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Outdoor procession on an unpaved dirt road with puddles and tyre tracks, with a crowd of many people in white dhotis and saris walking behind a large decorated palanquin or ratha at the centre. Drummers in white with yellow and red sashes carry drums in the foreground, and a man in a cream shirt and white dhoti plays a long wind instrument. Women wear pink, green, orange and blue saris. A large orange-bordered billboard with a portrait and Telugu script stands in the background beside a red-roofed building and an umbrella. Overcast sky, trees and a half-built concrete structure on the right.

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A dusty dirt-ground procession moves across an open site under an overcast sky, with puddles and tyre tracks in the foreground. A drummer in white dhoti and an orange-wrapped cloth beats a large drum slung at his waist, while a man in a cream shirt and dhoti walks beside him carrying a long wind instrument. Behind them, a crowd in white dhotis and colourful saris and shawls follows a decorated float with a white and gold ornamental structure. A tall orange banner with a printed portrait and Kannada script stands at right, and unfinished concrete buildings and palm trees frame the background.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road with a large crowd of devotees following a decorated float carrying a deity murti under a canopy. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt plays a long wind instrument (nadaswaram-style), beside another musician in a cream shirt and white dhoti playing a similar horn, and a drummer in white with a red cloth beating a large barrel drum. Several women in white and yellow saris and men in white dhotis walk with the crowd, some holding brass vessels or wearing yellow shawls and sandalwood or ash markings on their foreheads. Trees, low white buildings and a red-walled compound stand behind the procession under an overcast sky.2010-10-17January 02 20092009-01-02October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A procession on a dirt road at an ashram site, with a group of people walking toward the camera. Men in white dhotis and shirts play long wind instruments. Several women wear white and orange or pink saris and carry brass kalashas topped with green mango leaves and coconuts on their heads. Others in white kurtas and saffron or red clothing follow, some with colourful powder marks. A man in white with a sash walks at the lower right. Behind them are a red-brick building, a decorated chariot or ratha, a large billboard, and trees under an overcast sky. No identifiable person is confirmed as a person by appearance.2010-10-17January 02 20092009-01-02December 22 20102010-12-22December 27 20092009-12-27A photograph of a rural dirt-road procession moving toward the viewer. Men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in front, including a drummer in white carrying a large two-headed drum with a yellow-and-green wrapped drum body. Behind them a decorated palanquin or ratha canopy with colourful bunting, yellow and red ornamental discs and a blue cloth top is carried by people; a figure in orange robes walks near it. A large crowd in white follows along the path, with parked yellow auto-rickshaws at left, a thatched shed and a water tank in the background under an overcast sky.2006-07-11