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A dusty dirt road during a festival procession with a crowd of many people, mostly in white clothing, moving forward. Several drummers play large drums with orange and red cloth, while others walk with them. Ahead, a bamboo framework structure and a group of colourful umbrella-like canopies with red, yellow, green and blue panels, decorated with emblems, are carried in procession. Women wear white and pastel saris, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. Palm trees, banana plants, a block wall and a hillside form the setting, and a cameraman stands on the right.

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December 23 20082008-12-23December 30 20082008-12-30Outdoor festival procession on a dusty path under trees and a clear blue sky. Many devotees dressed in white, some women in cream and yellow saris, walk among large ornate umbrella-like canopies with yellow fringe and red, green and blue embroidered panels bearing floral and bird motifs. Saffron flags are raised in the crowd, and a drummer in a grey shirt beats a drum at the lower right. Some participants carry staffs and white cloth bundles. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues in this image, so no candidate is marked.2008-12-23December 29 20082008-12-29Outdoor procession on a dirt road at a ashram campus in Bidadi, with a dry, rocky hillside and palm trees behind a low wall. Many people in white and cream traditional clothes walk in a crowd. Drummers in orange and gold tunics beat drums in the centre. Several large ornate umbrellas in orange, yellow and red patterns are raised above the group. A long strip of orange and red bunting stretches across the background, and a bamboo scaffold stands at the left edge. Some women wear blue and white saris. A man in an orange shawl appears near the umbrellas, but his face and role are not clearly shown.2008-12-30A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with palm trees under a clear blue sky. Many people in white traditional dress walk in the crowd, with women in white saris and some in colourful sarees. Drummers in white dhotis and orange-and-yellow turbans play drums on the right. Ahead, a tall bamboo scaffold structure is decorated with multicoloured paper canopies and umbrella-like panels. A white boundary wall and distant hills are visible in the background.2008-12-30A photograph of a festival procession on a dirt ground under a clear sky. Lines of people in white clothing, many with orange-and-red sashes, walk or stand in rows. Several large colourful decorated umbrellas or canopies with red, yellow, green and blue panels are carried or held aloft on the left. Orange flags line the right side along a red-draped path, with a bus and trees in the distance. A man in a white T-shirt with an orange print stands in the foreground, and a figure in a long white garment is at centre.2008-12-29December 29 20082008-12-29December 27 20092009-12-27Outdoor festival procession on a dusty road lined with banana plants and palms under clear blue sky. Devotees in white and cream clothes walk in the foreground: a woman in a white sari with gold border and a blue badge clasps her hands in prayer, a woman in a white sari with gold border holds her hands together, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti carries a metal pot, and a man in white dhoti beats a drum. Behind them an ornate golden chariot or float with orange cloth and decorated poles, flanked by ceremonial umbrellas with red and gold panels and brass ceremonial fans. Several people wear lanyards and rudraksha malas.2010-01-01December 29 20082008-12-29An outdoor evening procession moves along a sandy road lined with palm trees. Several people in orange and saffron robes walk at the front and left, including a figure in a long orange garment with a shawl. Musicians play drums and a long wind instrument, one drummer in a red shirt and another in a light blue shirt, while a man in a white shirt plays a hand cymbal. Behind them, participants in white dhotis with yellow shawls walk among ornate umbrellas with red, gold and green embroidered canopies and kalasha finials. Palm-thatched huts and a signboard appear at the left, and a dhoti-clad crowd fills the background.2010-02-12