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Night procession at Adi KAILASA, Bidadi, showing a decorated deity murti (utsava image) carried on a silver palanquin-style platform. The murti is adorned with a large garland of yellow, red and white flowers and green leaves, with a gold halo-like backdrop. Several men carry the palanquin on their shoulders: a man in orange robes with a light blue cloth at left, and bare-chested men wearing white tilak markings on their foreheads, rudraksha malas and orange cloths. A man at right wears glasses, a white garland and white tilak. Strings of coloured lights and a canopy appear at right. This is a procession of the deity murti, not an identified individual.

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January 08 20172017-01-08Night procession carrying a richly decorated palanquin, or ratha, covered in garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers and green foliage. A deity murti in gold and jewelled ornaments sits at the centre beneath a decorated canopy. Several bare-chested men in orange-saffron dhotis and white forehead markings lift the poles on their shoulders, while rudraksha malas hang on their chests. Two men in orange and a bearded man in glasses walk among them. Coloured string lights glow in the background beneath a canopy structure.2017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08Night procession at an ashram with strings of multicoloured fairy lights overhead. A deity murti, richly decorated with flower garlands in red, yellow and white and a silver-framed palanquin base, is carried on shoulders by men with bare upper bodies, saffron and orange cloths, and sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. Among the carriers, a bearded man wears a white dhoti, and several women in orange and maroon saris with red bindis follow beside the palanquin. A young boy in a turquoise dhoti stands at left. Green and white painted pillars frame the path.2017-01-08Night procession at an ashram where a silver-and-gold deity murti, decorated with flower garlands in red, yellow and white, is carried on a palanquin on the shoulders of bare-chested men in orange dhotis and rudraksha malas. Several men raise green and blue ceremonial staffs or kalasha-like poles overhead. A man in white dhoti and shawl on the left raises one arm, and women in orange and maroon saris follow on the right. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights hang above the scene against a dark sky. a person is not clearly identifiable among the bearers.2017-01-08