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Outdoor procession on a dirt road during a festival, with many people walking behind a palanquin carrying a deity murti under a multicoloured canopy umbrella. A central man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and a long orange shawl, a garland of orange and yellow flowers and a mala, smiles and walks forward; the figure has long swept-back hair, a saffron garment and ornate ceremonial necklaces, a person. Around him are men and women in white and pink dhotis and saris, some with faces and clothes stained with coloured powder, and children in bright shirts and dresses. Behind them stands a water tank on a pale orange building and green trees in the background.

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Outdoor procession on a dirt road during a festival, with a crowd of devotees and children smeared in coloured powder. At the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare chest wears an orange cloth and a multi-strand orange beaded necklace, with orange-and-white garlands; he is one of the few distinctive-cue figures and appears as a person leading the procession. Beside him, a man in an orange wrap and a man in white dhoti with a red sash walk. A colourful umbrella with fringe is held over the centre, and a large decorated deity murti with multiple arms stands on a ratha/palanquin-like float behind. Children in yellow, green and white dresses and striped shirts crowd the road, with a red-brick building and water tank at the back.2010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road during Dasara celebrations at Sripuram, Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Hyderabad. A tall man with long swept-back hair, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and a garland of orange flowers, walks at the front, appearing to be a Swamiji (probable) by his long hair, saffron clothing and garland. Behind him a devotee in a white dhoti carries a staff and a decorated palanquin with a multicoloured canopy carries a deity murti. Around them devotees in white, saffron and orange sashes, and children with faces and clothes smeared in pink and colourful powder walk among water tanks and a terracotta building.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road in a rural setting with trees and a low orange-roofed building behind. A tall man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing orange-saffron robes and a long ceremonial gold-and-orange bead necklace, walks at the centre under a decorated multicoloured parasol held by an attendant. Beside and behind him walk saffron-robed sannyasis, one with a shaved head, and a figure in white. Around them crowd children and young people with faces and clothes smeared with bright pink, red, yellow and green powder, celebrating in colour. a person: the central man in saffron robes under the parasol, with long hair, an orange garment and gold bead mala fits a candidate, but the appearance is not conclusive enough for certainty.2010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road as a crowd of children and adults with coloured powder smeared on their faces walks alongside. At centre, a man with long dark hair wears a bright saffron-orange dhoti, a matching shawl and a multi-strand orange-beaded garland, walking barefoot in sandals and smiling. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in an orange dhoti and shawl walks with a rudraksha mala, and a man in white ritual clothes with a red shawl and red-beaded garland follows. Behind them a colourful umbrella with fringe is held aloft over a painted deity image. Children in white, green, yellow and pink clothes and red rudraksha beads crowd the path, with a water tank and brick building behind. a person is the central figure in saffron, with appearance-based cues of long swept hair, saffron clothing and a garland.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road lined with trees and small brick houses. In the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha-style necklace wears an orange saffron robe and walks beneath a multicoloured ornate parasol. Beside him, a shaven-headed sannyasi in orange robes walks alongside, and behind them a palanquin or deity murti is carried. Many devotees in white and orange clothing and children with faces smeared in red, pink and green powder follow, with a boy in a red shirt and a boy in a striped shirt in the foreground. A bare-chested young man with a white cloth and rudraksha mala stands at the right edge. The scene suggests a colour-powder celebration procession.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees and simple buildings. At centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, an orange shawl and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, carrying a red-and-multicoloured ceremonial umbrella over a deity murti on a decorated ratha. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, a woman in a green sari, and children are covered in pink, yellow and red colour powder. A woman in blue with pink-dyed hair walks at left. The scene suggests a festival procession, with an ornate deity figure visible behind the umbrella. The man is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues, with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, carrying the umbrella as a sannyasi in the procession.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17