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A photograph of an outdoor procession at an ashram. A young man with long dark hair and a swept-back style wears an orange-saffron robe and a long garland of white, yellow, red and purple flowers, with a gold beaded necklace. He stands on the right, smiling, beside a red wooden palanquin pole. Around him, men in white dhotis and white kurtas, some with yellow shawls, grip the red carrying poles of a palanquin, and others in dark clothing stand in the crowd. A bald man in white and a man with glasses in a white shirt also help carry. Behind them, a large crowd of devotees stands under a canopy and bunting, with a white wall bearing a sign in Hindi-script letters. Garlanded flowers and petals lie on a tray in the foreground. The scene appears to show the carrying of a deity murti during a procession.

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Outdoor procession under a tin-roofed shelter at an ashram. A man in saffron-orange robes, long hair swept back and a sandalwood tilak on his forehead, wears a thick white floral garland and a long gold-bead necklace, and holds a brass oil lamp with a visible flame in his right hand. Behind him, men in white dhotis and shirts and a man in a black shirt carry a long red carrying pole with a garland-draped palanquin or murti on it. Many devotees in white crowd the background, and a white building with a painted sign stands behind them. Based on his saffron robes, long swept-back hair, gold-bead necklace and the lamp he carries, the figure in orange is a probable Swamiji, carrying out the arati during the procession.2009-12-23Outdoor procession scene with a large crowd. A smiling man with long swept-back dark hair, a red bindi, and a long orange robe is garlanded with a thick multicolour flower garland of white, yellow, red and purple blossoms and wears a ceremonial gold bead necklace. 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A white temple wall with a green-lettered sign reading Sri Nandeeshwara Temple (Sri Nanadeeshwar Temple) is visible behind the crowd.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23A procession outside a white-washed temple with a signboard reading Sri Anandeshwar Mandir. In the centre a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange robe, a leopard-print shawl over his shoulders, and a garland of white flowers, red roses and gold-beaded pendants. He is walking forward with his hand extended. Behind him, many men in white kurtas wear yellow shawls and black rudraksha malas, and one man in white carries a brass vessel. Two men in orange robes stand at the right edge, one with a full dark beard. A string of small lights runs along the white wall. Swamiji (probable): the central figure has long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, a leopard shawl and a ceremonial gold-and-flower garland.2010-02-12Outdoor procession scene under a yellow and blue canopy with dangling multicoloured tassels. 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Matching shirts and crowd members fill the background.2009-12-24December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23A festival procession of a utsava murti, a metal deity image seated on a decorated red-and-gold palanquin, carried on long red poles by a crowd of men in white dhotis and shirts. The deity is garlanded with yellow, red and white flowers. In the foreground a woman in an orange sleeveless top and flower garland holds a brass oil lamp, and a man in a black shirt with a sacred thread holds another lamp. Devotees crowd around, many in white, with a white building with a sign and a shaded canopy behind. Many people are visible in the crowd.2009-12-23