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A procession on a dirt road under a clear blue sky. Many people in white dhotis and white shirts walk in a crowd, several wearing ID lanyards and rudraksha-style necklaces. Ornate ceremonial umbrellas with gold tips and multicoloured panels are carried on tall poles, alongside gold fan-shaped standards and tall saffron-orange flags bearing a black circular emblem. A drummer in a cream checked shirt plays a drum slung on his shoulder, and a man in a maroon shirt holds a shell-like object. A young woman in a white sari with a shawl carries a pole. Small buildings and a truck appear in the background. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible in this frame.

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A procession moves along a dusty dirt road under a clear blue sky. Many people in white dhotis and white kurtas walk among them, and several men and women in red, orange and plaid shirts walk in the foreground, one man beating a small hand drum. Above the crowd, ornate decorated parasols in red, gold, blue and multicolour fabric with tassels and gilt finials are carried on long poles, alongside tall orange-red flags with a black emblem and gold fan-shaped standards. A tall banana or palm stalk is visible in the middle. A pale multi-storey building stands at the left edge. The visible crowd is large, with roughly forty to fifty people in view, and the page's a person reference is not visibly confirmed by any identifiable figure in this frame.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 24 20072007-12-24December 25 20072007-12-25December 29 20092009-12-29A daytime outdoor procession on a dusty dirt path under a clear blue sky. Many men and boys in plain white dhotis and white shirts walk in a dense group, several carrying tall poles topped with saffron-orange flags bearing a dark circular emblem. Ornate ceremonial parasols with multicoloured fringed canopies and golden finials rise above the crowd, and a few people carry golden fan-shaped standards. In the foreground, drummers beat a large barrel drum and a smaller hand drum, one wearing a red shirt. A young woman in a white sari holds a pole at left, and a red tractor and a low white building stand in the background.2007-12-25Outdoor procession on a dirt path lined with tall orange flags on poles and colourful striped umbrellas with tasselled edges. Drummers in white dhotis and white shirts play drums, one with a yellow cloth sash. A man in white dhoti and an orange shawl walks forward with a red sash and an identity badge, followed by a boy in a white shirt and a boy in a yellow shirt. Several people in white clothes and saffron-orange shawls follow along the path, some holding palm fronds or garlands. Trees and a multi-storey building stand in the background.2007-12-25A festival procession moves along a dirt path under a clear blue sky. Several large ornate umbrellas with multicoloured panels, gold emblems and fringed tassels are raised above the crowd, and saffron-orange flags on tall poles wave overhead. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long brass wind instrument, a nadaswaram-style horn, while wearing beaded necklaces. Nearby, young men and women in white and saffron-orange garments walk closely together, some carrying green leafy branches. A man in a maroon shirt with a white cloth draped over his shoulders walks in the foreground, and a child in white with an orange cloth around the head stands at right. Hosts of devotees in white, orange and magenta saris and dhotis follow, with a low white wall behind.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A procession on a dirt road passes through a dusty open site. Devotees in white dhotis and white saris walk alongside, many holding tall orange and yellow ceremonial flags with embroidered emblems and ornate parasols with tasselled red, yellow and green fringes. A drummer in a red shirt beats a drum at centre, and a decorated temple tower or ratha rises in the background among orange flags. A man at the front right wears a white shirt and holds a parasol pole, and a woman in a white sari with a red bindi walks in the left foreground. Several participants wear garlands and rudraksha malas.2009-12-29February 02 20072007-02-02