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A night-time photograph of a procession on a dirt road at a temple-like compound. Around two dozen people in plain white dhotis and white kurtas or saris stand in two lines along the road, some holding colourful striped umbrellas and staffs. A striped canopy and an ornate gate stand in the background beside a small white building with a lit lamp post overhead. One woman on the right wears an orange-bordered sari. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is asserted.

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Night-time photograph of a dirt road at an ashram, with a procession of people dressed in white moving toward a gate. Several colourful striped parasols or umbrellas with bright red, orange and green patterns are carried above the group. Some marchers wear white dhotis and white kurtas, while women on the right wear white saris, one with a light blue border. A bright street lamp lights the scene, and a white building with a red-roofed edge stands at the right. Some people stand at the sides of the road watching. The people are visible and roughly counted at the scene; the participants appear to be in a gurupoornima style procession with parasols.2007-07-29Night photograph of a procession on a dirt ground lined on both sides by devotees dressed in white. Those on the left and right hold up large colourful parasols with red, blue, orange and green panels, golden finials and fringed tassels, forming a corridor down the centre. Several figures in white kurta and dhoti stand along the path, while a few people in orange robes are visible further back in the middle distance. Dark sky and a few distant lights frame the scene.2007-07-29March 24 20082008-03-24March 24 20082008-03-24Night procession at an outdoor ground with several large colourful parasols, orange, red, green and blue with fringed tassels, held aloft over a group of people. Men and women wear white and cream clothing, with orange shawls over some shoulders and orange-and-white dhotis. A man in white at centre holds a folded white cloth and gestures; a man at left points toward the group. On the right a bald young man in white dhoti and shirt stands beside a parasol shaft, and a golden ceremonial umbrella edge appears at top right. Dusty ground and a dark night sky frame the scene.2007-01-01January 03 20082008-01-03Night procession at an ashram-like compound, with a crowd of people dressed mostly in white dhotis and kurtas moving along a sandy path. Several ornate umbrellas with bright red, blue, yellow and orange patterned canopies and fringed edges are carried above the crowd, and a few men in black shirts and orange cloth walk among them. A white building with a corrugated roof stands at right, lit by overhead street lamps, and a decorated arch glows in the background. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person; the scene shows devotees and processional umbrellas.2006-12-23A night-time photograph of two long lines of devotees standing facing each other along a dirt path, forming an aisle for a procession. On the left, women wear white saris with coloured borders, one in a pink sari and one in a red sari. On the right, men wear white dhotis and shirts, one in a pale blue shirt with trousers. Dim lights and small white buildings sit in the background under a dark sky.2007-07-29A night procession moves along a dirt path, with a dense crowd of devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls. Several men carry large ornate umbrellas with fringed, multicoloured canopies and tasselled finials, and two men at the front hold tall decorated staffs. In the centre, a man in a bright orange robe walks ahead of two men in saffron-brown robes, one of whom holds a small metal deity murti. A child in a yellow shirt walks at right. Bright bokeh light spots fill the dark sky above the group.2008-01-03January 02 20162016-01-02November 16 20152015-11-16Night outdoor procession on a dirt ground lit by a bright floodlight. A bearded man in a saffron-orange robe with an orange shawl stands in the centre, barefoot, at the head of a long double line of people in white dhotis and white kurtas or saris with yellow shawls and yellow sashes. Several participants hold coloured and ornate ceremonial umbrellas on tall poles. Rangoli kolam patterns in white and yellow decorate the ground in front of the line. A cameraman with a shoulder camera stands among the line on the right. A whitewashed building with a signboard reading a temple name is behind the procession, with a decorated ratha-like float partly visible under the lights. Coconut palms are silhouetted against the dark sky. The scene resembles a welcoming procession.2009-11-16