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Night procession at a stone temple gopuram carved with many figures. A bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti with a red sash and a beaded necklace stands on a raised platform, holding a poles of a canopy. Beneath a multicoloured parasol with orange, blue and white panels, a deity murti is decorated with heavy garlands of yellow, red and pink flowers. A crowd of devotees surrounds the procession, some with raised hands. The scene is lit by night lights against a dark sky.

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Night photograph of a temple procession at a South Indian temple. Two large colourful umbrellas with fringed borders in orange, red, blue and white are held aloft over two decorated deity murti palanquins covered in garlands of yellow, red and white flowers. A man in a white dhoti stands bare-chested under the right umbrella, while a figure in a pink and purple sari-like garment holds the left one. A crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis presses around the wooden palanquin poles. A gopuram tower, lit from below, rises in the background.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05Night procession at a temple with a tall gopuram covered in carved sculptures on the left. A bare-chested priest in an orange-and-yellow dhoti stands on a raised platform, holding a large multicoloured umbrella with orange, blue and white panels over a golden deity murti decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. A crowd of devotees presses around the palanquin, including a man in a white shirt in the foreground and men with white tilak markings. Electric lights illuminate the scene against a dark sky.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05Night procession at a temple: two colourful multi-panelled ceremonial umbrellas with gold finials stand over two decorated palanquins or deity conveyances garlanded with red, orange and yellow flowers. Bare-chested men in white dhotis and orange cloth carry and steady the umbrella poles. Crowds of devotees with sandalwood and vibhuti markings press in the foreground, several smiling. A tall carved gopuram tower rises in the background under dark sky and floodlights. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-04-05A photograph of a night procession at a temple. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and white sacred thread stands on a richly garlanded palanquin or ratha beneath a striped, multicoloured canopy with golden finials. He holds a lit oil lamp or aarti flame over the deity murti, which is decorated with yellow, orange and red garlands. Dense crowds below press forward with hands raised in namaskar and folded palms, and many men wear white dhotis and shirts. Stone pillars and a lit building frame the scene.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05Night procession photographed outdoors among a dense crowd of devotees pressing forward with raised hands. A bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti with a grey-patterned waist cloth stands on a flower-decorated float or chariot, one hand raised and head tilted. Behind him is a large ornate umbrella with blue, orange and red panels and tassels, and the float is heavily garlanded with yellow, white and red flowers. Temple gopuram-style architecture and a streetlight-lit compound form the background. Other men in white shirts and dhotis stand near the float, and a camera operator is visible at the left edge.2012-04-05Night procession at a temple: a shirtless man in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold waist cloth stands on a decorated palanquin, arm outstretched, scattering petals into the air. The palanquin is covered by a striped canopy of red, yellow, green and white with blue fringe, and is heavily garlanded with marigold, orange and pink flowers around a deity murti. A dense crowd of men presses behind a wooden barrier, many reaching up with raised hands. Behind them a temple gopuram shows an elephant-headed deity relief, lit by warm lamps, with a Ganesha shrine on the right.2012-04-05Night procession at a temple street with several men carrying a palanquin-style ratha on their shoulders. The deity murti is a golden-bodied female form adorned with dense garlands of yellow, red and white flowers and a red and gold ornamental crown, under a large canopy with orange, teal and white striped fabric and yellow fringe. Men in white dhotis and shirts, one in a blue shirt with a tilak on his forehead, a man in a dark brown shirt with a yellow towel, and others in red-striped shirts walk alongside. Strings of lights and a gopuram-style temple tower stand in the background.2012-04-05