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Outdoor ceremony on bare dirt ground with puddles. A seated figure in orange robes and a garland sits on a white cushioned seat with zebra-striped trim, flanked by two colourful fringed umbrellas in red, yellow and blue. Men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stand and hold the umbrellas; one holds a white staff. A young man in a white shirt and jeans dances barefoot beside a blue barrel. Devotees in white and blue, some with lanyards, crowd behind. The scene is a public procession or event with ritual umbrellas.

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December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor event on a dusty red-earth ground under a fringed umbrella. A seated man in orange robes with a flower garland and a rudraksha mala holds a microphone and speaks, smiling; he has long swept-back hair and a sweeping saffron wrap, and his appearance is consistent with the page's a person reference, so this is a probable in-person candidate. Beside him a man in a white shirt with a round blue emblem holds the umbrella pole. Two people in white dhotis with yellow sashes bend forward at a large blue barrel, their heads being doused with water, while a bald man in a white shirt and a man in white with a yellow sash look on. A crowd of women in white saris and girls in colourful dresses watches and laughs in the background, and a plain tent and buildings appear behind them.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor procession on muddy ground under a red umbrella with multicoloured tassels, held on a wooden pole by a man in white kurta and dhoti with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala. Beside him a young woman in white with a yellow sash holds a microphone. A white-clad man in the left foreground points, and a blue plastic drum sits nearby. At the right edge, a figure in orange robes wears a long marigold and purple garland, gold beaded necklaces and a rudraksha mala, cropped at the frame. Onlookers in white stand behind.2009-12-25Outdoor ritual scene on muddy ground under a clear sky. Two large multicolored umbrellas with fringed edges stand over a group. A woman in an orange sari with a red-and-gold border and a rudraksha-style mala holds a trident-like staff near a white mound. Around her, men in white kurtas and dhotis with yellow sashes and white tees stand beside several blue plastic drums and clay pots, with water and straw on the ground. A red flagpole rises at center, and a kalasha-like pot with a garland hangs at right. A crowd of onlookers and volunteers in white and blue fills the background, with a tent and banners behind them.2009-12-25Outdoor photograph of a ritual scene on bare earth. In the centre, a man in a long saffron-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair stands beside a white-draped table, a trident-topped staff visible at right. Nearby, a man in white with a yellow shawl stands beside him. Several young men in white and light-blue T-shirts, some barefoot with wet clothes, are gathered near a blue barrel, and one bare-chested man stands at left. A woman in orange holds a microphone and garlands, and a row of clay pots sits at the table's edge. Colourful striped umbrellas with tassels shelter the area, and a half-built concrete building is behind. Watermarked captions are omitted.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor procession on a dusty ground with multicoloured tasselled ceremonial umbrellas on poles. A man with long dark hair and a flower garland wears an orange saffron garment and holds a microphone, while nearby a figure in yellow-bordered white holds a long pole. Many devotees in white shirts and yellow-sashed white clothes crowd around, some with hands folded in prayer. Trident-shaped ceremonial staffs appear at right. The no-visible-candidate appearance is uncertain, so the man is described by role only.2009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25December 25 20092009-12-25Outdoor festival scene on bare sandy ground. A man in a white t-shirt and jeans stands in the centre, mid-jump, with water splashing around him as a pot hangs from a rope between two tall red poles; another man in white with a yellow sash swings a stick and sprays water from a blue bucket toward him. Several blue plastic drums sit in a row in front, and a crowd of onlookers in white, yellow and blue clothing stands behind. Colourful striped umbrellas and a pink-and-maroon canopy stand in the background, with a Nithyananda Youth Foundation banner at left and a white bus labelled Nithyanandam at right.2009-12-25