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Night procession with a crowd of men and women in white clothes and some in saffron. In the centre a large ornate ratha-style canopy with a multicoloured semicircular arch of bright bulbs and garlands frames two deity murtis. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long dark hair, wearing an orange dhoti, walks with his back to the camera, reaching toward the procession. Men on either side hold ceremonial staffs and oil lamps with flames, and a man at left raises a brass plate. A decorated parasol with colourful tassels hangs above the crowd, and a white-clad elder with a silver staff and rudraksha mala stands at right.

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December 23 20062006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Night procession photographed from the side, with a dark sky behind. On the left, a long-haired figure with a bare upper body and a saffron/orange cloth draped over the shoulder stands in front of the crowd and faces the scene. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with maroon-and-white scarves, hold a palanquin-like structure and raise oil lamps in brass dishes. On the right, a deity murti is carried on a large ratha-style frame with a multicoloured striped arch of green, yellow, red and white, and a decorated canopy above. Two ornate umbrellas with tasselled edges and embroidered fabric stand at the upper left. Several people wear orange and white. Fruit sits near the lower right.2006-12-23Night photograph of a temple procession. A bare-backed man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his lower body and walks at the centre, facing away from the camera, beside a decorated palanquin carrying deity murti under a multicoloured arched canopy with tasselled edges. Men and women in white dhotis and white clothes, several with orange shawls, crowd around, some holding silver trishul-topped staffs and fans. A large umbrella with colourful tassels and a silver staff stand above. Devotees have hands raised in prayer and a bystander holds a printed card. Thatched roofs and a glass-walled building form the background.2006-12-23Night procession photographed at close range. Central focus is a decorated palanquin or ratha carrying deity murti under a multicolour arch of rounded striped and red fringed ornaments with lit lamp-like bulbs and a canopy above. Devotees in white dhotis and white shirts carry the palanquin and hold red-cloth bundles and long white poles. Lit torches and brass oil lamps appear at the edges. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and raised arm wears an orange-saffron shawl, and nearby men in orange shawls and rudraksha-style beads stand in the crowd. Many people fill the frame.2006-12-23Night procession moving across an open ground, with a crowd of devotees in white clothes and many wearing orange shawls. A decorated deity murti is carried on a palanquin framed by a colourful arched backdrop with a multicoloured umbrella overhead. A large multicoloured umbrella with tassels is held up by a man at left. Several men carry oil lamps with flames, and a drummer in a red checked shirt and white dhoti plays a drum at left. Figures in the foreground hold brass vessels. The scene is lit mainly by the lamps and the palanquin's lights.2006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession moving through a dark open area. At the centre, a palanquin-style ratha with a multicoloured floral and beaded arch frames two deity murti figures under a white canopy. A large orange, blue and multicoloured umbrella stands beside it. Men and women in white dhotis, white shirts and orange garments walk around it, several holding lit oil lamps on long poles. A man in a red-and-white checked shirt plays a drum, and a young man in the foreground wears a white headband. Some people carry flower garlands. Dense crowd fills the frame.2006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession with a lit oil lamp held aloft by a man in orange-saffron cloth at left. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with red-and-white scarves, carry a decorated palanquin or ratha on poles, their hands raised overhead. The ornate structure has a fringed canopy with red, green, yellow and white bands, and a central deity murti with a snake hood. A decorated umbrella with tassels stands at upper left. Dark background with partial figures in the foreground.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Night photograph of a temple procession. At centre, a deity murti sits within a large arched frame of multicoloured rosettes and red, green and yellow bands, carried on a palanquin with ornate silver fittings. A colourful fringed parasol rises above it. Flanking the frame, people hold lit torches with visible flames. A shirtless man in an orange dhoti stands at left-centre, facing the procession, with a ceremonial silver staff in the right foreground. Many devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some in orange shawls, press around the palanquin with hands raised or folded, and a man at lower left holds a cymbal. Thatched huts and a glass-walled building frame the scene.2006-12-23Night procession with a decorated deity murti on a palanquin-style ratha, framed by a semicircular arch of red, yellow, green and white garlands and mirrored ornaments. A man in a white shirt and dhoti in the centre holds his hands together in namaskar; men in white and saffron-orange shawls walk around him. Tall brass lamp stands with oil lamps flank the frame, and a red and multicoloured fringed umbrella hangs at upper left. Several people in white or orange garments are visible, including a long-haired figure with a saffron shawl at right. Night setting, with lamps and devotees surrounding the procession.2006-12-23