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Saffron-clad sannyasis ride in an ornately decorated palanquin-style float with pink-trimmed panels, mirror-work motifs and red fringed canopy, during a procession at an outdoor festival. A bearded man in an orange turban and white floral garlands sits on the float beside another bearded man in orange robes and garlands. A man in a white shirt and orange cloth with a bead necklace stands at the front of the float, and red-capped boys in white uniforms walk alongside. Behind them a colourful multi-tiered temple shrine with painted pillars and a tall tree stand against the sky, and a large crowd watches from the roadside.

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January 29 20102010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29Evening procession on a brightly decorated ratha or float with pink, green and black geometric panels, rows of small lights and a red fringed canopy over a blue backdrop. Two men in saffron-orange robes sit inside the float: one with a full dark beard and a garland of white flowers, the other wearing an orange turban and white flower garland, waving with his right hand. A shaved-headed attendant in white stands at the lower front of the float, and a crescent moon shows in the pale dusk sky. Overhead wires and a signboard with printed text appear at the left edge.2010-01-29Outdoor ritual at a decorated chariot-like shrine (ratha) with a multi-tiered roof, pink and red trim, and mirror-embroidered panels. A saffron-clad sannyasi with a white flower garland and a rudraksha mala stands on the right, wearing an orange turban, and touches the chariot's wheel-like panel with a small object. Another saffron-robed person with a white garland bends forward at the centre, reaching toward the shrine. A bare-chested man in white cloth kneels at the lower left. A striped canopy and bright sky sit behind, and a person in orange is partly visible at the far right.2010-01-29Two seated sannyasis sit on a decorated chair platform framed by an ornate beaded and mirrored canopy with red fringe and a purple backdrop. The man on the right wears an orange turban, orange robes and a rudraksha mala, with white and pink flower garlands; he smiles and rests a hand on the armrest. The bearded man on the left wears orange robes, a white and orange garland, a red tilak and a red garland at his feet. A shaved-headed young man in white sits at the lower left and a person in orange is at the lower right. Overall this is a crowded outdoor darshan scene.2010-01-29A night-time photograph of an illuminated, ornately decorated ceremonial float or ratha with a multi-tiered domed top and lit arches framed in red, green and white patterned panels. Two seated men in saffron-orange robes with garlands sit side by side in the central alcove against a blue backdrop. The man on the left has a full dark beard, and the man on the right wears an orange turban and a white flower garland. Several white-clad men stand around the float's base, and a bald man in white is at the lower left. The float is decorated with strings of lights and is lit against a dark sky.2010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29A decorated ceremonial float with a pink and white painted canopy and colourful geometric panels rides past a white gopuram temple tower with tiered carved sculptures under a pale sky. Three men in orange-saffron robes sit on the float: one in the foreground has a grey beard and wears a white floral garland, a second wears an orange turban and a garland, and a third at the front right wears orange clothing with a wrapped scarf. Strings of small lights hang above the tower and a speaker sits at the left. A green and white banner runs along the bottom edge. The scene shows a procession near a temple.2010-01-29A decorated ceremonial palanquin with pink-trimmed, mirror-embellished panels and a red fringed canopy stands before a tall white multi-tiered temple gopuram with carved figures. Two saffron-robed men with white flower garlands sit inside the open palanquin; one wears an orange turban and the other has long hair and a pink cloth in hand. A third person in orange stands at the right edge beside the carriage. Several people in the crowd stand below at the left, and string lights hang across the sky above the temple tower.2010-01-29January 29 20102010-01-29