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Night photograph of an outdoor crowd gathered in a courtyard decorated with strings of small yellow and red lights and orange triangular flags. A multicoloured ceremonial umbrella stands in the centre-left. A shirtless man in an orange-yellow dhoti and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti stand near a bunch of flowers, while men in white shirts and dhotis with white-and-black garlands surround them. A drummer in a white shirt plays a drum at right. A long-haired man in white with an orange waist cloth stands with his back to the camera at centre. Street lamps light the scene.

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Night procession at a street lit by strings of bulbs and red-and-white pole lights. A large multicoloured umbrella with tasselled fringe is held above a central figure in saffron-orange robes wearing a white and gold garland. Nearby, a bare-chested man in a saffron-coloured cloth carries a bunch of flowers, and another bare-chested man wears rudraksha beads and a mala. Crowds in white shirts and dhotis surround them, and red-and-orange flags with a bird-like emblem flutter overhead, marking a ritual procession.2009-01-11January 11 20092009-01-11January 11 20092009-01-11January 11 20092009-01-11December 23 20072007-12-23November 21 20102010-11-21Outdoor evening procession at dusk on a dirt ground under a roofed pandal hung with orange and red bunting. A decorated palanquin or ratha carrying a deity murti under a striped canopy, garlanded in flowers, moves forward. Standing devotees line both sides: men in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris including green and teal, and a few men in orange robes. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti stands barefoot near the front right, and a woman in an orange sari with long dark hair faces the procession. Some people hold bags and shawls. Palm trees silhouette against the dark sky. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable.2010-11-21December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesA nighttime procession moves along a dark open ground beneath a metal frame structure. Devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, several with orange shawls, walk in a long line. Ornate colourful umbrellas with gold and red fringes are carried aloft, and a bright lamp is held high on the right. Drummers and musicians play instruments, and women in saris, including one in a red and gold sari, walk with hands folded in prayer. A few people stand along the edges, and a small child is visible on the left. The scene conveys a temple-style procession held at night.2006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession outside the Bidadi Nithyanandeshwara temple, its white walls strung with yellow and red fairy lights. Two men in white dhotis and white shirts hold tall gold-tasselled standards with red and orange embroidered panels. A man in white with a red shawl, grey hair and a red-and-white badge walks in the centre with hands folded. Women in white saris with orange and yellow borders carry flowers and walk in line behind. On the right, a man in white holds a multicoloured embroidered umbrella over a procession, and drums rest on a white-draped table. Temple signage reads Nithyanandeshwara Temple in part, and a shrine with lit lamps stands behind.2009-06-09Night procession with a crowd of devotees dressed in white shirts and mundu, many wearing rudraksha malas. At centre a bare-chested priest with a shaved head and white tripundra marks carries a decorated purna kumbha, a brass pot topped with flowers and mango leaves. A large multicoloured umbrella canopy, red and saffron flags and strings of yellow lights decorate the street lined with palm trees. Some men in orange and ochre cloth stand among the crowd.2009-01-11Night procession at an ashram with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and saris moving between rows of white crosses-like wooden posts. At centre, a palanquin-style deity murti decorated with a colourful multi-coloured garland arch is carried under a large ornate umbrella in red, blue and gold with a printed emblem. A bare-chested priest in orange cloth walks ahead holding a torch, while a woman in an orange-bordered sari carries a silver vessel and others in orange shawls follow. Flaming torches are held up on both sides. A portion of a shaved-headed man in white is in the foreground. Several people are visible; the crowd beyond is dense.2006-12-23