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December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession photographed from the crowd. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange saffron cloth and gold beaded necklaces, raises a tall brass ceremonial lamp or ritual vessel overhead. Behind him are colourful fringed parasols in red, green, blue and white, and a decorated palanquin or ratha. Surrounding devotees wear white clothes and orange shawls, and several people hold up mobile phones. A large flame-shaped lantern glows at the top left. The photo is taken at night and the scene is dense with people.2007-12-23Night procession with a large illuminated Ganesha murti on a float at upper left, painted in red, orange and gold with a crown and elephant trunk. Beneath it, devotees in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis walk among red and purple decorated umbrellas on long poles. A woman in white sari stands at center, and a bare-chested man in orange garment with rudraksha beads appears at right, holding a ceremonial fan. Trees and a tiled-roof shrine line the dark background.2016-09-15December 05 20112011-12-05December 23 20062006-12-23September 03 20172017-09-03A night procession in a dense crowd. At centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, smiling and carrying a brass long-handled ceremonial item. Behind him, a man in white holds a tall brass torch with flame. Several colourful parasols (orange, green, blue and pink with tassels) are carried overhead. On the right, a deity murti is seated within a rainbow-striped ornamental arch and a decorated palanquin, adorned with garlands and a white cloth. Many devotees in white clothes surround the procession, and some people hold oil lamps. The crowd spans roughly twenty to a hundred people.2006-12-23December 31 20182018-12-31 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20162016-09-15Night procession photographed on a dark road. A central figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair and a rudraksha mala walks forward beneath a multicoloured umbrella with tasselled fringe. Behind him, men in white dhotis and shirts carry poles and a lit deity murti framed by a semicircular arch of coloured lights, with a deity murti visible in the arch. A younger man in white holds a metal vessel, and a child walks among the group. Several onlookers stand at the edges.2006-12-23A night procession crowds a street. Several large colourful ceremonial umbrellas with tassels dominate, one with blue, orange and red panels bearing a bird emblem. Behind them, a palanquin-style frame with a rainbow-striped arch holds decorated deity murti figures draped in garlands. A man in the foreground wears an orange robe and a rudraksha mala and has long dark hair; a torch flame glows at left. Many devotees in white and orange surround the procession, some carrying oil lamps. A small bird emblem appears at top left.2006-12-23February 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copies