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Outdoor street procession in a Karnataka town under a bright blue sky. A woman with long grey hair in a white top and plaid skirt stands in the foreground, a rudraksha mala around her neck. Behind her, an older man with white hair and a white moustache wears plain white ritual clothes and a white shawl. Nearby, devotees in white garments and white head cloths walk among decorated ratha-style palanquins with coloured canopies and a string of yellow banners overhead. Trees and power lines line the road.

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February 02 20072007-02-02Outdoor street procession under a clear blue sky, with a decorated ratha or palanquin-style float on the left topped by a white canopy with pink floral swags and colourful umbrella-shaped parasols. Strings of yellow pennant flags stretch across the road, and utility poles and palm trees line the background. Many devotees in white clothing walk along the road, several wearing white head coverings or white turbans. A woman on the far left has voluminous curly hair and carries a striped bag, while a man in the center wears a white kurta and a rudraksha-style necklace. Dense crowds fill the lower frame.2007-02-02A street procession of devotees in white clothing moves along a tree-lined road under a clear blue sky. In the foreground a woman in a white shawl and a man in a white kurta with dark beaded mala necklace walk with hands folded in prayer, carrying cloth bags. Behind them several colourful orange, green and blue ceremonial umbrellas with gold finials shade a decorated palanquin or ratha topped with a white canopy and floral garlands. Two figures in orange saffron robes ride or stand within the decorated vehicle, and more white-clad devotees follow. Yellow ribbon streamers hang from poles overhead.2007-02-02Outdoor street procession under bright sky with a line of people in white clothing walking along a road lined with trees. In the centre, a decorated palanquin-style float with a white canopy and colourful umbrellas, and orange-and-red fabric accents, is carried forward. Several white-clad devotees, including women with head coverings and a man in white with a shoulder bag, walk closely around it. A yellow festoon banner stretches across the upper right. Nearby buildings and palm trees frame the scene.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02Outdoor procession under a clear blue sky with a crowd of devotees in white clothing. Several large ornamental parasols with colourful embroidered canopies, gold finials and fringed edges are raised above the crowd, and red and orange flags fly behind them. Among the people, a man with white hair and a white beard wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala. A woman in a red-and-white sari holds a folded hand gesture, and another woman carries a flower garland. Clusters of coloured balloons float near a decorated ratha or palanquin in the background, beside a white compound wall and a tree.2008-12-29A street procession moves along a dusty road lined with trees. Several men and women in white ritual clothes walk closely together. A man in the foreground at left, with a bald head, white beard and white shirt, holds a small white cloth bundle and wears a rudraksha mala. A bearded man in the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl over white clothes and holds a long metal staff with a fork-like tip. Behind him a young woman in a white sari with dark curly hair walks beside a woman in white. Two large ornate canopies with purple fringes and orange-gold parasols rise above the crowd, along with orange and yellow banners with painted emblems. A man at right in white kurta wears a thick rudraksha mala, and a woman in a lavender sari with gold jewellery stands at the edge.2005-12-31December 29 20082008-12-29Outdoor road procession on a dry, tree-lined rural road under a pale blue sky. A large crowd of devotees walks along the asphalt, mostly in white clothing, with some women in blue and green saris and a few in orange shawls. At the centre, a decorated float or palanquin with a white canopy draped with pink flowers and a blue panel bearing an Om symbol is carried forward, with colourful striped umbrellas on poles. Two figures in saffron/orange robes sit within the float area; they are too small and distant to confirm any individual's identity. Utility poles and wires run along the roadside, and a white-capped man walks in front of the float.2007-02-02February 02 20072007-02-02A photograph of a street procession on a dirt road at Kumbhamela in South India, with a large shade tree and utility poles behind it. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas carry ornate multicoloured umbrellas on long poles, and one man in white holds a silver trident aloft. Orange-robed sadhus walk among them, one wearing an orange turban. Bystanders in white shirts, a woman in a red sari and a small boy watch from the roadside, and yellow bunting is strung across the sky. Several people are visible.2007-02-02