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A crowd of devotees gathers around a white stone platform at an outdoor festival, many in orange or saffron robes and white kurtas. A man in orange robes sits cross-legged on the raised white platform, holding a rope with white flowers and gripping ropes with his hands, apparently helping pull a ratha-style structure. Behind him stands a large copper kalasha-shaped vessel with yellow and orange garlands, and a colourful striped canopy with fringes overhangs the left side. Brass bowls and a small brass lamp sit on a wooden table in the foreground. Several people hold up mobile phones and a video camera toward the scene.

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Outdoor procession scene under colourful canopies. A man with long dark hair in a saffron-orange robe stands on a white raised platform at right, raising one arm toward a crowd. Around him many devotees in orange and white clothing press forward, several holding up hands in prayer or reaching toward the platform. Multicoloured parasols with blue bird motifs and yellow-orange fringed awnings shade the area. A cameraman with a video camera films from the left. Marigold garlands hang near the platform, and a brass vessel sits on the lower right. Behind, a temple facade with painted pillars and strings of flowers is visible.2009-01-02A photograph of a crowded outdoor festival scene with devotees in saffron and orange robes and white clothing gathered around a white raised platform and a copper-coloured ornamental pillar. A man in orange robes kneels on the white platform pulling a rope, while others in orange and white hold the ropes and lean in. A large multicoloured parasol with fringed tassels and blue and gold motifs is held above the crowd. A woman in orange with a white flower garland stands in the middle, and a cameraman in the lower left films the scene. Small brass and clay items sit on a wooden table in the foreground, and marigold garlands hang at the top right.2009-01-02Outdoor temple ritual under palm trees beside a white-plastered stone platform with a large copper-coloured pillar base carved with floral motifs. A bare-chested sannyasi in saffron cloth, wearing a white flower garland and streaked with white ash, raises a long white-tipped pole or staff upward. Behind him a younger man in saffron robes kneels at the platform edge, while devotees in saffron shawls and white dhotis stand close, one holding a brass plate of yellow flowers and another holding a small brass lamp. Coiled white rope lies on the platform. Multiple saffron-clad devotees with folded hands watch from the crowd, and a decorated fringed canopy in pink, green and yellow hangs at the upper right.2009-01-02December 31 20092009-12-31Outdoor festival gathering under a thatched pavilion with a tall decorated pillar at right. In the foreground, a long-haired figure in a saffron wrap and orange headcloth, seated on a white-draped chariot or throne, is surrounded by people. A standing sannyasi in orange robes with a red sash faces away from the camera. A cameraman in white with an orange shawl films from the upper left. A dense crowd of men in white shirts and dhotis and women in saris, one wearing a gold necklace and bangles, presses in around the seat, several with hands folded in greeting.2008-07-28A photograph of a festival procession at dusk with palm trees behind. At the centre, a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing a white and red-green flower garland and a white headband, grips a thick white rope on a white ratha-style platform scattered with yellow and pink flower petals. Around him, devotees in orange and white clothing with orange shawls pull and gather; an orange-robed man kneels on the left, and a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha-style mala and a bearded figure appear at the lower right. Decorated red and yellow ceremonial banners on poles rise at the upper right. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance alone.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02Outdoor temple festival scene beneath tall palm trees at a white-plinthed shrine. In the foreground, two men in orange-saffron robes kneel and pull on thick white rope tied to a structure, while a man in orange robes at centre, with a white garland and a white forehead band, raises his arm and looks upward. Behind them, devotees in orange and white clothes crowd close, and a man in white at lower centre faces the scene. At right, orange-clad men hold multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas with tasselled fringes and decorative pennants on poles. Scattered flower petals lie on the white platform, and a copper-coloured lamp stand with yellow and orange marigold garlands is at left. The scene suggests a ceremonial procession or ratha pulling.2009-01-02December 31 20092009-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31December 31 20092009-12-31January 02 20092009-01-02