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Night procession outside a temple courtyard with a red-painted building and a signboard reading Nithyanandeshwara Temple. A shaved-headed man in orange-saffron robes with gold border and beaded necklaces carries a brass kalasha with leaves on a tray, walking in front of several young men in white dhotis and shawls. A drummer in white stands at left beside a red cloth, and a dim lamp lights the open pavilion with red pillars and hanging tassels.

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Night procession outside Sri Anandeshwara Temple, with a red signboard reading SRI ANANDESHWARA TEMPLE above a doorway. A bald man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala carries a brass tray holding a green leafy plant at the front. Beside him a man in orange robe and long curly hair walks, followed by men in orange and white robes. Two large decorated umbrellas with red and green fringes are held overhead. A terracotta-coloured wall and potted plants line the courtyard.2011-12-10Night photo of saffron-robed sannyasis walking barefoot along a dirt path past a temple-style pillared structure lit by a bright lamp. In the centre, a man in an orange-and-yellow-bordered dhoti and shawl wears a beaded headband and a long necklace of white beads. Beside him, a figure in an orange robe with a headband walks behind, and to the right a bare-chested man in an orange garment with yellow borders and rudraksha bracelet looks on. A man in white with gold-bordered dhoti, a rudraksha mala and a bracelet walks at right-centre. Another man in white stands behind them, and a uniformed police officer in khaki appears in the background.2012-05-21November 12 20102010-11-12Night procession on a dirt path lit by a distant lamp. Five men walk in a line: a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha-style pendant at left; a central man in orange-saffron robes with gold-bordered shawl walking with hands folded; a man in orange robes with gold border behind him holding hands together; a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border; and a shaved-headed man in orange robes carrying a tray with a small silver vessel, green leaves and white flowers. A man in a white shirt at right holds a lit lamp and a flower garland. Appearance-based identity of the central figure is uncertain, so he is described only by role as a devotee walking in the procession.2012-01-02November 12 20102010-11-12September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesA night procession on a dirt path moves past an orange-red wall and a decorated palanquin with flower garlands and lamps. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shirt with red border and dark glasses plays a drum with a stick at left. Two barefoot men in saffron-orange robes lead the group: the central one wears a long orange robe, rudraksha-style bead necklaces and sandals, and the other, bald and orange-robed, wears a golden pendant necklace. Several people in white and a woman in a cream sari with red scarf walk behind, and a man in white on the right carries a staff with forehead markings. Overhead lights and a tree frame the scene.2010-11-21January 02 20122012-01-02November 21 20102010-11-21November 12 20102010-11-12December 31 20112011-12-31September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copies