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Outdoor festival gathering under a long canopy of yellow, orange, red and green cloth draped with saffron pennants and a painted decorative pillar. Rows of people in white and orange sit on the red carpet and matting, many in white dhoti and kurta and saffron robes, some in yellow shawls. A large crowd stands and sits in the background near palm trees. A decorated umbrella-like canopy stands at centre near a raised platform, and a saffron-robed man is seated front-centre among the devotees. Bright daylight, festive ritual setting.

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December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29Outdoor festival gathering under a canopy of orange and yellow banners with a decorative umbrella. Seated devotees fill a red-carpeted area: many in white and orange clothing, a few men in dark jackets, and a woman in an orange sari with a white head covering near the center. Crowds of children in white shirts sit on the left. A central figure wearing an orange robe and a cloth-wrapped head sits near a raised white platform decorated with flower garlands, with a palm grove and a shrine-like booth in the background. Some attendees hold notebooks and bags.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29Outdoor festival scene under a canopy of orange, yellow and green cloth hung with orange triangular pennants and tall blue-and-gold decorated poles. Along a long red carpet, many people sit in rows in white and orange clothing. On a raised red-and-white platform at right, several seated men wear saffron and orange shawls and dhotis, and one man in a white kurta holds a decorated round fan-like object. In the foreground a standing man in orange robes faces the platform, and a figure holds a small ornate parasol. Palm trees and a tall decorated pillar stand in the background, and a deity murti sits in a shrine to the far side.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29Outdoor ceremony under a canopy decorated with orange and yellow flags and fringed bunting, with palm trees behind. Many devotees in white sit on a red carpet facing a central dais where a figure in an orange robe with a garland sits on a raised seat. In the foreground, several people in saffron robes, orange shawls and rudraksha-style beads kneel with their hands together, and a large red umbrella with gold finial stands beside a gold staff with a trident-topped finial. Men in dark suits and kneeling devotees in the lower left are visible. A banner with a deity image hangs at the far left.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29