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A festival procession on a dirt road beside palm trees. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and a long necklace, stands at centre with a flower garland, a figure in an orange robe with a white-bearded face to the left. Behind them a decorated palanquin with a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange, flanked by marigold garlands. A red and yellow umbrella and a trident on a pole rise above. Nearby, a man in white with a rudraksha mala and a shaved-head attendant in white hold a red cloth bundle. A bearded man in white and a woman in orange with a beaded necklace stand at right, and a white fan-like whisk appears at left. Several men wear orange robes. a person cues: long swept-back hair, orange robe, garland, and ceremonial necklace on the central standing figure, who is in a procession at a temple-style event.

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Outdoor photo of a procession during a Brahmotsava celebration. In the centre, a decorated palanquin-style float with a red and gold canopy and a garland-framed portrait stands above a deity murti adorned with yellow and orange flower garlands. Several people in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas walk around it, including a man in saffron with a long grey beard at left and a woman in an orange garland at centre. A man in white dhoti and an orange shawl stands beside them. A woman in orange holds a trident-topped staff, and a red-and-gold ceremonial umbrella and a decorated banner frame the scene, with a white fan-like object held at lower centre. Roughly ten people are visible in the scene.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession on a dirt road with a decorated palanquin-style float carrying a framed portrait of a bearded man in saffron robes above a deity murti garlanded in yellow and white flowers. Striped umbrellas and a trident stand behind it. Several men in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas walk alongside, one bearded man in orange robe holding a bundle at the front, and a woman with long hair and a white garland walks near the float. Young boys in white clothes stand at left with hands folded, and men in white dhotis carry items near the float. A white fan-like whisk is visible at the lower edge. Watermarked archive photo of a ratha procession at a festival.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession under red and orange canopies with fringed tassels, a palm-lined setting behind. In the centre, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange robe, a white flower garland and a gold ceremonial necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead; he is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues, shown walking among devotees. To the left a man with a full dark beard in an orange robe wears a heavy gold necklace with a large pendant. Other men in orange robes and gold necklaces surround him, and a woman in white with light hair stands at the far left. Behind them a decorated deity murti is garlanded with white and yellow flowers inside a colourful arch, and a golden trident stands on the right.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23