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Outdoor procession at a white building with a gold-patterned ratha or palanquin panel on the left edge. Several decorated umbrellas in green, red, yellow and blue with tassels are held above the crowd. A man in saffron/orange robes with long dark hair stands near the gold panel, and a man in a red-and-white garment with a rudraksha-style necklace walks beside him. Other people in white shirts and dhotis surround the procession, some holding umbrella poles, and an orange flag hangs from a pole at the upper left. A small brass or metal pot with flowers is visible near the gold panel. Palm trees and open fields appear in the background.

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Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a gilded wooden ratha or chariot panel with embossed floral patterns at a procession. A central figure with long, swept-back dark hair wears a flowing saffron-orange robe and is accompanied by attendants in white with saffron shawls. Behind them, bystanders hold large multicoloured fringed ceremonial umbrellas with red, green, yellow and blue panels. A bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands near the chariot, and a man in a white shirt and rudraksha mala smiles in the foreground. Orange flags and a white building with green windows appear in the background.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor procession scene with a central figure in an orange saffron robe, long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, hands pressed together in greeting as he bends toward an older bald-headed man in white with a sacred thread and grey hair. Under large red and yellow embroidered canopy umbrellas with tassels, a crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis, some with white caps, surrounds them. A drummer with a drum is at left and a white car is parked in a flat field behind. The central figure matches the ceremonial cues of the page subject, but identity is uncertain from appearance. Several men in orange and saffron robes stand nearby.2009-01-21January 21 20092009-01-21Outdoor procession on dirt ground under trees. Several large colourful ceremonial parasols with multicoloured panels and fringes are held aloft over a central figure. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a flower garland and a long orange shawl walks at the centre, flanked by devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, some with orange shawls. Ceremonial items such as a trident-tipped staff are carried. At right, a cameraman films, and a row of young men in black shirts with green lanyards walks alongside. A woman in white holds a flower-filled brass tray. A bearded man in white with an orange shawl and a rudraksha mala stands in the foreground at right. The scene reads as a Guru Poornima procession with paada pooja; the saffron-robed central figure's identity is not established from appearance alone.2007-07-29January 01 20082008-01-01July 29 20072007-07-29Outdoor photo of a crowd gathered around a central figure in a saffron-orange robe with long, curly dark hair, who holds a brass oil lamp (aarti) in one hand and raises the other hand toward a devotee's head. Surrounding devotees wear white clothing with orange shawls, several with rudraksha malas; some have hands pressed together. A decorated golden-finialed ceremonial umbrella with red, green and yellow fabric, and a golden ornamental staff, stand to the right beside a green metal gate, and a small orange-walled building with a white dove emblem is behind them.2009-12-23July 29 20072007-07-29January 21 20092009-01-21December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor procession scene at a gathering with a crowd of devotees. Two figures with long, dark, curly hair stand in the centre-left wearing saffron/orange robes, one with a shawl draped over the shoulder. A woman in a blue top and a boy in a blue shirt with glasses stand with palms joined in namaste. Behind them, people in white and yellow clothing gather, and an older man in white shirt and glasses stands with hands raised. A decorated umbrella in red, yellow and blue and a gold-and-red ornate staff or standard stand at the upper right near a green gate. Onlookers in white shirts line the background beside a small orange building with a window.2009-12-23