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Night photo of a crowd at a temple procession in a street. In the foreground a young man in a white patterned shirt holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp, marigold flowers and a coconut, while a woman in glasses and gold earrings stands at left. At right an elderly man with white beard and moustache wears an orange head wrap and orange shawl over a red shirt, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, and holds a similar tray with a flame. Behind them police officers in uniform and onlookers fill the street, with lit shop fronts and banners overhead.

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February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07February 11 20132013-02-11October 28 20062006-10-28Night photograph of a temple corridor under a steel-framed canopy with bright lights on the left. A bare-chested priest with glasses, a vibhuti mark and a sacred chain necklace holds a brass aarti tray with a lit oil lamp and offerings, walking in front. Beside him at right, a figure in an orange saffron shawl and orange head wrap stands with palms pressed together in namaste, with a rudraksha mala around the neck. Other devotees and onlookers in orange and white clothing stand behind them in a procession-like aarti setting.2006-11-23Evening street scene at a festival procession with a silver-covered decorated edge on the left. A young man in saffron-orange robes with a matching orange shawl holds a lit brass multi-wick oil lamp in both hands, looking ahead. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and an orange shawl holds a lit brass oil lamp and a small brass bell, and a young man in white with a yellow cloth and rudraksha mala kneels with a lamp. Several people in white and orange stand and kneel along the street, and orange banners hang across a row of shops and stalls lit by fluorescent lights. A printed poster with two portraits is pinned on a building above.July 01 20142014-07-01December 12 20162016-12-12Night procession scene with a crowd on a street lined with stalls and orange-and-white bunting. In the foreground, a young man in orange sannyasi-style robes with a red waist cloth and rudraksha mala raises a lit oil lamp aarti in one hand while ringing a small brass handbell in the other. Beside him, a young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl holds up an orange flag on a pole. Behind them, devotees in white and cream clothes stand with hands folded in prayer, and a seated woman in white is at the lower left. Several people in the crowd wear orange and yellow. A silver ornate pillar edges the left side, and a billboard with a portrait is visible in the background.July 13 20092009-07-13