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Night procession photographed in darkness with a crowd of devotees in white and orange clothing. Two large ornate umbrellas with multicoloured fringed borders are raised over the procession, and many orange flags on poles rise at left. Several people press palms together in anjali gesture. A gold-coloured ceremonial staff is visible at right beside a lit golden shrine structure. Men, women and children in white shirts, saris and orange shawls walk closely together, some carrying small items.

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December 23 20072007-12-23A nighttime procession moves through a dim outdoor ground at a temple celebration, with a dense crowd of devotees filling the frame. Several ornate umbrella-like canopies with orange, red and gold fringes and blue-green trim are carried on long poles above the group. Many people wear white dhotis and shirts, some with orange shawls, while women wear saris in white, red and patterned prints and head coverings. Men in red and white shirts stand at the right edge, and a few people in dark clothing are visible in the middle. Strings of lights and draped banners hang in the background among trees. Crowd count is well over twenty but the exact number is not clear.2007-01-01 +1 copiesDecember 23 20072007-12-23Night photograph of a crowd of devotees in white clothing with orange shawls during a procession. Two large multicoloured parasols with orange fringe and tassels, bearing the word Dhyanapeetam and a dove emblem, are held aloft above the crowd. Many people stand with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, some smiling, a woman in a grey sari with gold bangles at centre. Orange banners on poles rise behind the parasols, and a lit temple structure is faintly visible in the background.2007-12-23Night procession at a KAILASA event. Several colourful umbrellas with multicoloured tassels and green, orange and blue panels lettered DHYANAPEETAM are held aloft on long poles. Beneath them, a man in an orange robe with a gold necklace stands at the centre, surrounded by a crowd of people in white clothes and white saris, many women with long plaits. Orange flags hang on the right, and a decorated palanquin or deity murti is visible behind the umbrellas. Drums appear at lower left.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession at an outdoor temple setting, with a dense crowd lining a dirt path. Two parallel rows of attendants in white clothes and orange-saffron shawls carry large golden-yellow ceremonial standards with red and blue emblems and green embroidery, plus rows of colourful umbrellas with red, orange and blue canopies. A small illuminated shrine structure with a tiered top is visible in the background. Many onlookers in white, orange and red clothing stand along the path. No individual can be confidently identified as a candidate for a person in this image.2007-01-01Night procession of devotees walking past colourful fringed umbrellas on poles, with an orange flag raised high on a pole at left. A man in white shirt and white dhoti carries the pole. Nearby, a young man in orange shawl and white clothes wears a long garland of yellow flowers around his neck. A woman in white sari with gold border and an orange shawl walks beside girls in white dresses. Other devotees in white and orange follow, and a small golden kalasha-like finial appears above the crowd.2007-12-23December 23 20062006-12-23 +1 copiesNight procession scene with a large floral garland of red, orange and yellow marigolds in the right foreground around a deity murti in a golden prabhavali arch, carried on a palanquin. Several large umbrellas with orange, blue and multicoloured fringed canopies are raised above a crowd. Saffron flags hang in the background. A man in a saffron robe and a long gold-coloured necklace stands center-left, hands folded, beside a devotee in white clothes with hands joined in namaste. Other devotees in white shirts and dhotis look on, and some hold up a glowing lamp.2007-12-23Night procession photographed from the side. Several large umbrellas with multicoloured panels, tassels and a dove emblem are held aloft over a crowd. Orange flags with a dove-and-lotus logo fly in the background. In the foreground a devotee in an orange garment and a white-shirted man stand with hands clasped near a decorated palanquin-like frame holding a deity murti dressed in a pink floral garland and gold cloth. Yellow and red flower garlands hang at the right edge. Several men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, press forward in the crowd.2007-12-23