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Outdoor festival procession on dry, open ground with orange flags, a large silver trident and umbrellas in the background. A crowd presses close around a long-haired man in an orange shawl and a white floral garland, who grips a bundle of wooden poles wrapped in white cloth with gold-bordered edges. Other devotees in white shirts and orange sashes crowd around the poles, and a woman in a light blue shawl stands at left. Tents and a vehicle are visible in the distance. Whether the garlanded man is the a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.

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December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor festival procession with many people crowded together under a clear sky. Orange saffron flags on tall poles rise behind the crowd, and a decorated ceremonial pole with a metal trident-like finial stands at right. Around him, a woman in a white top and orange shawl and a younger man in white lift long bamboo poles draped with white cloth. At lower left a young girl in a light blue dress with a child on her hip watches. A woman in dark-framed glasses and an orange shawl stands at lower right, and several men in white shirts and orange scarves surround the group.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor procession with saffron flags and decorated umbrellas over a dusty field. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron shawl, a white-and-orange flower garland and a white dhoti, while devotees in white shirts and saffron shawls crowd around him. A woman in a teal sari holds a small child at left. At right, a man in glasses and a saffron shawl walks beside a long wooden pole carried on the shoulders of attendants, with a metal trident-like ornament on a pole above. Crowded procession scene.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Crowded outdoor procession photographed in daylight under a clear blue sky. Men in white shirts and white dhotis press against long wooden poles of a carriage or palanquin frame, several gripping the bamboo-like poles with their hands. Saffron-orange flags on tall poles rise behind, alongside ceremonial umbrellas with coloured fringes and a large ornate silver trident (trishul) held upright at right. A man in a white garment with a red-and-gold border is visible at the centre, partially obscured by the crowd. One man wears orange cloth around his neck and a white sacred thread area, with tilak marks on his forehead. Dry open ground and a distant building are visible behind the flags.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor procession crowd at a festival, with many people in saffron and orange shawls and white clothing. In the foreground, a woman in a saffron garment with a flower garland holds long dark sugarcane stalks, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands beside her. Behind them, tall orange flags and a silver trident-shaped staff rise above the crowd, along with ornate umbrellas with orange and blue canopies. A young child is held by a woman in a blue sari on the left. Several people are wearing white and orange garments; a man in glasses at right wears a saffron shawl over white clothes.2007-12-25A photograph of an outdoor festival procession on dry, open ground under a bright sky. Many people in white and orange clothing crowd together. A central figure with long dark hair wears a white and green garland, an orange shawl and a tilak, and appears to be a senior participant in the procession. Men in orange shawls and white dhotis surround him, and a woman in white with a child stands at left. Orange flags with a circular emblem flutter above, and large ceremonial umbrellas in orange, green and blue with gold fringe frame the scene. A silver staff with a serpent-like finial and bundled sugarcane poles are held aloft. Individuals in the foreground are holding long sticks.2007-12-25