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Night procession photo in a crowd of devotees with an umbrella overhead. Behind them stands a deity murti with silver face, decorated with garlands of white and orange flowers and a colourful headdress, carried forward amid incense smoke. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white with a white and red forehead mark holds a silver aarti lamp with several flames. Other men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas, some with white tilaka, press close, and a man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard and badge walks at right. Oil lamp flames and lit lamps light the scene.

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February 11 20132013-02-11A crowded night procession with smoke and flames rising from oil lamps held near a decorated palanquin carrying silver deity murtis garlanded with yellow and white flowers and red fabric. A figure in saffron-orange robes, a large gold-beaded necklace, and a saffron head wrap stands in the right foreground, with an orange umbrella with tasselled edges overhead. Around them, devotees in white and bare-chested men with sacred marks and white shirts press forward, some with hands folded. A man in a white shirt wears a lanyard badge. A small group in front of the palanquin carries oil lamps and a silver-coloured object. Warm stage-like lighting from the upper right. a person appears in the right foreground, identified by the saffron robes, gold necklace and saffron head wrap, standing in a procession.2013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11Night procession at an outdoor setting with dark sky behind. Central deity murti of Venkateshwara is carried on a palanquin decorated with white and orange flower garlands, flanked by two smaller murtis. Two ornate parasols with green and red fringed canopies shelter the procession. Torch bearers in white shirts hold lit flames on long poles at right and left, and a lamp stand with several flames stands at left. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest with a white vertical tilak and a bare chest wears a yellow-and-red dhoti and a sacred thread, and an older man with grey hair and a bare chest in a yellow dhoti holds a small metal vessel. Several men in white shirts wear blue event lanyards and badges. A few other men in dhotis and shirts stand nearby, and a woman with long light hair stands at far left. No person in the scene is identified as a person.2013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11Night procession at an ashram with a dense crowd in warm lamplight. Central focus is a flower-garlanded deity murti of Venkateshwara flanked by two smaller silver-faced utsava murtis, carried on a palanquin beneath a red-and-green umbrella. Bare-chested priests in traditional dhoti, one holding a brass aarti lamp with a flame, others with sacred thread and white forehead tilak. On the right, a figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban wears gold beaded necklaces, while a man in white shirt wears a blue lanyard. Many devotees press around, several in white and some with shaved heads. Burning flames rise near the procession.2013-02-11Night procession at Kumbhapuri with a crowd pressing close around a palanquin carrying three decorated deity murtis draped in red and white garlands, with lit oil lamps and a lamp held forward on a tray. Shirtless priests with rudraksha malas and sacred thread, and a man in a white shirt with a blue lanyard, stand with hands folded in namaskar. A bald priest in a white dhoti holds a large brass vessel. At the right, a man in an orange turban holds a long silver ceremonial staff. Torches burn at the top edge of the frame. Vibhuti and tilaka marks are visible on several faces.2013-02-11Night photo of a crowd at a procession. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind wears a large orange-and-yellow turban and orange robes, with a rudraksha-style neck adornment not clearly visible. Behind, several men in white and yellow dhotis and shirts stand close together, one bare-chested with a shaved head, another in an orange shawl and red-and-yellow cloth. A man in a white shirt with an ID lanyard and a man holding a camera stand among them. At left, a deity murti with a decorated canopy and umbrella, and several flaming torches or lamps held aloft against a dark background.2013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11