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Outdoor procession with a large crowd pressing close around an ornate decorated chariot-style vehicle. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a garland sits on the raised platform, wearing a rudraksha-style garland and holding a trident-like staff; the platform is decorated with yellow and pink flowers, red balloons and a colourful striped canopy with tassels. Saffron flags flutter at left and devotees in white shirts and dhotis walk alongside, with palm trees and a yellow van in the background. Visible crowd members are many, but only a dense mass is shown, so the total is best estimated as 100+.

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December 25 20092009-12-25A festival procession moves along a palm-lined road with a dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis walking alongside and holding up hands. On a decorated ratha or palanquin, a man in orange-saffron robes and a garland of marigolds sits under a multicoloured canopy with red balloons tied to the frame. Orange flags and a trident-topped staff are carried in the procession, and a high speaker stack stands behind the cart. a person figure in saffron with long hair and a crown-like headpiece sits on the central seat, with rudraksha beads visible at his neck. The crowd is large and fills the foreground.2009-12-25A dense outdoor procession moves along a road lined with palm trees. At the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes and a gold necklace sits on a decorated chariot or palanquin with a red-and-yellow canopy, a raised red balloon cluster above, and a sound system behind. Crowds of devotees in white and light-blue clothing, many raising hands, surround the vehicle. Orange flags flank the route, and a bald man in grey shirt waves an arm in the foreground.2009-12-25A festival procession moves through a dense crowd of onlookers. A man in orange-saffron robes with a yellow head band and a flower garland sits on an ornate ratha-style float decorated with yellow and purple flower garlands, raising one hand in greeting. Multicolored canopied umbrellas with dove motifs and tassels shade the float, and red flags and a trident-topped staff line the procession. Red balloons are tied to the float. Several other people in orange and yellow clothing walk alongside. A loudspeaker stack and a banner stand behind the crowd. a person appears as the seated man on the float, identified by saffron robes, a crown-like headband, rudraksha-style beads and garland.2009-12-25Outdoor street procession of a decorated ratha or palanquin moving through a crowd of devotees on a hazy day with palm trees behind. A seated figure at the centre wears a crown-like headdress, orange and gold garments and a garland, and sits on a richly ornamented throne with red balloons and a multicoloured canopy above. Dense crowds in white and light-blue t-shirts and white dhotis press around the vehicle, many raising hands, while saffron flags wave on both sides and multicoloured umbrellas frame the scene. Speakers are mounted on the vehicle roof. The seated figure is too small and distant for a reliable appearance-based identification.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor procession with a figure seated on a decorated palanquin-style float with a silver-and-red ornate seat, draped in orange cloth and wearing an orange garment with a long garland of orange and yellow flowers and a rudraksha-style mala, with a yellow headband. A large multicolored canopy with blue, red and yellow panels and white bird motifs shelters the seat, with more umbrellas on the sides, orange flags, red balloons and loudspeakers mounted above. A dense crowd of devotees in white and grey clothing walks alongside, some raising fists, with palm trees and greenery behind.2009-12-25Outdoor procession with a large crowd of devotees in white and light-blue shirts walking along a road. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with a bright garland sits on a decorated ratha/chariot under an ornate multicoloured canopy with dove motifs and gold fringe. Red and orange flags and yellow-gold banners flank the chariot, and a bunch of red balloons is tied to its front. Palm trees and a yellow van are visible in the background.2009-12-25A festival procession on a dusty road during a temple-style celebration. A figure in orange robes and a white turban sits on an ornate silver-and-white ratha/chariot canopied by multicoloured umbrellas with yellow, blue and red fringes, decorated with balloons in pink, green, yellow and blue. Tall orange flags with blue emblems line the left side. Crowds of devotees in white shirts and orange-clad attendants walk alongside, and a man in a white shirt steadies the chariot. Trees and a corrugated-roof building with bunting appear in the background.2008-12-29December 25 20092009-12-25