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A crowd of outdoor spectators gathers under a canopy of tents and tarpaulins, many raising their hands in greeting or devotion while some hold up mobile phones to record. Women in pink, red, magenta and green saris and salwar kameez stand with palms pressed together. Uniformed police officers in khaki and a few men in orange shirts are visible among them.

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May 09th 20162016-05-09May 15 20162016-05-15December 15 20062006-12-15A large crowd of devotees stands in an outdoor courtyard, most with palms pressed together in namaskar, gazing upward toward something out of frame. Women wear saris and salwar in red, orange, yellow, teal, magenta and green, with ornate necklaces and kumkum on their foreheads. A white-haired woman in a white sari with a red border stands at centre-front holding a woven bag. At right, a man in a light blue shirt and cream trousers, wearing a garland, stands with hands folded. Green leafy garlands hang from poles at top, and a decorated yellow-and-red canopy is visible at upper left. Visible people number over twenty.2016-12-14A dense crowd of devotees presses toward an ornate golden temple entrance decorated with carved panels and hanging colourful tassels. Many people wear saris and salwar kameez in yellow, pink, teal and purple, and men wear shirts and dhotis. One man in front has a white dhoti and white shirt with a tilak on his forehead, and another has a bare chest with white sacred markings. A pale white tent canopy stands to the left, and several people hold up mobile phones. Overall a large crowd of more than a hundred people is packed into the scene.2016-05-15December 27 20092009-12-27A dense crowd of devotees moves along a street past a pale green two-storey building under a clear blue sky. Many people wear white, cream and saffron-orange clothes; a woman in a purple sari and a woman in a pink-and-red top with a blue bag stand at the centre. Strands of yellow marigold garlands and bunting hang across the building, and several large umbrellas with red, orange and blue panels are raised above a procession. Overhead utility wires and a transformer are visible at the left. Several figures in orange robes appear in the procession, but no individual can be confidently identified from this image.2007-02-02December 16 20172017-12-16December 16 20172017-12-16A large crowd of devotees stands in a hall, many with raised hands and palms pressed together in prayer or sanga-style chanting. A bare-chested young man in white dhoti with gold border and red shawl, wearing rudraksha beads, stands centre with eyes closed. Others wear white kurtas, saffron-red shawls, sarees in green, blue and pink, and some have long dreadlocks. A woman in black with raised arms smiles nearby, and a woman in a green saree holds a fan in the foreground. Faces are partly obscured by blurred foreground figures and a camera on the lower right.2016-05-18A dense night crowd fills an open outdoor ground lit by bright floodlights, with trees and a white tent structure at the left edge. Many devotees press together, most women in colourful saris, salwar kameez and shawls, some with white and red tilak marks on their foreheads. Men in shirts and kurtas stand among them, and a young child in a blue top is lifted at the right. No individual figure can be confidently identified as the a person from appearance here, and no clear candidate is present in the scene.2016-04-27May 15 20162016-05-15