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A crowded outdoor festival procession at a rural compound with palm and banana-leaf decorations and strings of orange triangular flags. Many people in white ritual clothes walk among them, while others wear saffron-orange garments and one woman wears a blue head covering. Two decorated umbrellas with blue, yellow and green patterns stand at left, and a blue sign with black lettering is mounted on a wall in the background. Bamboo poles and hanging green and white ornaments frame the path.

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A procession on a dirt road between a low wall and trees in morning light. Many people in white ritual clothing walk in a crowd, several carrying tall orange flags with a blue emblem. Colourful umbrellas with blue, yellow, green and red panels and fringed edges are held aloft above the group. Behind them a blue vehicle is partly visible, and a few people in orange and yellow garments walk among the white-clad participants. Trees and a palm line the background.2008-12-23A photograph of an outdoor procession on a dirt path lined with palm trees, with a white tent and flags in the background. Many people in white clothing walk along the path, including men in white dhotis and shirts and women in white saris and colourful saris. A tall palanquin-style canopy with a multicoloured striped top is carried in the middle of the procession, and saffron-orange flags wave on poles along the route. Onlookers stand on the left in everyday clothes, some holding bags, and a few children are visible among them. The scene reads as a ritual procession with devotees in ceremonial white attire.2008-07-17December 29 20092009-12-29December 30 20082008-12-30Aerial view of a large outdoor procession on a dirt road through an ashram grounds. A palanquin-style ornate decorated vehicle with garlanded flowers and a kalasha-topped canopy leads the crowd, with a figure in orange robes seated or standing near its front. Crowds in white clothes walk alongside, many carrying orange-red flags, and several people hold large ornate parasols in red, yellow and blue. Some hold printed placards with portrait photos and text. Red tent walls, banana plants, parked vehicles and a green dustbin line the route. Overhead, a painted sky and trees complete the scene.2010-07-24December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A festival procession at an outdoor ground in Bidadi. Dense crowds of devotees, mostly in white and red clothing, surround orange and saffron flags bearing a blue emblem. Several figures in red and gold-trimmed garments play drums and lead the group, while colourful striped umbrellas and a large kalasha-style fringed banner are carried above. A man in orange robes with a garland and long hair stands near the centre, with a white-clad attendant beside him. Green banana and palm leaves frame the foreground, and a chain-link fence and dry land lie behind the crowd.2008-12-30Outdoor festival procession on a dusty road beside a raised earth embankment. Crowds in white clothing crowd the route, many in white shirts and white dhotis or kurtas, with women in saris and salwars including one in a yellow-orange sari and another in a brown shawl. Large orange flags with blue emblems and blue flags are carried aloft, and several ornate multicoloured umbrellas and a decorated red-and-gold canopy border shade the procession. A figure in orange robes stands at right among the crowd. Banners on a building behind read International Ashrams, and a loudspeaker hangs on a pole overhead.2009-06-29A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with banana plants, palm trees and strings of orange bunting, with a clear blue sky and distant hills. Several colourful decorated parasols with embroidered gold and red panels are carried above the group. Men in saffron and orange robes walk in front, while people in white dhotis and white saris follow, with orange sashes on some. Crowds stand along the road on the left. At the lower right, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala photographs the procession. Large numbers of people fill the scene.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor procession on a dirt road with a decorated palanquin at left, its golden canopy hung with colourful tassels, garlands and bells. A bald man in a saffron-orange robe stands at the palanquin with a staff, appearing to be a sannyasi. Crowds of devotees in white clothes and white dhotis or saris carry orange flags, and several colourful umbrellas shade the group. Some people hold blank white placards.2010-07-24