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Night procession at a temple with a crowd of devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing. In the centre a shirtless man with long dark hair and an orange waist cloth walks away from the camera, facing an ornately decorated palanquin-like structure with a colourful arched canopy of green, red, yellow and magenta bands and rows of small lamps. Inside stand deity murtis draped in garlands. Drummers beat a drum and cymbals on the left, a man holds a long lit torch, and silver ceremonial staffs and a fringed parasol frame the scene. Thatched roofs and a building are visible behind the crowd.

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December 23 20062006-12-23Night photograph of a temple procession. A bare-backed man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron cloth draped over his lower body and walks at the centre, facing away from the camera, beside a decorated palanquin carrying deity murti under a multicoloured arched canopy with tasselled edges. Men and women in white dhotis and white clothes, several with orange shawls, crowd around, some holding silver trishul-topped staffs and fans. A large umbrella with colourful tassels and a silver staff stand above. Devotees have hands raised in prayer and a bystander holds a printed card. Thatched roofs and a glass-walled building form the background.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Night procession with a crowd of men and women in white clothes and some in saffron. In the centre a large ornate ratha-style canopy with a multicoloured semicircular arch of bright bulbs and garlands frames two deity murtis. In the foreground a bare-chested man with long dark hair, wearing an orange dhoti, walks with his back to the camera, reaching toward the procession. Men on either side hold ceremonial staffs and oil lamps with flames, and a man at left raises a brass plate. A decorated parasol with colourful tassels hangs above the crowd, and a white-clad elder with a silver staff and rudraksha mala stands at right.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Night photograph of a temple procession. At centre, a deity murti sits within a large arched frame of multicoloured rosettes and red, green and yellow bands, carried on a palanquin with ornate silver fittings. A colourful fringed parasol rises above it. Flanking the frame, people hold lit torches with visible flames. A shirtless man in an orange dhoti stands at left-centre, facing the procession, with a ceremonial silver staff in the right foreground. Many devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some in orange shawls, press around the palanquin with hands raised or folded, and a man at lower left holds a cymbal. Thatched huts and a glass-walled building frame the scene.2006-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23Night procession with a decorated deity murti on a palanquin-style ratha, framed by a semicircular arch of red, yellow, green and white garlands and mirrored ornaments. A man in a white shirt and dhoti in the centre holds his hands together in namaskar; men in white and saffron-orange shawls walk around him. Tall brass lamp stands with oil lamps flank the frame, and a red and multicoloured fringed umbrella hangs at upper left. Several people in white or orange garments are visible, including a long-haired figure with a saffron shawl at right. Night setting, with lamps and devotees surrounding the procession.2006-12-23