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A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with palm trees and a small brick building. A colourful striped umbrella is held over a decorated deity murti on a palanquin in the background. Many participants are smeared with bright pink, orange and yellow powder. A woman in a yellow sari carries a brass kalasha with a yellow gourd and red cloth. A young boy in a dark t-shirt walks barefoot in front, while men in white shirts, a dhoti-clad man and women in saris follow. Several people wear saffron garments and rudraksha-style beads. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.

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October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with palms, shrubs and a brick wall. A devotee in white dhoti and shawl with yellow trim walks at left beside a woman in orange sari and a dancer in red-and-yellow garments. Behind them a multicoloured parasol shades a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti framed in a white arched canopy. Many participants have faces and clothing smeared with colourful powder, including a boy in a yellow shirt and a boy in a Dubai t-shirt. In the foreground a woman in orange sari holds a brass kalasha-type vessel. Men in shirts and a woman in a light blue sari walk among the crowd.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A street procession on a dirt road lined with palms and greenery, with a large decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti under a colourful striped umbrella. Many participants are smeared with vivid pink, orange and yellow powder. A woman in a yellow sari carries a brass tray with flowers and a yellow fruit offering, and another in red and yellow holds a similar offering. Several people in white kurta-style clothes and saffron or orange garments walk in the crowd, with children wearing rudraksha-like beads. Two men in shirts and trousers walk at the right edge. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road during Dasara celebrations at Sripuram, Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Hyderabad. A man in a flowing orange-saffron robe with an orange garland walks centrally, smiling, shaded by a striped red, yellow and green umbrella held by an attendant on a pole. Around him, a man in an orange dhoti and an orange-clad figure walk beside him, while many people, including children and women in white and pink clothes, have faces and clothes smeared with coloured powder. Green-roofed buildings and trees stand behind the crowd.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A dusty dirt path lined with a procession of devotees, many with faces and clothes smeared in pink and colored powder. At the centre, a man with long swept-back dark hair wears a saffron-orange dhoti and a long rudraksha-style bead mala, walking forward behind a multicoloured ceremonial umbrella held on a pole. Beside him, another saffron-robed sannyasi walks, and devotees in white and pastel clothing, including older women in white saris and children in colourful outfits, follow along a lane with a small orange building and green trees in the background.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees and simple buildings. At centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, an orange shawl and a beaded rudraksha-style mala, carrying a red-and-multicoloured ceremonial umbrella over a deity murti on a decorated ratha. Around him, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, a woman in a green sari, and children are covered in pink, yellow and red colour powder. A woman in blue with pink-dyed hair walks at left. The scene suggests a festival procession, with an ornate deity figure visible behind the umbrella. The man is a probable Swamiji by appearance cues, with long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and rudraksha mala, carrying the umbrella as a sannyasi in the procession.2010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees and a low brick wall. A man in long swept-back dark hair, a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, and layered rudraksha-style beaded malas walks at the centre, holding a multicoloured umbrella on a long pole. Behind him, men in white dhotis and orange cloths carry a deity murti aloft, and a man in white with a yellow shawl walks nearby. Children and women in yellow, orange and blue saris surround them, several with coloured powder on their faces and clothes, some wearing bead necklaces. A woman in a blue sari stands at the right edge. The scene is a religious procession with colour powder celebration.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17