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A photograph of a procession near a framed portrait garlanded with yellow and white flowers. In the foreground on the left, a person in an orange garment with long dark hair raises one arm holding a small object. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts walk in line, one carrying a drum with pink and red trim. The framed portrait shows a smiling figure with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a long beaded necklace, seated cross-legged; it is a printed picture, not a living person. Red flowers and a carved brass or bronze figure sit at its base. Colourful vertical banners with geometric patterns and red pennants stand behind, and white flower garlands hang along the frame.

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A procession outdoors at an event with strings of pennants and bunting overhead. At left, a man with long dark hair and a saffron-orange robe, wearing a white flower garland with maroon accents and a rudraksha-style necklace, smiles and gestures toward a framed portrait. The portrait, decorated with yellow marigold and white jasmine garlands, shows a smiling figure with long dark hair in orange robes and a pearl-style necklace seated in meditation, set on a carved stone base. Behind, men in white dhotis and white shirts, some carrying a drum, follow the procession.2007-01-01A photograph of an outdoor ceremony with a long-haired priest in an orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with a gold armband, raising a leafy green sprig overhead toward a large framed portrait. The framed portrait shows a smiling figure seated in meditation in orange robes with a white flower garland, a red bindi, and raised hand, surrounded by a canopy of yellow and red flower garlands and white blossoms. Around the priest, devotees in white shirts and dhotis stand, some holding small brass items and one woman in a sari with folded hands. Orange and red pennants and a striped decorative pole hang on a metal scaffold behind them, with trees and a water tank in the background. A brass vessel sits in the lower left foreground.2007-01-01December 23 20082008-12-23January 12 20072007-01-12A photograph of a festival procession under a decorated pandal with red, white and blue patterned pillars and orange-red streamers. In the left foreground a man in a white dhoti and shirt beats a large barrel drum with a stick, and a portrait of a saffron-robed figure in a flower garland sits on an easel beside a carved stone lion. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, several with rudraksha malas and orange waist cloths, stands with hands folded or holds instruments, while women in white and orange saris stand near the right. A small deity murti is visible in the background among the decorations.2007-01-01December 23 20082008-12-23February 24 20072007-02-24August 01 20082008-08-01December 22 20182018-12-22 +2 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23A procession in a village street. Centre, a man in saffron robes wears a long pink-and-red flower garland draped to his waist and holds his hands together at his front. Beside him, a bearded man in an orange shawl over white clothes stands close. Around them, men in white shirts and dhotis and men in orange shawls press forward; one holds a silver ceremonial staff and a drummer at lower left beats a drum with yellow and red markings. Above, a fringed canopy with tassels and colourful paper rosettes decorates the scene, and a yellow-gold banner trails in the foreground. Several people are visible in the procession crowd.2006-11-13July 28 20142014-07-28