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Outdoor procession at a Brahmotsava celebration beneath a red umbrella with fringed tassels. A man with long dark hair, wearing orange robes, bare-shouldered, with a gold ceremonial necklace and rudraksha-style beads, smiles while extending his hand toward an offering basket and a brass tray. Beside him, another orange-robed figure holds a tall ceremonial staff, and a young man in orange and red-bordered cloth carries a basket with flowers and fruit. On the right, a man in white with an orange sash holds a tray of bananas, pineapple and mangoes. Behind them, people in white clothing, a woman in a yellow sari and onlookers stand in a dusty courtyard beside a tin-roofed building.

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December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession at a ritual event, with a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a heavy gold necklace at centre, smiling and raising one arm, holding a tall golden staff topped with a flag. Behind him, a man in saffron robes carries a trident-topped staff and wears gold chains, while a man in saffron with a yellow shawl and a young man in saffron robes with a tilak walk alongside. Right foreground, a tray holds bananas, green grapes and a coconut, and a woman in white sari with a white shawl carries a tray of red flowers. Men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas and women in white saris line the procession, with a striped canopy and a tiled-roof building behind.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession scene with many people in saffron and orange robes and white clothes. 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