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Night photograph of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis dancing outdoors with arms raised in celebration. A man in front wears a black head covering and dark-rimmed glasses, with a dark cord around his neck. Beside him, a man in white wears a rudraksha mala and raises both arms. Strings of small lights and a tube light hang behind them, with more white-clad people at the edge of the frame. Two people visible in the foreground, several more partly visible.

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October 08 20062006-10-08May 16 20152015-05-16October 08 20062006-10-08December 23 20162016-12-23October 09 20162016-10-09May 27 20132013-05-27October 12 20072007-10-12A nighttime outdoor festival crowd of men in white shirts and trousers, many with raised arms and dancing or swaying, gathers in a dusty ground lit by green-tinted floodlights. In the background a brightly lit illuminated chariot or ratha with a trident-shaped staff and an ornate platform stands among strings of multicoloured fairy lights and lit decorative arches. Several men wear rudraksha malas or cords around their necks. No individual in the foreground can be identified as a person from the visible cues, so the figure is treated as a participant.2015-02-19Night photograph of a crowd of men and boys in white dhotis and white shirts dancing energetically on a dirt ground, arms swinging and legs kicking mid-motion. A man in the centre wears an orange-red shawl over white clothes and a garland-like necklace, standing amid the dancers. Some men wear gold-bordered dhotis and rudraksha-style beads. Bright lights glow at the upper right. The scene suggests a festival procession or celebratory dance during the Mahashivaratri observance, with about thirty visible people.2016-03-07December 25 20072007-12-25December 13 20072007-12-13September 11 20152015-09-11