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A road procession moves along a paved highway with a hazy hill range behind. Devotees in white dhotis and saffron or red shawls walk along the roadside, several holding trays of offerings. In the foreground a young man in white with a gold-bordered cloth and red shawl bends to the roadside soil, while another man in a white shirt walks beside him. A tractor-drawn decorated float with a gold-topped structure and a figure in orange clothing rides in the centre, flanked by a red-and-white flag and an American flag on poles. A cameraman in white stands on the roadside filming. A tent canopy appears at left.

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September 13 20152015-09-13September 13 20152015-09-13September 15 20152015-09-15Outdoor procession on a paved road with a roadside planting strip. In the foreground, a bald elderly man in white dhoti and a red shawl walks with a gold-coloured ceremonial plaque, beside people in white dhotis carrying colourful fringed umbrellas, staves and a red-covered book. Behind them, saffron-clad devotees and marchers follow a decorated tractor-drawn float with orange flags. Hillside and a temple spire appear in the background, with large banners and portrait posters on roadside billboards.2015-09-15 +1 copiesA procession on a paved road at an outdoor festival site with wooden fencing. Several people walk in a line wearing white and cream dhotis and saris with red-orange shawls and red sashes. A man in the foreground wears a white shawl over bare shoulders, a beaded mala and necklaces, and walks barefoot. A woman beside him wears a red-and-white shawl and round glasses. Behind them, red and orange flags flutter, a decorated orange-and-gold parasol with a floral emblem is raised at left, and a decorated float or chariot with ornaments is visible in the distance near temple-style structures. Several people carry staffs and bags.2015-09-15 +1 copiesApril 18 20162016-04-18September 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20152015-09-15 +1 copiesA festival procession on a decorated open wooden ratha or chariot moves along a dirt road under a yellow canopy hung with tassels and bells and garlanded with flowers. A young boy in an orange garment sits on a gold seat at the centre, flanked by saffron-robed monks wearing red-brown shawls, one of whom holds a fly-whisk-like object near the boy. Several men in white dhotis with gold-bordered red cloths stand at the front, one holding a dark staff. A red flag is held at right and a woman in white with a red shawl walks at lower left. Behind, more devotees in white and red follow the chariot on a hillside landscape.2015-09-15Outdoor procession on dry, stony ground during a festival. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair and a white flower garland with red tassels walks barefoot in orange ochre robes, with bandaged or dressed arms. Around him, saffron-robed men and devotees walk in step, one in a white shirt and dhoti filming with a handheld camera. Orange and white banners and multicoloured canopy umbrellas stretch behind, with banana plants along the route. Women in white saris with orange shawls and men in white dhotis line the path, and a woman at lower right in white and orange extends her arm. a person appearance candidate: long swept-back hair, saffron robes and garland, a person in procession.2009-01-02September 13 20152015-09-13 +1 copiesA street procession on a paved road lined with trees. In the foreground a shaved-headed man with a bare upper body bends forward in a prostrating posture, hands on the road. Beside him stands a man in a saffron-red dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala, and to the left a line of men in white dhotis and white shirts with red and gold sashes and beaded necklaces clap and raise their arms. A green tractor-drawn cart carries a red banner printed with a smiling portrait of a figure in an orange turban and orange robe. Behind the cart, people in white and red garments stand near a decorated gold-and-orange canopy with flowers. Red flags fly along the route and a uniformed police officer walks nearby.2016-05-21