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Outdoor festival procession at a temple-style event. In the foreground a man with black curly hair, wearing a loose orange-saffron robe and a matching waist sash, stands with his back to the camera, reaching up toward a thick white rope. Around him, several people in orange sannyasi-style clothing pull on the rope and look upward, including a bearded man and a man in orange at the top right. A woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland pulls the rope on the left, and a man in white with a bare head stands at the left edge. A crowd of onlookers in white, blue and other colours watches from behind, some raising hands. A video camera on the left films the scene, and behind them a decorated green and gold canopy, a chariot-like structure, and a painted deity murti stand under orange and yellow festive cloth.

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A large outdoor crowd gathers at a festival procession. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron robe and waist cloth, sits barefoot with his back to the camera atop a white stone platform. Beside him, a man in a white robe holds a rope, and an orange-clad attendant raises a white cord upward. Dozens of onlookers, many in white or colourful clothes, look upward. Behind them, a decorated temple structure has yellow and orange cloth canopies, banana bunches, a red-and-blue striped parasol with fringe, and a carved deity figure. The scene suggests a ratha or chariot pulling ritual.2009-01-02Outdoor temple scene at a festival. In the foreground, a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl kneels on white steps, reaching up toward ropes. Beside him, a man in orange robes with a white flower garland and white body markings looks up with open mouth, holding a rope. 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A man in an orange sleeveless top and orange cloth, with a white flower garland around his neck and white marks on his forehead and arms, raises his right arm high while holding a white cloth or object above the platform. Around him, devotees in orange and white robes with orange shawls stand close, many with palms pressed together in prayer. Flower petals in yellow and white are scattered on the white stone, and a white rope hangs over the edge. Palm trees and a decorated orange-and-gold canopy frame the scene, with a tall orange cloth draped over a pillar behind.2009-01-02Outdoor temple ritual with palm trees behind. A man in an orange-saffron sleeveless top and white-smeared arms, with a white flower garland and dark hair tied back, raises one arm and grips a thick white cloth rope wound on a white stone platform scattered with marigold petals. Beside him stands a man in white dhoti and orange shawl, and other people in orange and white clothes stand nearby, some holding a brass vessel of yellow flowers. Behind them are a carved red sandstone pillar and a dark stone base with a deity statue draped in flower garlands. Palm fronds and white-walled temple structures fill the background.2009-01-02January 02 20092009-01-02A photograph of a temple festival at a shrine with a copper-coloured ratha or chariot-style base decorated with yellow, white and green garlands. A man in orange robes with curly dark hair kneels on the white platform, pulling on a thick rope, while another man in orange cloth stands beside him. A man in orange with a white forehead mark and a flower garland looks up and holds the rope, and a bald man in orange with a mala stands at left. Behind them a crowd watches under a yellow, green and red canopy, with painted panels and a red umbrella at left. Scattered marigold petals lie on the platform.2009-01-02Outdoor temple procession scene under coconut palms. In the centre a man with a white tilak on his forehead and a white-and-green flower garland stands on a white platform, wearing an orange robe and holding a rope above him. Behind him men in orange and saffron robes pull and tie white rope on the platform. A crowd of onlookers in white clothes stands behind. A videographer with a camera films at left, and a carved copper-coloured temple structure with yellow marigold garlands stands at the left edge. Coloured parasols appear at right, and petals scattered on the platform.2009-01-02