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Night photo of a temple procession with a deity murti carried on a decorated palanquin under a striped, tasselled canopy. Two large multicoloured umbrellas with fringed edges and a bird emblem stand above the crowd, and torches with flames are held aloft on brass stands. Devotees in white shirts and saffron-orange shawls surround the palanquin; a shirtless man stands near the centre with a dark-haired woman in a green sari and red blouse beside a man in a brown shirt. Many people press close together, with white wooden posts lining the path.

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December 23 20062006-12-23Night procession with a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts surrounding a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti framed by a rainbow-coloured arch with a red and green backdrop. Above them rises a white-and-red canopy. In the foreground a large umbrella (chhatra) in red, blue, yellow and green with white motifs and fringed tassels is held aloft by a man in a black shirt. Near the centre a shirtless man in an orange lower cloth stands with his hands pressed together in prayer, and a bearded man in white folds his hands; a torch flame burns at the right. Many onlookers fill the dark ground.2006-12-23 +2 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23A nighttime procession moves through a crowd of devotees in white clothes, many with orange saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Several large ceremonial umbrellas with multicoloured fringed canopies, bearing the printed word Dhyanapeetam and dove emblems, are held aloft on poles over the group. Oil lamps and lanterns glow among the people, and a palanquin or ratha decorated with garlands and flower strings is carried in the centre. Some women wear white saris with long braids, and a few men carry lit lamps. Ornate decorated structures appear at the right edge in the dark background.2006-12-23A night procession moves along a dark path with a crowd of devotees. Several men and women in white clothes with orange shawls carry tall brass torches with flames. Above them an ornate multicoloured parasol with tassels and a printed Nithyananda Peetam emblem shelters a decorated deity palanquin with a rainbow-striped arch. A man in an orange cloth with a rudraksha mala walks at the centre, and an elderly bald man in white with a vibhuti mark is in the foreground. Many other participants surround them.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession with a decorated deity murti carried on a palanquin under a multicoloured ornamental canopy with peacock-feather style fringe. Several large umbrellas with fringed tassels, one bearing the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam bird emblem, shade the procession. A devotee in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala walks in the crowd, while a man in a light blue shirt and a young man with a white sandal-marked forehead play a wind instrument (nadaswaram-type) close to the camera. Other men in white ritual clothes and orange shawls surround the procession, and torches flicker at the edge. a person is not clearly visible among the people shown.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Night procession photographed in a dense crowd of devotees dressed in white. Behind him, a deity murti sits on a decorated palanquin under a multicoloured rainbow-striped arch with gold finials and garlands, carried under a white fringed umbrella and a red-and-blue canopy. A flame torch is held aloft, a drummer in a brown shirt plays a drum at lower centre, and a woman in a red blouse with a bindi stands in the foreground.2006-12-23Night procession on a sandy open ground with many devotees in white clothes and orange shawls. A decorated ratha or palanquin with a rainbow-coloured floral arch, garlanded deity murti and a fringed canopy sits at center-right, surrounded by people carrying the vehicle and a drummer in a white shirt at left. A large umbrella with a dove emblem and a Nithyanandapeetam name appears at right. Several men in white dhotis and a woman in a green sari stand close to the ratha. Photo is dark with the figures lit by flash. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-12-23A night procession with a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala at the centre, smiling and gesturing with his right hand, walking beneath a large multicoloured umbrella with tasselled fringes and a blue and orange peetam emblem. Torch bearers in white clothes hold flaming torches to the left, and a man in a black shirt stands beside the umbrella pole. White-clad devotees around him carry white wooden crosses-shaped poles, one man in a red cloth holds a red object, and a decorated palanquin or deity float with a colourful arched canopy of green, yellow and red rosettes rises at the right. Smoke drifts across the dark background. Several people are visible in the crowd, and the central figure is a person in saffron clothing and a rudraksha mala.2006-12-23 +2 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23