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A festival procession on a dusty open ground in front of white ashram buildings with green roofs. Many devotees in white clothes, some with orange or saffron shawls and orange sashes, walk around a decorated float or palanquin draped with orange flags, colourful umbrellas and strings of balloons. A drummer in a white dhoti and saffron shawl plays a drum at right, while a man in cream kurta with an orange shawl holds a camera. Several large embroidered orange and yellow ceremonial banners on poles rise above the crowd. Strings of green lights run along the ground.

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Outdoor procession at a wide dirt-ground ashram campus with metal-roofed sheds behind. Dozens of people in white clothing, many women and girls in white saris and men in white kurtas, walk past large rocks, following a decorated palanquin-like float. A drummer in a white outfit with a red sash plays a drum at right. Orange saffron flags on poles and multicoloured striped umbrellas rise above the crowd, and balloons in yellow, green and blue hang from the float. A cameraman in an orange scarf stands at the left edge on a rise. The float carries orange-robed figures near its top, and no one can be identified with confidence.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 30 20082008-12-30December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 24 20082008-12-24December 29 20082008-12-29December 29 20092009-12-29Outdoor procession at an ashram-like setting with trees and rocks. Several ornate umbrellas with embroidered red, gold and blue panels are carried above a crowd, with orange and saffron flags behind them. Many people in white kurtas and dhotis and cream sherwanis press forward. A man in a saffron-orange robe with a garland stands near the centre, hands raised, while a woman in orange and a man in a yellow scarf are visible nearby. Onlookers in the background watch. Several people in white have their hands folded in namaste.2008-12-27December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23