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Outdoor festival photograph under a striped tent with a green mat floor scattered with petals. In the centre, a man in a grey shirt and khaki trousers stands barefoot striking a spiked wooden implement while four people in white or white-and-orange clothing sit on the mat, one in a white dhoti and orange sash in the foreground with hands raised holding a round object to the head. Behind them, seated figures in orange and white at a red-draped dais under colourful umbrellas, with a white-robed attendant standing to the right, and a large crowd of devotees in white and orange seated along the right and back. Roughly 40 or more people visible.

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December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor cultural performance under a pink and maroon tent on a green mat strewn with petals. Several performers in white and red-bordered dress perform martial-style moves; one man in a grey shirt and cream trousers stands in a lunge, a woman in white with a long braid sits on the mat, and a performer in orange lower cloth and white top sits balancing an object. Behind them, a seated group in orange and white robes, including a figure in saffron with a red-orange cloth, sits on a white dais beside a red-draped table. Colourful parasol-style canopies and a crowd of devotees in white fill the background. Visible people number roughly thirty-five.2007-12-30Outdoor ceremony under a pink and maroon striped tent with a green mat floor scattered with petals. In the foreground, several people sit on the mat in white and red-orange cloth, while a man in a grey shirt stands raising his arm and holding a short wooden stick over a seated woman in white. Behind them, a seated figure in orange robes and a man in saffron sit beneath colourful striped umbrellas near a red-covered platform. Many devotees in white and orange dress sit and stand along the sides, and a photographer in white with an orange sash takes pictures at right.2007-12-30An outdoor tent event on a green mat stage with a magenta draped backdrop and two multicoloured ornate umbrellas. Seated on a white platform behind a red-draped table, a figure in orange robes and an orange turban sits among others in white. Several men and women in white and orange stand and sit along the sides. In the foreground, a man in grey shirt holds up a coconut over a woman in white who kneels, while younger men in white vests and red-and-blue cloths sit on the mat, scattered with petals and coconuts. A woman in white with a braid sits at right. A photographer in white with an orange scarf stands at right, and a crowd of seated devotees fills the right side.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Outdoor photo of a festival stage under a pink and white tent with a green mat floor scattered with flower petals. On a raised red-draped platform, a figure in orange robes and an orange shawl with a beaded necklace sits centrally among others in white and orange, with a second orange-robed figure behind. Several attendants in white clothes with orange shawls stand around the platform. A man in grey clothes holds a decorated umbrella over a seated group. Three women in white with red waistcloths sit on the mat, one holding a coconut overhead, while others and a man in an orange-striped waistcloth sit in front. Seated devotees in white fill the background, and a cameraman in white stands at right. Ornate multicolour umbrellas and brass lamps stand at left.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30Women in colourful silk saris dance barefoot on a green tarpaulin stage during an outdoor cultural performance. Several dancers balance tall decorated brass kalasha-style pots with flowers on their heads, and one wears an orange and yellow sari with a red blouse. Behind them, a seated figure in orange robes and a rudraksha-style garland sits on a white cloth-covered seat before a red-draped platform, flanked by people in white clothes and orange shawls. Ornate striped and multicoloured canopies, a trident and a pink backdrop frame the scene.2007-12-30December 30 20072007-12-30A cultural performance on a green mat under a pink and gold draped pavilion. Women in red-and-white checked saris with purple blouses and white flower garlands in their hair kneel in a semicircle, bowing with hands on the ground. Two dancers in the centre hold brass ritual items and stand before a red-draped dais. Colourful striped parasols with tassels stand behind them. Several people in white clothes and orange shawls, including a saffron-robed figure, sit or stand on the dais and along the back. Seated women in white and orange saris line the right side.2007-12-30