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A night procession at Gangotri, photographed from among the crowd. Large ceremonial umbrellas dominate the frame: a white canopy with red fringe, blue and red lotus-petal panels and bird motifs, and a smaller red, green and blue umbrella decorated with floral patterns and strings of marigold garlands. Beneath them a palanquin or processional deity carrier with a green and white decorative top sits among devotees in saffron and orange clothing. Several people in the foreground have dark curly hair seen from behind. Behind the procession is an illuminated temple structure with pillars and a figure standing at its entrance. Fairy lights are strung overhead.

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May 26 20062006-05-26Night photograph of a crowd of devotees in orange clothing during a procession, many wearing orange caps and shawls, some with orange garments printed with a Himalaya Yatra 2006 emblem. Two large ornate parasols dominate the frame, one with red, green, and blue panels and tassels, the other with a white and red fringed canopy. A devotee at right holds a parasol shaft and a rudraksha mala hangs from it. Behind them an illuminated temple structure with a painted sign is visible. Several bare-headed and turbaned figures stand among the crowd.2006-05-26December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style event. A large red and multicoloured parasol with tasselled fringe is held aloft above a crowd. Saffron-orange flags bearing a dark crescent-and-dot emblem and printed text are raised on poles. Behind them an ornate palanquin-style float is draped with marigold garlands and orange-blue fabric. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, wearing orange cloth, stands near the float with his hands together, and a man in a dark turban is visible beside the float. Several onlookers and a cameraman with a camera fill the foreground.2013-02-10Night procession photographed from among a dense crowd of devotees. Three large ornate umbrellas with multicoloured tassels and fringe, printed with Dhyanapeetam emblems and a lotus motif, shade a decorated palanquin in the background. Devotees in white and saffron/orange clothing walk and stand around it; a figure in an orange robe stands near the umbrellas. Orange flags rise at the top right, and dark trees fill the background. Foreground heads are in focus, including one man with grey hair and a rudraksha-style bead necklace.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a large multicoloured canopy umbrella fringed with tassels, its fabric reading Dhyanapeetam. Beneath it a figure in an orange robe stands on a decorated ratha-like float garlanded with flowers and bright cloth, beside a golden trishul carried aloft. Around them a dense crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing, some holding poles, walks through the evening. A second canopy and a deity murti on the float are visible at right.2007-12-23Night procession with a deity murti decorated with garlands and a colourful ornate palanquin canopy with tassels and lotus and dove emblems. A man in an orange robe stands on the palanquin, raising one arm, while many people in white clothes and orange shawls walk around it. A large crowd of men and women in white and orange surrounds the canopy poles, and a trident is visible at left.2007-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesFebruary 24 20172017-02-24Night procession crowded with devotees in white and orange clothing. Two large ceremonial umbrellas dominate the left and top, each in green, orange and blue panels with a dove emblem and the word NithyanandaPeetam, fringed with colourful tassels. A brass ceremonial lamp or staff with an ornate finial rises in the center above the crowd. Men wear white shirts and white dhotis, some with orange shawls; women in saris stand among them. A thatched hut and dark trees form the background.2007-12-23