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May 05 20122012-05-05 +1 copiesPhotograph of a night-time street procession at a temple-town crowd. A white vehicle with an open door stands at the centre. Two bare-chested men in saffron and orange cloth wear gold chains and rudraksha beads; the man on the right has a shaved head with white tilak. An elderly bearded man in orange cloth with rudraksha mala stands at the left, and a shaved-headed man in orange cloth with a gold ornament faces away from the camera near the door. Men in white shirts and dark-clothed devotees surround them, with a crowd and garland-strewn stalls behind.2012-06-05July 01 20142014-07-01A crowd of men and women surrounds a white car with a purple and red logo on its windshield, pressing forward with hands outstretched. In the centre, a bald man in an orange-saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala stands beside a younger man wearing a heavy red and white flower garland and an orange robe, with a steel plate of flowers and leaves in front of them. A man in a white shirt wears an orange-brown beaded mala. A photographer holds a video camera at right. Several women wear saris, gold necklaces and bangles; one holds a leafy bundle of flowers. Devotees throw petals and offer leaves, and a bald priest in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks.2014-07-01February 08 20132013-02-08May 05 20122012-05-05 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20092009-01-11June 27 20142014-06-27A dense nighttime crowd presses around a vehicle at a procession, with many people raising hands and phones toward a central figure. A bald man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha-style neck garland stands near the car, and a man in white dhoti with gold border holds a flower garland. A video camera operator is visible at upper right. Mostly white-clad devotees surround the scene, with a green metal railing and small lamp lights behind. A distinctive appearance cue is present but the figure's identity remains uncertain from the image alone.2015-05-05 +1 copiesOutdoor photograph of a crowd of men in white dhotis and white shirts pressing around a silver car with its door open. In the foreground a figure in an orange-saffron turban and orange robe, with long dark hair, bends forward at the car door while a man in a white shirt holds a white jasmine garland toward them. Many onlookers, some with raised hands, fill the street; a white gate and a building with a blue-and-white sign appear behind. a person in saffron turban and robe receiving a garland at a car door, with devotees in white around him.2008-07-29 +1 copiesNight outdoor photo at a roadside gathering beside a dark car with its door open. In the centre, a long-haired figure with his back to the camera wears an orange robe edged with gold and a white flower garland, standing by the open car door. Around him, men in white dhotis and shawls, several shaved-headed, stand with palms pressed together in namaste, and a man in white kneels in the foreground. A man in white with a rudraksha-style mala holds a green banana leaf or plantain offering. Warm string lights and lamps glow in the background among onlookers. The orange-robed figure cannot be confirmed as a person from appearance alone, so no identification is made.2011-05-16A crowded outdoor street scene in daylight. At the centre, a bald, white-bearded man in a saffron-orange robe wears a long white flower garland with red blossoms and a red tilak mark on his forehead; he is being guided through the crowd by saffron-robed monks and men. Around him, devotees press in, several in white shirts and dhotis, some raising hands, and a man on the left holds a long wooden pole. Behind, a dark car door is visible, and to the right a photographer's flash unit is raised. Several men in white clothes and a saffron-clad figure at left stand among the crowd, with a traffic policeman in uniform in the background.2007-08-09