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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.

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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.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.2009-01-02December 24 20082008-12-24January 02 20092009-01-02A photograph of an outdoor procession at a temple-like site under palm trees. In the foreground, a man in orange dhoti and orange shirt sits on a white stone platform, with a rope coiled beside him and flower petals scattered on the stone. Beside him, a bald man in orange robes raises his arm, and a long-haired man in orange with a marigold garland stands near a woodframe bundle of dried straw. Several men in orange and white stand around them, while large ornate umbrellas with orange, green and red fringed canopies rise above the crowd. Behind them a sizable group of onlookers, many in white, watch the scene.2009-01-02December 27 20082008-12-27Outdoor 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 23 20082008-12-23January 02 20092009-01-02December 23 20082008-12-23A dense outdoor procession crowd moves under colourful yellow, red and blue ceremonial parasols decorated with bird emblems and tasselled fringes. Many people raise their arms and dance with joy. Several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas walk near a gold trident-topped staff, while others wear white kurtas and shirts. A woman in an orange and gold sari raises her hand in the foreground, and banana leaves and palm trees stand behind the crowd under bright sunlight.2009-01-01April 24 20162016-04-24