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A night-time procession in a temple-style courtyard, lit by bright green and white stage lights and strings of lights on a multi-storey building. Yellow and blue ornate parasols with silver fringe are carried over the crowd, and a large red flag flutters in the foreground. Several performers in yellow and green costumes with feathered headdresses stand near a dark decorated float or chariot with lights on top, and a gopuram-style tower with a tall spire rises in the background. Crowd members in white, saffron and colourful saris and kurtas watch and walk along, and a white tent is visible at right.

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Night procession in an illuminated ashram compound. Many people in white and colourful clothing walk among large ornate umbrellas in pink, yellow and blue with sequined borders. A red flag bearing a printed portrait is carried by a man in white. A decorated float or chariot with lights and peacock-feather decorations moves in the background, with a lit temple tower beyond. Long white tents line the right side and multicoloured string lights decorate a building on the left. A man in the foreground wears a grey shirt and faces away from the camera.2016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09Night procession at a KAILASA event under a large white event tent lit by stage lights and a spotlight beam. Crowds of devotees fill the street, many carrying or sheltered beneath ornate umbrellas in maroon, red, green and blue with gold and silver fringe. Red and orange flags rise above the crowd. Several people in the foreground wear saffron, white and sari-style clothing, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti stands among them. A decorated float with a green and gold canopy is visible at the left edge. Many people are visible, though most are partially obscured by the umbrellas and the foreground crowd.2016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09Night procession photographed in a dense crowd lit by bright blue and white stage lights. Yellow and orange umbrellas with sequined borders rise above the crowd on the left, and red umbrellas appear behind them. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, some with bare shoulders, raise their arms; one man in a white shirt holds a video camera overhead. Brightly decorated deity figures and ornate chariot-style floats with colourful garlands and tinsel strings are visible in the centre. Many people are crowded shoulder to shoulder, and a bald man in white with rudraksha beads stands near the right foreground.2016-12-23Night procession with crowds under strings of colourful fairy lights. Center-left, a bright floodlight and smoke or incense haze rise above a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloth. Several people carry tall red and orange flags on poles. Large ornate umbrellas in orange, yellow, pink and green are held over the procession. Foreground left, figures in elaborate costumes with colourful headdresses and painted masks, one in green and red, stand near a drummer playing a silver drum. Many onlookers line the street, and a photographer with a video camera records the scene. The procession is lit by lights and floodlights.2016-12-09December 09 20162016-12-09Night procession at an ashram-like compound lit with string lights and green and pink lamps. A large illuminated ratha or chariot carrying a decorated deity murti stands in the centre, framed by a multicoloured arched canopy. Crowds of devotees in white and orange clothing walk along both sides, many under colourful umbrellas in red, orange, pink and cream. Red flags flutter above the procession and a bright spotlight beam cuts across the foreground. Some men on the left wear orange cloths and red garlands. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2016-12-09