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Evening outdoor photograph at a temple precinct with blue dusk sky and street lamps. Two large white ceremonial umbrellas with red trim and gold finials stand above a golden, ornately decorated palanquin or deity vehicle lit with lamps. At right a silver-clad tower structure and a flaming torch are visible. In the foreground a bare-chested priest with a long gold pendant necklace and a shaved head stands beside a man in white ritual cloth holding a flaming lamp tray. A tall man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl and stands with hands folded, next to a woman in a red sari and a bearded man in orange robes. Several other people in mixed dress stand behind.

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September 04 20082008-09-04Outdoor evening photograph at Tirumala with a standing group posed before an illuminated deity palanquin decorated with golden floral arches and garlands. Two large white umbrellas with red fringe and gold lotus-shaped tops stand above the group. Centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange shawl over a red undershirt, hands clasped, and an upright posture; the page identifies this event as involving a person, but the appearance cues are only partly distinctive, so the identity is unsure. To his left, a bare-chested priest with a shaved head and white vertical tilak wears a white dhoti with a green and gold border and a gold chain. Further left, a man in a white dhoti with gold border, and on the right a woman in a red sari with gold border and a man in white dhoti with tilak. Behind them, a man holds a lit lamp on a tray. Street lamps and dusk sky are visible.2008-09-04 +1 copiesSeptember 04 20082008-09-04Dusk procession at a temple with wet pavement and street lamps. Two large ornate parasols with fringed white and red edges stand over an illuminated palanquin shrine carrying a deity murti decorated with lights. In the foreground, a smiling man in a saffron-orange shawl stands at left. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and sacred thread holds a flaming lamp or aarti, and attendants in blue shirts and white dhotis walk alongside. Onlookers, including a child in green at right, watch the procession.2008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04September 04 20082008-09-04Night procession at Kumbhapuri with a deity murti of Lord Venkateshwara adorned with flower garlands, carried on a palanquin amid torches and tasselled umbrellas. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with a head covering faces the crowd, while a bald man in saffron robes with a dark sash stands at right, near a man bare-chested in yellow dhoti holding a flaming torch. Several bare-chested men in yellow dhotis with Vaishnava tilak and white-clad attendants surround the murti. The scene is lit by warm yellow light.2013-02-11Night procession in warm orange haze with lamps and tall flame-topped torches at right. Under a black-and-gold umbrella and a red fringed umbrella, a palanquin carries a bronze-coloured deity murti flanked by garlands of yellow and orange flowers. Bare-chested priests in white dhotis with gold sashes walk near the front; one older priest with a shaved head wears a long beaded necklace. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt with an ID badge lifts his hands in respect. At right, a bald man in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha beads presses his palms together. Devotees surround the procession.2013-02-11Dusk procession at a Hindu temple outdoors, with an illuminated deity murti or utsava vigraha decorated with garlands of yellow and orange flowers, carried on a palanquin under two large ornate umbrellas with fringed edges. A man in a saffron-orange robe stands in the left foreground. Bare-chested men in white dhotis and a bald priest in white attend the procession, one holding a flaming oil lamp or aarti lamp. Street lights and a corrugated metal building are visible in the background.2008-09-04Night procession photographed at close range. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, stands at the centre beneath a large red parasol with multicoloured tassels, smiling. Around him people in white and orange-shawled devotees walk and stand; a woman in a white sari with orange border holds a silver tray at right, and a man in white at centre gestures toward the group. Behind them a deity murti is framed in a rainbow-coloured arched decorative structure on a ratha-style float. Dark background.2006-12-23December 05 20112011-12-05