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Outdoor temple procession scene with a decorated shrine and a large white fringed canopy over a deity murti in a tall painted frame. Several men in white dhotis and yellow shawls are gathered at the platform, some with pink and green coloured powder marks on their clothes. A man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands at right holding a staff. Painted columns with blue, red and yellow patterns and dried leaves frame the scene, and a red brick building stands behind.

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Outdoor Dasara celebration at a temple courtyard under a tin roof, with a large white ceremonial umbrella and painted decorative pillars in blue, red and yellow. Several men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stand around a raised red-and-white platform where a deity murti or image is being lifted and adjusted. A man in an orange cloth with long dark hair stands at center, and another man in white has pink and green colour smeared on his clothes and face. A small shrine structure with orange-clad figures stands in the background.2010-10-17Outdoor festival procession at a temple courtyard under a corrugated roof with palm trees behind. A large deity murti of a goddess with multiple arms, holding weapons, is carried aloft on a white lace-decorated palanquin frame, with a fringed red-and-white canopy at right. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts surround and lift the image; some are smeared with pink and green colour powder. A man in an orange kurta with a long necklace and a bare-chested man in a dhoti stand at left, arms outstretched. A decorated pole with streamers and paper flags hangs overhead, and offering trays sit on a purple cloth on the ground.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A festival procession at a temple courtyard under a corrugated roof. A large multi-armed deity murti of a goddess, dressed in white and silver with red garlands, rides on a white palanquin decorated with a tiger figure at its base. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some splashed with pink and magenta powder, carry or push the palanquin. On the left, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and holds a pink cloth. A colourful painted pillar with floral and bird motifs stands at right, and orange and yellow banners hang from the roof. Five people are visible.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor Dasara procession scene at Sripuram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Hyderabad. A clay-white goddess murti with red face, dark hair and a red garland sits on a lion mount on a decorated wooden ratha under a corrugated roof. A man in white dhoti and magenta-pink colour-splashed shawl stands in front of it, and white-clad attendants in yellow scarves and bare upper bodies push or steady the cart. On the left, a man in white with a yellow scarf watches. Beside the cart a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe, orange shawl, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and orange garland, holding a pink cloth near the murti. A white umbrella and painted kalasha-style poles frame the scene, and a red-orange temple wall is behind.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A photograph of an outdoor festival procession near an orange-walled building under trees. A large crowd fills the dirt ground, many people with faces, arms and clothes smeared with bright pink, yellow, green and blue colour powder. At centre, a man in an orange robe walks beside a figure in white dhoti holding a multicoloured canopy umbrella with a golden finial. Women in white and pastel saris, some with yellow shawls and gold necklaces, stand nearby. On the right, a large white-and-blue decorated image of a goddess with raised arms and a sword is carried on poles, surrounded by attendants in white and yellow. Spectators in casual clothes watch from the edges.2010-10-17