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Outdoor procession on a sunny day beside a red boundary wall with palm trees behind. A large white canopy with multicoloured fringe (red, green, yellow, blue) is carried over a crowd, and a smaller yellow umbrella is held aloft at right. Many participants wear saffron and orange garments, with some in white dhotis and a few bare-chested men with rudraksha malas. Women wear traditional sarees and jewellery, and some carry red flags and ceremonial staffs topped with ornaments. A cameraman with a shoulder rig films at right, and a figure in white with a bare upper body stands near the centre-back.

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December 30 20172017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30Outdoor procession on a paved courtyard beside a red boundary wall and trees. A multicoloured fringed canopy with a red flag is carried above a central figure in red robes wearing a long flower garland and gold ornaments. Around him, many devotees in orange and saffron clothing, white dhotis, and sarees in red, green, pink, and maroon walk alongside, some holding brass kalasha pots and offering trays, while people with cameras and phones film the procession. Several women in red and pink saris and a child in white stand in the foreground with hands folded. Hindu procession and ratha-style ceremony with devotees, kalasha pots and multiple onlookers.2017-12-30A procession of many people in saffron and orange robes moves across a sunlit courtyard beside white tent fabric and a concrete structure. Drummers beat large drums and a brass horn is played. A man in a red-and-orange canopy-bearing group carries a red cloth banner, and a multicoloured fringed parasol is held aloft. Several participants wear rudraksha malas, ornate gold headpieces and matted or long hair, and one figure in front carries a trident. Several people in white dhotis walk among them. A gold umbrella with a trident finial is visible at upper right. The scene reads as a ceremonial ashram procession.2017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30A procession of many people in saffron and orange robes moves across an open courtyard lined with white tent fabric. Several drummers beat silver drums while walking, and a man in a long orange robe with long black hair walks at the center. A large ceremonial parasol with multicoloured fringed tassels is held aloft, and a gold-decorated palanquin or ratha stands at the left edge. Some participants wear crowns, floral garlands and tilaka markings, and many women have long black hair and red bindi and beaded jewellery.2017-12-30A festival procession moves along a dusty red-earth path lined with trees. Dozens of participants in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls wear rudraksha malas and flower garlands. Several young men play hand drums and cymbals, and a woman in white with a red-bordered cloth leads near the front holding a long red flag. Large colourful parasols and red flags rise above the crowd, and a long-haired figure with ornate gold adornments walks in the middle of the group.2017-12-30A festive procession moves through a dusty courtyard beside white tent canopies. In front, a drummer in a white shirt and rudraksha mala raises his arm and beats a drum, surrounded by many devotees in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, many with long hair tied back. A large red flag bearing a faded portrait image flies above the crowd, and behind it a palanquin draped with multicoloured cloth and garlands is carried along, with a trident-topped staff and pink parasol visible. Several people in white and pastel dhotis and saris walk among the marchers, and a wooden ratha or chariot-style cart with carved panels sits at the left edge. Many drums, cymbals and processional instruments are played as the procession advances.2017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30A festival procession moves through a dusty street lined with a pink building and corrugated roofs. Robed devotees in saffron and orange clothing walk behind a central figure in a white dhoti and shawl, adorned with a garland of flowers and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, who walks beneath a decorated canopy topped with multicoloured tassels. Men in orange lead the crowd, one on a gold-decorated vehicle with speakers, another playing a hand drum. Red flags are carried alongside the procession, and a woman in orange holds a camera. Onlookers stand at the sides. a person candidate is visible in appearance-based cues: long swept hair, garlands and beaded necklace, probable identity, but uncertain.2017-12-30