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July 20 2010

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A night procession on an unpaved road. In the foreground, a drummer in white clothes plays a large barrel drum decorated with green, red and yellow patterns, gripping sticks with both hands. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shawl and a man in saffron-orange shawl walk ahead of a decorated palanquin or ratha. The palanquin has an arched green and red canopy and a pink-draped deity murti at its centre. Several other men in white clothes follow behind, and a small building stands at right.2007-09-24 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20November 22 20102010-11-22Night procession at a temple, with a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti under a green canopy edged with red, white and green garlands. Several devotees in white dhotis and white shirts push and steady the palanquin's poles on sandy ground. A shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes with a white forehead mark walks at the left, hands pressed together in namaskar. Women in white saris with orange borders stand at the right beside the procession. Dark sky and scattered lights frame the scene.2007-09-24 +1 copiesNovember 05 20102010-11-05Night procession on a village road with a crowd of men and boys dressed in white dhotis and white shirts. At the centre, a man in white holds a tall silver ritual staff or standard. To the right, a decorated green cart or float carries a pink cloth and a figure in saffron-orange robes standing on it, with garlands and ornamental draping. A dhol drum is held by a man at left, and a dark car is parked at the far left edge. Electric lighting is dim and the scene is set outdoors after dark.2007-09-24 +1 copiesAugust 17 20072007-08-17 +2 copiesA nighttime temple procession photographed from a close angle. Several men and women in plain white ritual clothing, some with white and red-bordered garments, stand in a crowd with hands raised in devotion, faces lifted upward. On the left, a man in white holds a striped cloth or bundle. Behind them, a palanquin or ratha with a gold-framed canopy and an ornate deity murti is visible, lit by warm lamps. The scene suggests a night procession during a temple festival.2010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05 +1 copiesDecember 08 20112011-12-08Photo 117249992012-04-27Night procession on a dirt road with a decorated wooden cart carrying a deity murti under a striped canopy and red-and-gold drapes. A man in a saffron/orange dhoti and shawl, with a tall ornate crown-like headdress, stands at the left facing the cart and holds up a lit oil lamp or aarti flame. Several men in white dhotis and shirts pull or walk beside the cart, while a crowd of devotees, some in white and one child in a yellow-striped shirt holding a stick, follows in the background under dark sky and distant lights.2010-11-11