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September 02 2015

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A procession inside a hall with glossy tiled floor. In the foreground a smiling woman in a white sari with gold border and a teal lanyard carries a long gold staff topped with an ornate finial. Behind her, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red shawl holds a gold staff, and a young woman in a floral white outfit with a red shawl follows barefoot holding a gold staff. Several people in white clothes walk behind. On the back wall, large printed or screened portraits show seated figures in red-orange robes, red turbans and rudraksha malas, with a screen displaying an image. Gold ornamental pillars and a white-clothed person at the left edge complete the scene.2015-09-02September 02 20152015-09-02September 02 20152015-09-02November 12 20162016-11-12 +1 copiesSeptember 02 20152015-09-02Night procession under a covered outdoor shed strung with multicoloured fairy lights and hanging decorative tassels. Women in white saris with orange-red shawls walk in a line carrying brass trident-topped staffs and smoking incense or fire vessels that trail smoke. Behind them women and attendants hold colourful decorated umbrellas in orange, red, yellow and black with embroidered borders. Some women wear orange or saffron robes and a seated woman in orange sits at left. A tall brass kalasha-like pillar stands in the background, and the brick-paved ground is lit by the event lights. This is a temple-style ritual procession.2016-11-12September 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a procession inside a decorated tent-covered hall during the Jayanti celebrations. A woman in the foreground wears white with an orange shawl and holds a silver-rimmed pot with a netted cover, decorated with green leaves and flowers, on a silver tray. Beside her, a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari holds a golden trident (trishul) aloft. Other devotees in white robes with orange shawls walk behind, and a man on the right in white with a camera strap around his neck and a red tilak on his forehead stands watching. Ornate silver and gold ritual staffs are visible, and red and gold bunting with orange and red ribbons hangs from the ceiling.2007-01-01January 13 20152015-01-13November 12 20162016-11-12 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13January 24 20162016-01-24