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Night procession on a street with a large crowd. At centre, a woman with long dark hair wears a red-orange robe and smiles, one hand raised to her face. Beside her, a young man in white with an orange shawl walks, and a man in orange kurta with a gold necklace follows. Two people carry colourful umbrellas with blue and gold emblems, and a golden palanquin-style panel and a tray of pink and white flowers appear at the edges. Many men and women in white and orange shawls fill the background, with a police officer in khaki visible among them.

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February 10 20092009-02-10February 10 20092009-02-10 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20092009-02-10 +1 copiesNight procession with a golden palanquin-style float decorated with pink and white flower garlands at the lower right and left. Above the crowd, several large ceremonial umbrellas in colourful panels of red, yellow, green and blue with fringed edges and swan-like emblems are held aloft. At the centre, a man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange robe and raises one hand in greeting while walking forward. Around him, many men and women in white dhotis and saris, some in saffron shawls, and a uniformed police officer in khaki and a cap walk alongside. A cameraman with a large camera is visible at the right edge. The crowd fills the street, with a densely packed group of several dozen devotees visible.2009-02-10 +1 copiesFebruary 10 20092009-02-10February 10 20092009-02-10 +1 copiesNight street procession with many devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing, several carrying tall wooden poles topped by decorated canopies with blue, red and gold panels and pink, green and white tassels. A man in a red-orange robe with long swept-back dark hair stands near the front-right, beside a large framed portrait photograph held on a pole at right, and a man in an orange robe wears a heavy gold necklace. Behind them a billboard shows a bare-chested bearded figure in orange, and shuttered shop fronts line the street. Men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas walk with the crowd.2009-02-10Night 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.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession at an ashram-style outdoor setting. Two large multicoloured canopy umbrellas with fringed tassels, bearing a blue-and-white emblem and the word Peetam, are carried on long poles above the crowd. A man in saffron robes with long swept-back hair, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala walks at the centre, flanked by devotees in white dhotis and saffron shawls. A trident-topped standard and a kalasha-like staff are carried nearby, and a man in white plays a long wind instrument while others carry drums. Many devotees fill the background, and a man in white with a rudraksha mala stands in the foreground.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23January 03 20082008-01-03