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Outdoor photo of a crowd on a dusty reddish-brown ground during a festive colour-throwing celebration, with pink, blue and yellow powder scattered across the earth and clothing. Many women wear white and pastel saris and salwar outfits, some with yellow, red and green shawls, and some with coloured powder smeared on their faces and hair. Several people in the background wear saffron-orange robes. Behind them stands a large black stone Nandi bull on a brick pedestal, beside an orange-roofed shrine building with a thatched shed and coconut palms. A small child in a white top and jeans walks in the foreground, and a woman in a green sari with a black handbag stands at the front right.

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October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with palm trees and a thatched shed. A large red and yellow canopy umbrella with tassels is held aloft by a man in white dhoti and shawl. Behind it, a white ornate murti shrine carrying a goddess with multiple arms and weapons is carried on poles. Devotees wear white and pastel clothing smeared with coloured powder, including a woman in a green sari and a bare-chested man in orange. A small boy in a pink shirt stands with palms pressed together. Many people in the crowd are dusted with pink and yellow colour. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A village procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees. A man in an orange robe with long dark hair and rudraksha beads walks under a multicoloured umbrella held over a decorated deity murti carried on a platform. Several saffron-robed and white-clad men walk beside him. Around them, children and women in pink, blue and red saris and salwar kameez, some with faces and clothes stained with colourful powder, surround the group. A man in a white dhoti with a yellow shawl walks at the front.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A group of young people and a few adults stand outdoors near an orange-washed building with a green awning and a tree. Many have faces and clothes smeared with bright pink, blue, yellow and purple powder. A woman in a white sari with a yellow-green shawl looks upward, and a girl in the foreground wears a pastel gown streaked with colour. A young girl in a white top with a rudraksha-style mala and a boy in a pale checked shirt at the lower right are also visible. The scene reads as a colour-powder celebration. No identifiable a person figure is visible among the people.2010-10-17