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An outdoor procession on a dirt road, with many devotees in white clothes and yellow or saffron sashes carrying tall orange flags bearing a dark blue emblem and small curved ceremonial standards with ornate embroidered panels. A green-and-yellow tempo vehicle labelled with a Shree Krishna Tarpanam sign stands at left, a drummer beats a drum amid the marchers, and a number of people in white and pastel saris walk behind. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd view.

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A procession on an unpaved dirt road moves toward the camera. Many participants in white dhotis and white kurtas or saris wear yellow and saffron shawls, and several carry tall orange flags with blue yin-yang style emblems and decorated orange umbrella-like standards with ornate gold fringes. A green and yellow vehicle with a colourful patterned canopy stands at left. Onlookers stand along the roadside, and a small group is seated near the tent at right. The scene is a ratha-style religious procession, with the visible flags and umbrellas as the main ceremonial elements.2008-12-24Outdoor procession on a dirt road during the Brahmotsava celebrations. Devotees in white ritual clothes, many women in white saris and men in white shirts and dhotis, walk behind colourful decorated umbrellas in red, yellow and blue and tall orange flags. A teal truck with a yellow cab leads the group, and a red and gold banner reading Nithyanandapeetham is carried on the right. Dry scrub land, a distant hill and buildings sit under a clear sky. No single figure is identifiable as a person in this image.2008-12-23December 24 20082008-12-24December 24 20082008-12-24December 23 20082008-12-23A large outdoor procession moves along a dirt road under bright sunlight, with many people in white and saffron clothing following flag-bearers and decorated umbrellas. Several tall red-orange flags with a dark blue emblem rise above the crowd. On the left, a teal-green truck is parked beside a man in a saffron robe, and several people wear yellow sashes and white garlands. Many participants are children and adults in white kurtas and dhotis or saloon-style white clothes, some holding umbrellas with ornate patterns. Palm trees and a hazy landscape appear in the background. A procession of devotees during a festival.2008-12-23A procession on a dirt road passes a white-walled building and a green truck with rope-tied cargo. Devotees in white and yellow-shawled white clothes walk in the foreground, several carrying ornate multicoloured parasols with gold tassels and emblems. Many more people in white, cream and saffron-red attire follow behind, while red flags with blue emblems rise above the crowd. A woman in a cream sari with a red border walks at centre. Trees and a clear sky are in the background. No individual can be identified as a person with sufficient appearance cues.2008-12-24December 23 20082008-12-23A photograph of an outdoor procession on a dirt road. Many devotees in white dhotis, mundus and white kurtas or sarees walk behind orange flags bearing a purple emblem and decorated umbrellas and banners. A teal truck with a signboard is in the middle, and a red and gold banner reads Dhyanapeetam. Behind them are dry fields, a water tank and a distant hill under a clear sky. a person is not clearly visible; no identifiable candidate appears in the frame.2008-12-23A photograph of a festival procession on a dirt road in bright sunlight. Several men in white dhotis and shirts carry ornate triangular canopy poles with yellow and red fringed panels decorated with floral and bird motifs. A man in a saffron/orange shawl with a backpack walks among them, and a drummer beats a drum at right beside a teal-coloured vehicle. Other colourful umbrella-like canopies and red and orange flags are visible in the background. Several people are visible in the scene, roughly a dozen or more, with none identifiable as a clear a person candidate from appearance.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession on dusty ground during a festival. A large crowd of devotees, mostly in white dhotis and kurtas, walks behind a yellow vehicle draped in a green tarpaulin. Two drummers in white beat drums, one holding a stick. Two colourful striped parasols and an orange-saffron cloth canopy are held over the procession. A woman in an orange sari stands near the parasols, and a decorated float with garlands and an image sits at left. An open-sided stage structure stands in the background under a clear blue sky.2008-12-23