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A night-time procession photographed outdoors among a crowd. At centre, a man in an orange robe with a marigold garland stands beneath three ornate multicoloured parasols with red, blue and gold panels and tasselled edges, emblazoned with a dove-like logo. Beside him, a man in white holds a tall golden staff topped with a trident. Around them, devotees in white and orange shawls, some with hands folded in namaskar, watch and stand close. Orange flags rise in the background, and a printed banner is visible at the right edge.

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Night procession at an outdoor ashram event. Several decorated umbrellas in red, orange, and multicolour fringed canopies are held aloft above a crowd. Orange flags flutter in the background. A man in a saffron/orange shawl and white dhoti stands in the centre near the umbrellas, with a garland around his neck. Nearby, a woman in an orange sari with a red blouse stands in the centre, and a man in white clothes with an orange shawl walks at left. Many women in white saris with orange borders and young children in white and colourful clothes surround them. A man in white and orange shawl stands at left foreground. The ground is dirt and the sky is dark.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession at a KAILASA event. Several colourful umbrellas with multicoloured tassels and green, orange and blue panels lettered DHYANAPEETAM are held aloft on long poles. Beneath them, a man in an orange robe with a gold necklace stands at the centre, surrounded by a crowd of people in white clothes and white saris, many women with long plaits. Orange flags hang on the right, and a decorated palanquin or deity murti is visible behind the umbrellas. Drums appear at lower left.2007-12-23Night procession of devotees walking past colourful fringed umbrellas on poles, with an orange flag raised high on a pole at left. A man in white shirt and white dhoti carries the pole. Nearby, a young man in orange shawl and white clothes wears a long garland of yellow flowers around his neck. A woman in white sari with gold border and an orange shawl walks beside girls in white dresses. Other devotees in white and orange follow, and a small golden kalasha-like finial appears above the crowd.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Outdoor procession with large crowds in white and orange clothing. Central figure wears orange robes, a long purple-pink flower garland and gold necklaces, with a visible hand raised in greeting. Behind him, a figure holds a golden trident-topped staff. Flanking him, a girl in red and gold attire with a gold crown and white flower garland stands near a trident. Attendants in white saris and white shirts walk alongside. Above them, colourful ceremonial parasols with floral and bird motifs and orange tassels shade the procession. Several people carry umbrellas and staffs; people in white with rudraksha malas fill the foreground. Sunlit dusty ground and festive flags in the background suggest a festival parade.2008-12-31Night procession at an ashram-style outdoor setting. Two large multicoloured canopy umbrellas with fringed tassels, bearing a blue-and-white emblem and the word Peetam, are carried on long poles above the crowd. A man in saffron robes with long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala walks at the centre, flanked by devotees in white dhotis and saffron shawls. A trident-topped standard and a kalasha-like staff are carried nearby, and a man in white plays a long wind instrument while others carry drums. Many devotees fill the background, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala stands in the foreground.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night photograph of a procession on a paved road, lit by a few lamps and a bright moon. Several large parasols with orange, red, green and blue panels, fringed with colourful tassels and printed with the words Dhyanapeetam and a bird emblem, are held aloft over a central group. Beneath them a figure in an orange robe with a mala stands in the middle, flanked by people in white dhotis and saris, some with orange shawls. Orange flags hang in the background and a child in a red sweater stands at the right edge.2007-12-23Night procession photographed from the side. Several large umbrellas with multicoloured panels, tassels and a dove emblem are held aloft over a crowd. Orange flags with a dove-and-lotus logo fly in the background. In the foreground a devotee in an orange garment and a white-shirted man stand with hands clasped near a decorated palanquin-like frame holding a deity murti dressed in a pink floral garland and gold cloth. Yellow and red flower garlands hang at the right edge. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, press forward in the crowd.2007-12-23A photograph of a dense crowd during a night procession beneath ornate parasols with fringed tassels in orange, blue, red and green. A man with long, swept-back dark hair and a bare chest, wearing an orange saffron wrap and a gold necklace, stands at centre among the crowd, with a parasol pole beside him. Around him, men in white kurtas with orange shawls, women in saris and a young boy in white kurta stand close together. Several people in the foreground and background hold mobile phones or cameras. Background shows a dark hall with lattice-patterned walls and onlookers. The attribution of the central figure as a person rests on appearance cues alone and is uncertain.2007-12-23