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Outdoor festival procession with a dense crowd of devotees. Behind him, attendants in saffron and white hold tall silver and gold ceremonial staffs topped with a trident and decorative finials, and large peacock-feather fans with red medallions. Girls in white dresses with plaited hair stand in the foreground, and a man in white at right holds a brass object. Flags and palm fronds appear in the background.

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Outdoor festival procession at the Brahmotsav celebration with a dense crowd of devotees in white and saffron-orange shawls. A young woman in the centre wears a gold headband and a gold-and-red garland, with a sheer white cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace. Behind her, a man with long curly hair and a neatly trimmed beard wears an orange shawl over white. Ceremonial items are visible: a large peacock-feather umbrella with a red circular emblem, a gold trident-topped staff, and a red canopy with colourful tassels overhead. Many devotees are smiling or pressing their palms together, and a few older people stand at the edges.2007-12-27Outdoor festival procession with a crowd of devotees. In the foreground a smiling person with long curly hair, a gold headband, red bindi and vibhuti, wearing an orange shawl and white flower garland, holds palms together in namaste. Behind them a man in white clothes and an orange shawl walks beside a large ceremonial fan of peacock feathers topped with a red oval emblem. A golden trident is raised in the background, and a colourful fringed canopy hangs at the upper right. Many people in white and orange clothing surround them, with a bald man in white at the lower right.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27December 23 20072007-12-23December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor procession under a multicolored ceremonial umbrella with tassels and peacock-feather fans. A central figure with a headband and long dark hair wears an orange garment and a white and red garland, flanked by people in orange and white attire. Surrounding crowds in white clothes and orange shawls, many children and young women, press close, with palm trees and dry open land behind.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27Outdoor procession crowd under a colourful fringed canopy decorated with peacock feathers and pink, orange, green and blue tassels. Large silver ceremonial staffs with peacock-feather tops stand at the edges. In the centre, a young man with long dark hair, a gold crown-style headband with a tilak, a white garland and a saffron-orange shawl with gold ornaments smiles and stands among devotees. Nearby, people in saffron-orange shawls and white clothes press close, including a bearded man in orange, a man in a brown shirt, and a woman in white at left. Behind them is a golden peacock-feather parasol. A dry, grassy field lies beyond. +1 copiesOutdoor procession at an ashram-style grounds with palm trees and a row of flags behind. Two large ornate parasols in orange, blue and multicolour with tassels shelter a central group. A man in an orange robe with a long wrap stands near a tall decorated pole topped with a trident-like staff. Around them a dense crowd of children and young people in white shirts, orange saffron robes and pink and maroon kurtas presses close, many with long black hair tied back. A woman in an orange sari with a garland stands at right. A decorated umbrella-like canopy and a dark ceremonial fan are visible at left. The scene is busy with overlapping heads and hands.2007-12-25December 27 20072007-12-27December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor procession at a festival, with red and multicoloured fringed umbrellas held overhead and a golden trident-topped staff visible on the right. A smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange cloth over a bare chest and a garland of white flowers and tricolour ribbons around his neck; the appearance is consistent with a distinctive presentation, but identity is uncertain. Nearby, men and women in white and orange shawls walk among a crowd, a woman in a cream sari with a bindi smiles, and a peacock-feather fan appears behind the central figure. A dry field and a white wall stand in the background.2007-12-24