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August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14 +1 copiesAugust 14 20172017-08-14 +1 copiesProcession on a stone-paved temple walkway: a man in a maroon-brown dhoti and shawl, with gold waist and arm ornaments, a long gold-beaded mala and a white forehead mark with a red dot, walks barefoot on a striped runner beneath a large ornate parasol with coloured tassels, held by a man in orange. Behind him, several men in orange garments follow, one playing a large drum and another carrying a decorated ceremonial fan-shaped object. Red brick tiers and a stone pillar form the background. a person is in the centre of the procession, walking under the parasol as a ceremonial honour.2017-08-14May 28 20132013-05-28November 15 20172017-11-15A barefoot man in a rust-red sleeveless garment and red dhoti walks along a narrow cream mat edged with blue, at the centre of a procession on a sunlit courtyard. He wears a long rudraksha mala across his chest, a gold chain, a white tilak on his forehead and long dreadlocked hair. Around him, young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, many with rudraksha malas and silver-and-white headbands, walk in step. One at left holds a tall gold-handled parasol with red, green, blue and white fringe; another at right carries an orange-draped offering topped with green leaves. Red-painted apartment balconies and a bare tree frame the scene.2018-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 03 20162016-12-03August 04 20132013-08-04A man with long swept-back dark hair and a red bindi walks barefoot across a wooden platform, wearing a rust-orange draped garment with gold border and an orange-red beaded necklace with large gold beads. Gold bangles are on his arms. Two attendants flank the scene: a shaved-headed priest on the left in orange-red robes with white forehead markings, and a young boy on the right in orange robes carrying a brass tray with a kalasha, pink flowers and green leaves. Drummers with large drums stand behind in orange and maroon, and a vehicle is parked outside an open pavilion.2013-05-19February 17 20152015-02-17February 27 20142014-02-27