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Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road beneath a clear sky, with orange and saffron flags on tall poles and a red draped tent behind. Two ornate palanquin-style canopies hung with white and orange flower garlands and gold finials are carried forward. A drummer in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a drum at left. A performer in an orange and blue costume with a red headdress and white garland dances with a raised sword. Figures in saffron robes and orange shawls, one wearing a garland, walk in the procession. Other participants wear yellow, blue and white clothing, and rows of women in white saris with yellow shawls stand at right. Palm trees appear in the background.

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Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road, with a red and white draped canopy behind. Two ornate palanquin-style carriages topped with spiked finials, draped in orange and teal cloth and hung with white flower garlands, are carried forward. Orange and saffron flags with blue and red emblems rise above the procession. Drummers in white kurtas and white caps play large drums at left. Men in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha-style garlands walk alongside, one wearing a red turban and another a multicoloured turban. Men in blue and yellow garments and women in white saris with yellow borders are visible among the crowd, many in white dhotis. Several umbrellas with colourful panels are held aloft at right. Roughly two dozen people are visible.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A festival procession moves along a dirt road under bright daylight. In the centre, men carry a long wooden palanquin draped with white and orange flower garlands, followed by drummers in blue and yellow tunics and orange sashes beating drums. Saffron flags and colourful ceremonial parasols line the procession. Devotees in white dhotis and kurtas walk around, and a man in a white kurta holds a video camera. A red-draped pavilion stands in the background among palm trees.2008-12-30A festive outdoor procession moves along a dirt road lined with palm trees under bright sunshine. In the foreground, several drummers and dancers in red and orange shirts with white dhotis and yellow sashes walk barefoot, playing drums. Behind them, a decorated ratha or palanquin with a canopy of teal and gold drapery and round ornamental panels is pulled forward. Large orange flags with a blue emblem fly along a red-draped pavilion edge. A dense crowd of devotees in white kurtas and white dhotis, along with women in blue and teal saris, walks along the road. No single identifiable a person figure is clearly distinguishable in the crowd.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30A festival procession on a dirt road at golden hour, with saffron and red flags on poles at left and banana plants and trees behind. Drummers in front wear blue and yellow tunics with rainbow headbands; the central drummer in yellow, seen from behind, plays a drum. A figure in red and orange robes with a yellow flower garland and a tall white plume headdress walks in the centre, and a second white-plumed figure in red stands at right. Behind them a line of people in white ritual clothes and saffron-coloured garments follows, with a woman in a sari at left. A decorated red-and-green banner line runs along the back.2008-12-30Outdoor procession on a dusty road during a temple festival. Drummers in orange and red attire with white flower garlands play drums, one wearing a red turban and another a striped gold-and-maroon turban. A large ornate ceremonial umbrella-like standard topped with a gold finial rises at left. Many men in white kurtas and white caps and women in saris walk behind, some holding offering trays. Orange flags line the background above a whitewashed wall, and a green canopied chariot or palanquin with flower garlands appears at right. No clearly identifiable individual can be confirmed as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30December 30 20082008-12-30