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February 07 2017

2017-02-07 +2 copies

Night photo of a crowd at a temple procession in a street. In the foreground a young man in a white patterned shirt holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp, marigold flowers and a coconut, while a woman in glasses and gold earrings stands at left. At right an elderly man with white beard and moustache wears an orange head wrap and orange shawl over a red shirt, with a rudraksha mala around his neck, and holds a similar tray with a flame. Behind them police officers in uniform and onlookers fill the street, with lit shop fronts and banners overhead.

February 07 2017

Night procession at a festival with strings of coloured lights in the background. Devotees crowd the street. In the centre, a woman in a rust-orange sari holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp toward the front, her face lit by the flame, while another woman beside her also raises a hand near the plate. Several women wear rudraksha malas and white-and-gold sari borders. A man with a shaved head and white forehead markings looks up at the left. A woman in white with a gold border stands in the lower left with hands raised in reverence. Long red and white ceremonial poles rise above the crowd. Visible people number roughly 20 to 25, and no one in the image is identifiable as a person.

February 07 2017

2017-02-07 +1 copies

December 23 2006

2006-12-23 +1 copies

Night procession with a central figure in an orange-saffron shawl and rudraksha mala raising a lit oil lamp high in the right hand, long dark hair swept back, smiling. Surrounding devotees in white shirts and white dhotis with orange shawls press palms together or raise hands in devotion. Behind them a golden deity murti or palanquin decorated with garlands and a gold-framed arch glows under lamps. Dark sky above, with a large red-and-white fringed canopy at left.

Night photograph of a crowd walking through a temple precinct lit with string lights. On the right, a large decorated deity murti with a crown and a multicoloured garland of flowers stands against a wall. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron shawl over a dark red-brown robe, a long garland of rudraksha-style beads, and holds his hands together in greeting. Around him, men in white kurta-style clothes and orange shawls walk, and a man at lower left holds an oil lamp. A decorated palanquin or chariot with lights appears in the background. Swamiji (probable): the central man has long swept-back hair, saffron-orange clothing and a bead garland, cues that fit the page's identification, so he is marked as an appearance-based candidate.

December 23 2006

Night procession photographed from behind a figure in an orange saffron garment with long dark swept-back hair, holding a silver kalasha-style vessel and arati-type container toward the crowd. Beside them a young man in an orange shawl over white clothes and a man with a shaved head and white tilak stand near a tray of fruit. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts carry a wooden palanquin-style frame with red cloth overhead, while a crowd fills the dark background with red decorations visible at top.

Night procession at Kumbhapuri with smoke and flaming torches lit near a decorated palanquin carrying two silver-coloured deity murtis garlanded with red and white flowers. A woman in a saffron-orange turban, saffron robe and gold necklaces smiles and gestures toward a bald elderly priest, who is bare-chested with a white shawl and a kalasha-like brass vessel nearby. Around them men wear white dhotis, rudraksha malas and vibhuti tilak marks, while a crowd fills the background under bright street lamps and a large ceremonial umbrella.

Night procession in a dense crowd lit by flaming torches and a warm orange glow. At top left, a deity murti or utsava image adorned with heavy red and white flower garlands is carried on a palanquin beneath a red umbrella. A man in an orange-brown robe with a heavy gold necklace stands at centre-right, hands folded in greeting, with a bearded man in a black-and-orange sash beside him. Around them, bare-chested priests in white dhotis and devotees in shirts press forward, one holding a brass kalasha-style vessel. A man in a teal shirt and orange sash stands at left, and many onlookers fill the background, some with white caps.