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Crowded outdoor festival procession under a large red and orange canopy hung with orange and saffron fabric panels, decorated with blue, white and gold geometric patterns and small orange pennants. Dense crowd of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, saffron and orange shawls, and rudraksha malas moves beneath the canopy. Women in white and yellow saris and saffron dupattas walk among them. Stone-white building with a sign reading Sri Ananda behind, a white-clad figure at right holds a pole, and a decorated palanquin or ratha with floral garlands is visible in the distance. Hundreds of people visible, though exact count unclear.

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A dense outdoor procession gathers under a long canopy of orange and red cloth with decorative panels, yellow-gold fringes and colourful painted motifs. Crowds of devotees wear white dhotis and saris, saffron-orange robes, and yellow scarves, many with rudraksha malas. In the background, a priest in orange robes stands near a raised platform with floral offerings and a smoke-like haze, and figures in white and orange gather around it. Small triangular flags and bunting hang overhead, and a sign reading Sri Ananda is visible behind the canopy.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesDecember 28 20082008-12-28December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29A festival procession moves through an open dusty ground at Adi KAILASA. Large colourful umbrellas with painted panels in red, yellow, green and blue shade the crowd on the left, and tall yellow-orange banners on poles rise on the right. Many devotees wear saffron and orange robes with beaded garlands, while others wear white dhotis and shirts. Several men in white carry or steady the umbrellas and banners, and a man in an orange shawl walks at the centre-right. Strings of orange and red bunting hang across the background beneath a hazy sky.2009-01-01Outdoor ceremonial gathering beneath a large yellow and maroon canopy supported by bamboo poles, with decorated palanquins and umbrellas at the left. A bald man with a sacred thread wears a white dhoti and stands with his back to the camera at the front. A crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing, including schoolchildren and women in saris, surrounds a low decorated platform draped in a striped cloth. Several saffron-orange flags are planted among the crowd, and an ornate chariot-like structure stands in the background under clear skies.2010-12-22December 29 20082008-12-29December 24 20082008-12-24December 24 20082008-12-24Outdoor procession at a compound with dusty ground and corrugated-roof buildings. Several large ornate parasols in red, yellow and green with bird emblems and tasselled edges are carried above a crowd. Under the central parasol, a man in an orange-saffron garment with a garland stands near a figure wearing a red-and-gold cloth; a deity murti is not clearly identifiable. Around them, many people in white kurtas and dhotis, some in cream or orange, hold up palms or walk with a red flag in the background. A man in a light blue kurta and a cream-clad figure with a red shawl stand in the foreground. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be determined from appearance.2008-12-27December 29 20082008-12-29