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A festive outdoor procession on a dusty street under a clear sky. A smiling woman in a white sari with blue floral print carries a young child dressed in gold and cream clothing with a gold headband, the child holding a small wooden stick. Beside her, a man in white shirt and white dhoti carries a long bamboo pole wrapped in green palm fronds on his shoulder. Behind them, orange flags and ornate multicoloured canopy umbrellas with tassels are held aloft, and more white-clad devotees walk through the crowd. A bald man in white stands at the left edge.

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December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor festival procession at Bidadi Adheenam during Brahmotsavam. A bespectacled man in white kurta carries a bamboo pole draped with green palm fronds and a white cloth, smiling beside a woman in a white sari with a blue floral border who holds a small child dressed in yellow and gold with a red headband. Behind them, men in white clothing and orange shawls walk beneath orange flags and a decorated canopy with colourful tassels under a clear blue sky. Trees and a building stand in the background.2007-12-24Outdoor procession crowd at a festival, with many people in saffron and orange shawls and white clothing. In the foreground, a woman in a saffron garment with a flower garland holds long dark sugarcane stalks, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands beside her. Behind them, tall orange flags and a silver trident-shaped staff rise above the crowd, along with ornate umbrellas with orange and blue canopies. A young child is held by a woman in a blue sari on the left. Several people are wearing white and orange garments; a man in glasses at right wears a saffron shawl over white clothes.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Crowded outdoor procession photographed in daylight under a clear blue sky. Men in white shirts and white dhotis press against long wooden poles of a carriage or palanquin frame, several gripping the bamboo-like poles with their hands. Saffron-orange flags on tall poles rise behind, alongside ceremonial umbrellas with coloured fringes and a large ornate silver trident (trishul) held upright at right. A man in a white garment with a red-and-gold border is visible at the centre, partially obscured by the crowd. One man wears orange cloth around his neck and a white sacred thread area, with tilak marks on his forehead. Dry open ground and a distant building are visible behind the flags.2007-12-25A dense outdoor procession moves along a dirt path under bright sky. Several large decorated umbrellas with multicolored fringed tassels and blue, orange and white panels bearing a dove emblem are held aloft by men in white. Many devotees wear white shirts and orange or saffron shawls, while women wear saris and salwar in blue, red and orange tones. A woman in a white sari with an orange garland stands among them, and a young child in an orange garment is carried at right. Orange flags on tall poles rise at left. A man at left in a brown kurta carries a basket of offerings. Crowd members press in close to the camera.2007-12-25A large outdoor procession moves along a dusty dirt road under a clear blue sky, with trees behind. Many devotees in white kurtas and saffron/orange shawls walk in the crowd. Ornate red and orange umbrellas with tasselled fringes, decorated with blue bird emblems, rise above the procession, and orange flags with a black emblem flutter overhead. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt with a rudraksha-style bead mala and a drum slung at his side walks beside a man in white holding a bundle of green palm fronds. A girl in red and gold traditional dress with a gold crown and a bow-like ceremonial staff walks nearby, and a woman in a red sari with gold jewellery is among the group. Two young men in white carry an umbrella on the right. Many more people are visible further back, so the crowd is in the 21-100 range.2007-12-25