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December 23 2009

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A photograph of a procession walking down a red-carpeted lane lined with steel railings. A man with long dark hair and a red tilak wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, a red-and-white flower garland, and a gold-and-red bead necklace, holding a long staff and smiling with palms pressed together in greeting. Beside him walks a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and upper cloth with a gold border and rudraksha mala, also in namaste. Devotees line both sides in white and orange clothes, many with hands folded. Behind them stands a decorated canopy with tassels, paper-leaf bunting and colourful cloth hangings in a temple-like setting.2012-01-01A photograph of a procession inside a decorated hall with a red, yellow and blue ceremonial parasol overhead. Beside him a second person in saffron robes and a gold-bead garland lifts a hand. Along the railing on the right, women in saris of teal, orange and green stand with palms pressed together, and a few devotees in dark clothing and white on the left also join their hands in greeting. Strings of paper decorations and colourful pillars frame the ceiling, with a deity murti visible in the background.2009-12-23A photograph of a procession under a corrugated metal roof, with a central figure walking barefoot on a concrete floor between metal railings. The central man wears an orange robe with gold trim and a long garland of white, yellow, red and green flowers, with a gold necklace and a red and white tilak on his forehead; he smiles and raises his hand in greeting. Beside him, a figure in an orange robe with a maroon border and a flower garland walks under a multicoloured red, yellow and blue umbrella with tassels. Devotees line both sides with palms pressed together in anjali, including a woman in a yellow sari with gold border and women in red and white saris. Green paper decorations hang from the roof beams.2009-12-23December 29 20082008-12-29December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23A procession in a covered, decorated hall lined with devotees pressed against metal barriers, many with palms joined in namaskar. At centre, a man with long hair, a long garland of white and multicolour flowers, rudraksha-style beads and a trident-topped staff walks in orange robes, barefoot, under a colourful umbrella-canopy carried by attendants. A second man in orange with a beaded necklace walks ahead, and a bearded attendant in orange stands nearby. Bystanders in white, saffron and sari colours line the path, and a camera operator films from the lower right. Paper-star decorations hang overhead.2009-12-23March 10 20132013-03-10January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesMarch 10 20132013-03-10December 29 20082008-12-29