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September 15 20162016-09-15September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesNight procession on red stone temple-tank steps. Musicians in saffron and orange dhotis with gold-bordered cloth play drums, including a large purple-and-gold drum held by a man in front, and long brass horns. Behind them, many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts with gold borders stand with hands folded in prayer along the steps, lit by evening light. Rope railings and posts line the steps.2016-01-06 +1 copiesNovember `4 2015 +2 copiesSeptember 28 20172017-09-28December 02 20172017-12-02Night photograph of a temple-ground procession with a large crowd. In the foreground, several boys in saffron-orange dhotis, orange turbans and rudraksha malas play large silver drums with sticks, bare-chested with white markings on their arms and chests. Behind them, more young players in orange and devotees in white dhotis and white clothing stand in the courtyard. A yellow umbrella and lit lamps appear at the upper right, with a pillared shelter behind the crowd.2017-09-03November 25 20152015-11-25August 25 20172017-08-25November 21 20102010-11-21September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesNight procession on a dirt road lit by warm lights, with a illuminated chariot (ratha) carrying a deity murti under a decorated canopy in the background. In the foreground, a shaven-headed man in orange saffron cloth with a bare upper body and rudraksha mala, playing a large leopard-print-covered drum, stands centre frame. To his right, another man in orange robes plays a smaller drum. On the left, two drummers in white dhotis with gold borders play drums, one with a white headcloth. A few men in white clothing stand in the background among the procession, and a flaming torch or lamp glows near the chariot.2015-11-11