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Outdoor procession at a river-side festival with a central figure in an orange saffron cloth draped over the body and a rudraksha mala, arms raised in greeting while barefoot. Behind him a decorated palanquin with marigold garlands and a golden canopy is carried by men in white and maroon-red dhotis. Ornate red and yellow ceremonial umbrellas and embroidered banners with floral and bird motifs frame the scene. Crowds of devotees in white clothes and sacred thread line both sides, raising their hands, while a video camera operator on the left films the procession.

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A festival procession crowds a dusty open ground under a pale sky. At the centre, a figure in orange robes and a tall crown sits on a decorated palanquin hung with marigold garlands, tassels and small coloured lanterns. Beside the palanquin, a bare-chested attendant with a shaved head wears red-brown dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala. Two large colourful umbrellas and embroidered triangular banners on poles are held aloft. Around them, white-clad devotees, some barefoot, and men in red-brown cloths crowd close, and a cameraperson in a white shirt films from the foreground. The scene reads as a Kumbha Mela-style ceremonial procession.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10Outdoor procession at dusk-like daylight with a crowd. Centre, a smiling man in saffron-orange robes and a long orange shawl wears a gold-and-orange crown, long layered beaded necklaces, and a large rudraksha-style garland, raising both hands in greeting. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and red sashes have white-painted faces and bare upper bodies, some wearing rudraksha malas. A man in orange robes with a bald head and white-marked face stands to the right. Above, a red ceremonial umbrella with tasselled fringe and several orange and red decorated flags on poles surround the group, with a bridge structure in the background.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10A dense outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela-style camp, with a central man in saffron-orange robes, a long orange shawl, a gold ornamental crown, layered rudraksha and beaded necklaces, and a large gold pendant walking among devotees. He holds a long wooden staff topped by a red canopy. Around him, ash-smeared sadhus in white and orange dhotis carry ceremonial staffs and orange flags, while others walk barefoot. Behind them a decorated chariot or palanquin is draped with marigold garlands, with embroidered orange and red umbrellas and banners fringed in gold and blue. Several people in the crowd wear white and red waist cloths and bare upper bodies. a person is the saffron-robed central figure with the gold crown and rudraksha mala, though his identity is not certain from the image alone.2013-02-10Night procession on an ornate golden palanquin decorated with marigold and white flower garlands and a large orange-and-teal canopy hung with tassels. A seated figure in orange robes and a red-orange shawl with a garland raises a hand in greeting, with a golden trident-like finial above. Around the palanquin, men in white dhotis with red-orange sashes walk, one holding a long silver staff with a trident, and a bare-chested man in saffron-orange cloth stands at the front. A cameraman in white with a red sash films from the right. Several onlookers in front with folded hands, one in a knit cap, fill the lower foreground.2013-02-10Night procession at a Kumbh Mela-style gathering with a flower-garlanded ratha or palanquin carrying a seated figure in red and gold under a blue-and-orange canopy with tassels. Around it, saffron-robed men walk with ceremonial staffs and standards; one man in a saffron dhoti with an orange shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace stands at left, raising a staff. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red cloth at right holds a microphone-like object near the chariot. Crowds surround the procession, many holding orange flags, under warm streetlights. Bodies appear smeared with white ash or sacred clay.2013-02-10January 01 20092009-01-01February 13 20132013-02-13February 10 20132013-02-10Outdoor procession on a sunny day. A large ornate palanquin-style float (ratha) draped in marigold and yellow garlands sits under a red and white parasol with tassels, carrying a figure seated on a golden throne (peetha). A man in white dhoti and shawl stands on the float holding a parasol pole. Below, a crowd of mostly bald and dark-haired devotees in white shirts and orange-saffron robes presses forward, with a cameraman filming. Orange flags bearing the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam name and a golden fan-shaped standard flank the scene, with a red wall and building behind.2012-01-01