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A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with coconut palms. Musicians in white dhotis play a drum and a long wind instrument, and a bare-chested drummer leads the group. Behind them, devotees in white and saffron walk beside decorated ornamental umbrellas with red and gold fringes. A tall tapered wooden pole stands in the background, and a canopied palanquin carried in the centre glows with orange and gold drapery. Many people in white and orange clothing fill the road, and a small stall stands at the right edge.

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December 27 20092009-12-27December 27 20092009-12-27December 29 20082008-12-29January 13 20152015-01-13December 27 20092009-12-27December 27 20092009-12-27A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with coconut palms. Musicians in white dhotis and kurtas play drums and a long horn-like wind instrument, while others in white and saffron-trimmed clothing walk alongside. Several tall ceremonial banners with orange and gold fabric and red emblems are carried aloft. A thatched shelter and a large framed portrait with a banner stand at the left, and a few spectators in white saris and light clothing watch from the right. The scene has a dusty, sunny outdoor setting.2009-12-27A photograph of a large outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with tall banana plants and a low fence. Many men in white dhotis and white shirts walk and dance, some carrying long wooden poles and flagged staffs with yellow and orange banners. A man in a grey shirt beats a large drum on a strap, and a tall ornate chariot with an orange canopy appears in the distance. Dust and bright haze fill the open field, with a few onlookers in the foreground.2010-01-01December 29 20082008-12-29A dusty dirt road procession at an outdoor ashram-style event. At the centre, a decorated ratha chariot topped with a large orange-and-gold canopy carries a deity murti, flanked by two smaller ornate canopied floats in red, yellow and blue. Dozens of men and women in white dhotis, white saris and white kurtas walk alongside, many wearing lanyards, while saffron-robed sannyasis walk among them. A musician in a white dhoti plays a long wind instrument, and another drummer in white beats a drum. Tin-roofed sheds and water tanks sit in the background under a hazy sky. No individual can be identified as a person from appearance.2009-12-27October 17 20102010-10-17December 27 20092009-12-27