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Outdoor street procession in a residential compound. Ornate gold-tipped ceremonial parasols with yellow ruffled edges and green and gold panels are carried upright, and a red-and-multicolour umbrella stands behind them. A shirtless man in the foreground holds a parasol pole and raises one hand toward it. Behind him a large crowd of devotees, mostly women in saris and salwar kameez with some men in white shirts, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. An orange flag hangs at the left edge. Beige apartment buildings with balconies, trees and a metal gate form the background.

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October 10 20062006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10A street procession in an Indian town at dusk, with a crowd of devotees walking past shuttered shopfronts and a tin-roofed building. A colourful striped canopy with tasselled fringe, red, green and blue, is carried on poles at upper left, with a yellow and red banner beside it. Women in saris, one in teal with gold border and one in red and white, stand near the centre, some holding flower garlands. A man in a white shirt and dhoti at the lower left wears red and white bead bracelets, and an elderly man in white stands centre. A devotee in saffron-orange cloth stands in the middle distance. A boy in a blue shirt is held by a man in white.2009-01-30October 10 20062006-10-10October 10 20062006-10-10A crowded outdoor procession on a dusty ground in front of a long white building with a terracotta tiled roof. Two large multicoloured parasols with yellow, green and red panels and peacock-style motifs stand at left. Behind them, several people carry tall orange-and-gold pennants on poles. Many devotees wear white dhotis and white kurtas with red or orange shawls, while others wear saffron robes and rudraksha malas. Red and orange flags rise at the edges. The dense crowd, some raising hands, moves together around the procession. A woman holds a small child near the top centre. No person in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person by appearance.2008-12-27A dense outdoor procession on a street lined with colourful striped canopies with fringed tassels and tented stalls. Several men in white kurta-style clothes and orange-saffron shawls walk with palms pressed together. Two men at the front hold tall poles topped with ornamental umbrellas, one in cream clothing with an orange shawl. A woman in orange robes wears a garland of red and white flowers. Nearby, women in cream and floral saris with dark hair stand among the crowd, and Malaysian and other flags fly overhead. Bunting in green, red and blue hangs across the scene. Many more people fill the background. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance in this image.2008-01-01A street procession in daylight with a dense crowd of devotees walking past a white building with a blue-painted truck behind them. Two large umbrellas with red, green and yellow panels and tasselled fringes are held above the group. In the centre, a woman with long dark hair wears an orange sari and a multicoloured flower garland, with other people in orange, saffron, yellow and white clothing around her. Men in white shirts and dhotis, some with yellow shawls and rudraksha malas, walk alongside. Hand-held placards and banners are visible in the background. The scene shows a padayatra or ratha procession.2009-01-21December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor street procession at a decorated golden ratha-style palanquin with carved gilded pillars and a canopy, garlanded with white and orange flower strands, holding a deity murti and flower offerings on a red-carpeted platform. Two framed portraits on poles flank the shrine: one of a smiling white-bearded man in white head covering and a second portrait on the right of a figure in a white head covering and dark garment. A striped multicolour umbrella and two saffron flags stand nearby. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk beside, and a dense crowd of women in sarees, many with braided hair, and children face the shrine with hands folded. A woman in orange sari stands at left. Green trees and white boundary walls line the road.2006-10-10December 27 20082008-12-27A street procession moves along a dusty road lined with trees. Several men and women in white ritual clothes walk closely together. A man in the foreground at left, with a bald head, white beard and white shirt, holds a small white cloth bundle and wears a rudraksha mala. A bearded man in the centre wears an orange-saffron shawl over white clothes and holds a long metal staff with a fork-like tip. Behind him a young woman in a white sari with dark curly hair walks beside a woman in white. Two large ornate canopies with purple fringes and orange-gold parasols rise above the crowd, along with orange and yellow banners with painted emblems. A man at right in white kurta wears a thick rudraksha mala, and a woman in a lavender sari with gold jewellery stands at the edge.2005-12-31