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Night ritual procession under a crystal chandelier with smoke or incense haze drifting through the frame. A central figure in a red turban with a white tilak, wearing a long multi-coloured marigold and rose garland, a red-and-white lower garment and a red-and-gold shawl, raises one hand in blessing while smiling. To the left, a man with white hair in white dhoti and red-bordered cloth holds a brass tray of yellow flowers. On the right, an older white-haired man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tray of white flowers. Other devotees in white dhotis and shawls stand around them, and an ornate golden deity murti with flower offerings appears at the lower left.

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July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08 +1 copiesJuly 08 20172017-07-08 +2 copiesNight procession under coloured fairy lights and stage glare. A shirtless young man in an orange-red dhoti with a long reddish cloth draped over his shoulders walks at left. Behind him, a figure in a red turban and a multi-strand marigold and rose garland stands beneath an ornate gold-and-black umbrella with a red pole. A man in white dhoti with a gold border and red shawl holds a brass tray of offerings with white cloths and flowers. Other men in white dhotis and red shawls walk nearby, and a blurred man in white stands at right.2017-07-08Night procession at an outdoor event lit by colourful string lights and a bright stage light, with smoke haze in the air. A sannyasi in saffron-orange cloth with a long swept-back hair and a red-and-yellow garland walks at the front on the left, bare-chested with rudraksha beads. Behind him a man in a red turban and red shawl with a garland is raised on a platform, and a white-clad priest in white dhoti and shawl holds a silver tray with white flowers and offerings. Another man in a red shawl holds a golden-tasselled ornate purple parasol with a jewelled rim. Devotees in white garments with rudraksha malas walk in the foreground on the right, and a red-and-gold decorated palanquin or chariot is visible at the lower left.2017-07-08Night-time ritual photographed amid dense white smoke or incense haze. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts stand with palms pressed together in prayer, some wearing red shawls. A central man wears a red cap and a long garland of yellow and white flowers, and stands before a decorated deity murti or altar swathed in marigold and white flower garlands. Another man in the foreground holds a brass tray of offerings, and a man on the right is bare-chested with red cloth wrapped at the waist. A large ornate silver umbrella stands at upper right, and oil lamps burn at lower left.2017-07-08 +1 copiesJuly 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08 +1 copiesNight procession photograph with a central man in a maroon-red crown with a small gold emblem, a long multi-strand garland of white flowers with red and yellow blooms, gold necklaces and a gold waist belt over a leopard-print cloth. His arms bear white painted markings and gold bangles. Flanking him, men in maroon and orange robes and rudraksha malas carry tall silver staffs, one topped with a silver trident, and a man in a white dhoti with a gold border holds a staff. At right a man in orange holds a silver plate of fruit and flowers. Several men have white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. Dark background with a visible light source.2013-11-17