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June 23 20132013-06-23June 23 20142014-06-23Photograph of several saffron-robed sannyasis walking single file along a tiled corridor inside a building with white pillars, barred white gate and windows. The leading figure wears a deep red-orange robe with a broad orange-gold border and a red-orange shawl over the shoulder, and a rudraksha mala around the neck. Behind him, other robed men in matching red-orange robes and orange borders follow, one wearing a red mala, while a figure in white clothing walks among them. The corridor has pale walls with a painted blue and green stripe design and a green signboard at the far end.2013-06-23 +2 copiesApril 22 20162016-04-22Night photo of a procession walking through a temple entrance with tall carved stone pillars and an illuminated shrine or chariot visible in the background. In the centre, a man in deep orange-red robes wears a gold ceremonial necklace, a small crown-like headpiece and a rudraksha-style mala, walking with an attendant beside him. Flanking him, several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls wear large gold or beaded necklaces and rudraksha malas, and one carries an object in his hand. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts, some with white malas, and women in saffron shawls follow.2012-05-07June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesPhotograph of a procession walking through a stone-walled passage lined with orange and red cloth at a temporary pavilion. A central figure with long dark hair, a red-and-white flower garland, gold necklaces and an orange-saffron garment raises one hand in blessing as he walks. Around him, several shaven-headed men in saffron and orange robes with gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha malas walk alongside. Two men in white dhoti with gold borders and a man in a red jacket stand to the right. In the background, an ornate golden deity murti under a decorated canopy and hanging lights mark a shrine area, with a few other people in white and orange clothes nearby. Stone carvings frame the entrance.2013-02-05A procession under a striped canopy decorated with green leaves, where a central figure in a maroon-red robe and matching red turban walks along a red carpet, wearing a long multi-coloured flower garland and a rudraksha mala. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-edged maroon robes with rudraksha malas flank the path, and a man in a white dhoti with a white shirt and a shaved-headed priest in orange-edged robes stand nearby. Other white-clad men and a woman in pink watch from the surroundings, with a bare-chested priest in the lower right.2014-06-26June 21 20142014-06-21Outdoor procession on a red carpet under a pavilion with pink and red draped fabric and a banana leaf in the foreground. A long-haired man in a maroon dhoti with gold borders and a mala of rudraksha beads walks forward at the centre, with a garland around his neck. Around him, sannyasis in saffron and orange robes walk alongside, one in saffron carrying a cloth, and a bald man in maroon robes with rudraksha malas walks at the right edge. Several figures wear saffron turbans.2015-01-12Evening photograph under a white tented pavilion with red trim and hanging fans and lights. Several saffron-robed monks with shaved heads walk in a line across a gravel floor, one with hands in anjali near the left edge. A man in the centre wears a dark-red and gold-bordered robe with a long red-and-white flower garland and a rudraksha mala, and behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala walks alongside. Devotees in orange and white clothing follow, including a child in orange, and onlookers stand in the background. The setting suggests a procession or walk among devotees.2015-05-29May 29 20152015-05-29