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Outdoor procession at a Bidadi ashram celebration with saffron-robed sannyasis walking along a dirt path. In the left foreground, a bearded man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a gold-beaded necklace, extends his arm toward the crowd beside yellow marigold garlands. Behind him, a shaved-headed monk in orange and white walks, and a sannyasi in an orange turban and rudraksha mala walks at centre. A multicoloured canopy with a yellow and green pattern, and a red-and-gold flag on a pole, rise above them. On the right, men in white kurtas and grey shirts stand with hands folded in greeting, and a man blows a long brass horn.

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Outdoor procession on a dirt path with orange-robed devotees. In the centre, a man in saffron robes wears a long multicoloured flower garland and walks barefoot beneath a large multicoloured ceremonial umbrella with gold finial. Two attendants in saffron carry tall gold-topped staffs beside him, and one wears a gold-bead necklace. Behind them, people in white and orange walk along, and a man in a black shirt stands at the left. A bystander with long dark hair and a gold-bead mala is at the right edge. Trees and a plain sky form the background.2009-12-23Outdoor procession under colourful fringed canopies with blue, pink and yellow tassels. A young man in orange robes and an orange turban stands centre-right, wearing a long dark rudraksha mala and holding a bead string in his hands. Beside him, a man in orange with a yellow garland and a bearded man in orange robes walk among devotees; an elderly bald man in orange and a man in white clothes are also in the crowd. Behind them is an ornate gold-carved wooden structure, and at lower left a man holds a yellow flower garland with green leaves. Crowd of devotees in white and orange behind.2009-01-16December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 30 20072007-12-30A procession on a dirt path lined with palm trees. A young man in saffron-orange robes with a long red-and-white flower garland walks barefoot at centre, flanked by two saffron-robed sannyasis with beards and rudraksha malas. A man in white on the left wears a dark mala and a pendant, and devotees in white and cream stand along the path, several with hands pressed in anjali. Two ceremonial parasol-style umbrellas with green, red and yellow fringed canopies and a tasselled pennant are carried above the group. Petals scatter on the ground.2009-12-24December 23 20082008-12-23December 27 20082008-12-27December 23 20082008-12-23December 27 20082008-12-27December 23 20082008-12-23