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A night-time procession photographed outdoors on a sandy ground. In the foreground, two women in white dresses with orange shawls carry tall golden-yellow ceremonial banners with red and teal embroidered panels, each bearing a central emblem. Men in white and orange robes flank them holding long silver staffs with ornate finials. Behind them, a crowd of people in red shirts and white dhotis gathers in the dark. One woman looks upward while the other walks forward holding a banner pole.

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November 21 20102010-11-21Night procession photographed in dim light. Several devotees in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls carry ceremonial standards: a tall gold-toned flag with a pointed notch, a long gold leaf-shaped staff, a silver staff, and a fringed yellow-and-orange banner. Foreground women hold the gold staffs; behind them a man in white and an older man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace walk among others. A woman in a green shawl and floral dress stands at right. Partly visible fabric lies at lower left.2007-01-01Night procession at an outdoor temple setting, with a dense crowd lining a dirt path. Two parallel rows of attendants in white clothes and orange-saffron shawls carry large golden-yellow ceremonial standards with red and blue emblems and green embroidery, plus rows of colourful umbrellas with red, orange and blue canopies. A small illuminated shrine structure with a tiered top is visible in the background. Many onlookers in white, orange and red clothing stand along the path. No individual can be confidently identified as a candidate for a person in this image.2007-01-01A night procession on a dirt road lit by distant lights. Devotees in white clothes carry tall golden ornate standards with red, orange and teal embroidered fabric panels and a blue circular emblem, along with golden parasols. In the foreground, a man in white shirt and cream dhoti and a woman in a white sari with gold border lead the line, both holding standards. Behind them a young boy in yellow top and red shorts walks beside a standard, and a few people in saffron and orange garments follow. The scene suggests a ritual procession.2015-11-15November 16 20152015-11-16December 20 20062006-12-20December 23 20062006-12-23February 21 20162016-02-21A dark nighttime procession on sandy ground, lit only by a few distant lamps. At centre, a figure in an orange-saffron robe with a rudraksha-style mala walks at the head of a group of people in white dhotis and white shirts. Two attendants on the sides hold tall silver staffs topped with a trident and with yellow-and-orange fringed banners. Several umbrella-like canopies with patterned, colourful borders are raised above the group. A woman in a pale yellow sari stands at the left edge, and a man in white stands at the right, holding a staff. Several people in white carry ceremonial items. The scene is a ceremonial procession with flags, staffs and canopies.2006-12-23December 31 20152015-12-31Night procession on a dirt path with a glowing temple structure in the background. A shaven-headed man in a white dhoti and white shawl with gold border walks at front, with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, beneath a multicoloured ceremonial umbrella held on a long pole. Beside him an orange-robed figure walks, and a woman in an orange sari with a red shawl and others follow. Many devotees in white kurtas, yellow and pink saris and shawls carry saffron flags on poles. Several men in white dhotis stand to the right with hands folded in greeting.2011-12-05September 05 20132013-09-05