24December 14 20162016-12-14December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor procession on a village road lined with tall palm trees under a bright sky. At center, a smiling man in an orange-saffron robe and orange turban wears a long rudraksha mala and a large garland of white and orange flowers, walking forward. Beside him on the left, a man in a white dhoti with gold border and a bare-chested man in orange wear rudraksha malas. On the right, a man in a green shirt plays a saxophone, and a bare-chested man in saffron dress and malas walks alongside. Above, ornate poles hung with orange and red cloth, tassels and a decorated canopy mark a ceremonial procession.2015-05-01