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Night procession photographed with flash. A man with long swept-back dark hair wears an orange saffron dhoti-style garment and a rudraksha mala, raising one hand and pointing upward toward an ornate golden deity figure on a decorated palanquin or float behind him. Nearby, a bearded man in white clothes holds red offerings, and devotees in white, saffron and maroon shawls crowd around. A red umbrella with tassels is visible at top left. Several children and women are among the crowd.

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Night procession photographed in the dark, with a deity murti on a decorated palanquin-style float at the upper centre. In the foreground, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala and swept-back long hair stands with his arm raised, pointing toward the float while smiling. Beside him, a bearded man in white clothes holds a red cloth bundle or offering, and nearby a man in white with an ID badge stands among devotees. Several people in white and orange shawls crowd around, and a large umbrella with colourful tassels hangs at the left edge. Fairy-like white wooden poles frame the scene behind the crowd.2006-12-23Night procession photograph. A central man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and rudraksha beads on his chest, holding a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame aloft in his right hand. Behind him, a man in a white shirt and orange shawl also carries a brass lamp. A man on the left holds a brass handbell and a silver-tipped staff, and others in white clothes stand nearby. Colourful fringed umbrellas and a red-and-green cloth are visible in the background, and a woman in a pink top watches. The scene reads as a procession with aarti.2006-12-23Night procession photographed at close range. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, stands at the centre beneath a large red parasol with multicoloured tassels, smiling. Around him people in white and orange-shawled devotees walk and stand; a woman in a white sari with orange border holds a silver tray at right, and a man in white at centre gestures toward the group. Behind them a deity murti is framed in a rainbow-coloured arched decorative structure on a ratha-style float. Dark background.2006-12-23Night procession at a temple, photographed in low light. A decorated deity murti in a gilded frame with garlands stands on a palanquin behind a crowd. Around him, men in white dhotis and shirts carry white wooden poles and hold red and white cloths, some with ceremonial marks. A man in a dark shirt holds a tall wooden pole with a colourful fringed canopy above. Several women in saree stand at the right edge.2006-12-23 +1 copiesNight photograph of an outdoor temple procession. A man with long dark hair wearing an orange-saffron dhoti-style garment and a rudraksha mala holds a silver aarti lamp with a flame, rising smoke visible above. Behind him, a deity murti decorated with garlands in green, yellow and red sits on a richly ornamented palanquin with red poles. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a young boy in white also joins in. Ornate gold-coloured decorations frame the scene under a dark sky.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23 +2 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession photograph. In the centre-left, a man in an orange sleeveless robe with long, swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala holds a silver arati lamp with a visible flame toward a deity murti in a decorated palanquin behind him. Surrounding devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls press palms together. Tall brass torches with flames stand at the left and right edges, and a garlanded deity murti sits under an ornate golden arch in the background.2006-12-23Night procession at a temple. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing saffron-orange clothing and a rudraksha mala, holds a metal lamp or censer with a flame and performs an aarti. Around him, many devotees in white dress and orange shawls stand with palms joined. Tall brass torches with flames stand at left and right. In the background a deity murti decorated with garlands is carried on a palanquin beneath an ornate golden canopy.2006-12-23Night photograph of an outdoor procession at a temple. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron shawl over a bare chest and strung rudraksha beads, holds a lit oil lamp on a silver stand toward the viewer's left. Beside him, a younger man in an orange shawl over white clothes holds a small book. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands raised in namaskar, some holding red cloth bundles on poles. In the background, a decorated palanquin or ratha with a multicoloured arch of lights and a deity murti under a canopy is visible, with a few other lamps glowing above the crowd.2006-12-23