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Night procession on a paved road with devotees carrying golden trident-topped staffs (tridents) and red-and-gold ceremonial banners. In the foreground a bare-chested older man in white dhoti and white sacred thread holds a golden trident aloft. Behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a pendant necklace walks beside women in white saris with gold borders carrying tridents. A white vehicle is in the background. Dim street lighting frames the procession of Maheshwara Puja darshan.

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May 08 20172017-05-08May 08 20172017-05-08Night procession on a sandy ground at an outdoor event. In the foreground, two women in matching saffron-orange saris and rudraksha malas carry tall silver staffs with golden trident finials, one leading a line. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body walks ahead with a saffron shawl over his shoulder. Behind them, men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with yellow and orange cloths, play drums and hold ceremonial staffs. String lights and a canopy frame the background.2015-01-13Night procession on a dirt ground with many men in white dhotis and shirts carrying ceremonial staffs topped with tridents and ornate gold finials. A decorated palanquin or ratha with a deity murti garlanded in red and flowers sits under a multicoloured fringed canopy at top right. A woman in white with a brown shawl walks among the procession. Onlookers including children in orange, green and yellow stand at left in the darkness.2010-11-11January 13 20152015-01-13January 02 20162016-01-02January 11 20172017-01-11February 19 20152015-02-19Night procession on a paved street with a lit float in the background. In the foreground a young boy in orange cloth and a bare chest plays a white drum with a stick, beside a teenage drummer in orange garments with a rudraksha mala. A girl in white with a gold border plays a long brass horn. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti carries a tall gold trident. A woman in orange with a rudraksha mala beats a second white drum. Figures in white and orange move behind, with a decorated figure atop the float and an umbrella at left.2017-05-06January 11 20172017-01-11September 05 20132013-09-05A young man with a shaved head and white ash marks on his forehead and arms walks forward in a procession, holding a tall brass trident with a decorative finial. He wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a dark rudraksha mala and a small pendant. Behind him, other figures in white and saffron follow along a paved road lined with trees, under red and yellow umbrellas, with a white van in the background.2017-01-12