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Photograph of a crowded indoor hall where young men in white kurta-dhoti with orange shawls and a woman in a gold-orange saree raise their arms as colourful confetti falls from the ceiling. Painted cylindrical pillars decorated with folk patterns stand behind them, and a dark red curtain hangs at the left edge of the stage area. Several people have their backs to the camera, and a few are partially visible at the frame edges.

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A photo of a crowd of young men and women in white clothes with orange shawls celebrating with arms raised as multicoloured paper confetti streamers fall through the air. Several painted cylindrical pillars decorated with geometric patterns and animal motifs stand in the background beside dark draped curtains under overhead lights. Most of the crowd is seen from behind, and one woman has a long braid and wears a white sari with orange shawl.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph inside a decorated tent during a Holi celebration at an ashram inauguration. Devotees in white clothes are splattered with coloured powder in pink, green and yellow, clapping with hands raised and smiling. Several men wear orange shawls or stoles. At the centre, a figure in a cream kurta with a brown patterned shawl holds up a long rope or cloth near the front of the crowd. Strings of white flower garlands and yellow tassels hang across the tent ceiling, with a painted decorative pillar at the left and rows of fluorescent tube lights overhead. The floor is scattered with colourful powder.2008-11-12A photograph of a Holi celebration inside a decorated tent with yellow valances, white fabric canopy, and strings of marigold and paper garlands. In the foreground, a man in white kurta with an orange sash and a woman in white with orange sash and red-stained clothes stand on a red carpet strewn with petals and coloured powder. A man in a cream-coloured robe on the right holds a rope or pole, and a bright red balloon-like object lies on the floor. Several men in white clothes with orange sashes stand around, some with sprinkled colour on their garments. A decorated arch and deity murti stand in the background under a red and yellow banner.2008-11-12A festive crowd under a white and yellow canopy during a holi celebration, with people covered in pink and red powder. In the centre a bald man in a white dhoti and white kurta, with an orange shawl, holds a wooden stick and stands mid-motion, smiling and joyful. Around him men and women in white clothes with orange and gold borders, some wearing orange shawls and red rudraksha-style necklaces, clap and raise their hands. A circular ornate decoration hangs above, and the red floor is scattered with petals and coloured powder.2008-11-12Indoor hall with white walls, hanging ceiling fans and tall pillars wrapped in yellow and multicoloured patterned cloth. A large crowd in white ritual clothing and saffron-yellow scarves stands and sways with raised arms, singing or celebrating. Men in white kurtas and dhotis are prominent in the foreground, with a man in orange-saffron clothing among them. Women in colourful saris and salwar kameez stand and sit on the floor at left, and seated devotees with rudraksha malas and yellow-orange shawls are at lower centre. A lanyard-badged volunteer and devotees in white are scattered through the crowd.2009-06-22December 23 20082008-12-23December 25 20072007-12-25July 29 20062006-07-29October 08 20062006-10-08