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Outdoor festival scene at a temple-side street with a red and orange umbrella overhead and decorated canopies behind. A man with long swept-back hair, a saffron-orange turban and saffron robes holds a silver vessel decorated with a garland of yellow flowers and green leaves. Beside him, a shaved-headed monk in saffron robes bends to the open rear door of a white car. A bearded man in saffron robes with beaded necklaces stands behind, and several saffron-clad attendants and a man in white shirt watch, with a cameraman photographing. The setting feels like a procession or ceremonial arrival.

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December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor photo at a festival entrance: a long-haired sannyasi in saffron robes and an orange turban stands at left, holding a silver kalasha with a green leaf and a yellow-and-red flower garland, facing a bald man in orange robes with palms pressed together in greeting beside an open white car door. Other saffron-robed monks and white-clad men stand behind, a photographer raises a camera, and a decorated red-and-yellow umbrella and a fringed ceremonial standard rise above the crowd. Spectators in white and light shirts line the street; buildings and a corrugated roof appear in the background. Left of the scene a man with a turban-like band wears an orange robe with a rudraksha-style mala. A rotating blue emblem sits in the upper left corner.2008-12-31 +1 copiesDecember 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor photo at a dusty roadside beside a silver car. A man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, wearing a long white flower garland with red and green accents, stands with head bowed and hands at his chest. Beside him a bearded man in orange holds a tall wooden staff. On the right, a sannyasi in an orange turban and orange shawl, with long dark hair and rudraksha beads, holds a brass tray heaped with yellow and white marigold garlands, a banana leaf, and a red-cushioned offering. Other devotees in orange shawls and white kurtas stand nearby, with trees and a construction fence behind them.2006-12-31December 31 20082008-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31December 30 20082008-12-30December 31 20092009-12-31FEB-2007-01December 30 20082008-12-30December 31 20082008-12-31