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Outdoor festival procession on a dirt road with trees and a low wall behind. Musicians lead: a man in a white shirt and white dhoti plays a long brass horn, drummers beat a barrel drum and a frame drum in pale and tan clothes. Several people in saffron-orange robes walk among red and orange flags and ornate umbrellas with gold fringed canopies. A man in a white shirt with a red shawl carries a silver tray of flowers on the right. A person in an orange robe and orange shawl wears a gold necklace near the center, and other devotees in white walk along the route.

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A temple procession moves along a dirt road lined with palm trees and a low concrete wall. Ornate umbrellas with blue, red and gold embroidered panels and tasselled edges are carried above the group, alongside orange flags. Saffron-robed sannyasis walk near the centre, one wearing a long orange shawl and a gold necklace. Men in white dhotis and shirts play a long brass horn and drums, and one man in a blue-and-white checked shirt carries a silver tray of flowers and a lamp. Several women in white saris with orange borders walk in the procession.2009-06-09A village procession walks along a dirt road lined with palm trees and a thatched building. Several men in white dhotis and shirts carry tall decorated umbrellas with red, orange and blue fringed canopies and a silver trident-like staff. A man in the centre blows a long brass horn while a woman in a red sari and pink-bordered dhoti-style garment plays a clarinet-like wind instrument. A woman in an orange sari with a garland stands with hands folded in namaskar. Men in white with red and orange shoulder cloths and tilaka marks walk behind, forming a ritual procession.2006-12-26A festival procession moves along a dirt road under a grey sky with palm trees behind. At the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes with a white and orange flower garland walks beside several saffron-clad figures, some with rudraksha malas. Above them are ornate multicoloured parasols with gold-embroidered panels and orange flags. Around them, many young boys and men in white dhotis and shirts follow, with drummers and a nadaswaram-style wind player in dark green in the foreground, plus white fan-like tassels carried near the procession.2008-12-24December 23 20092009-12-23June 09 20092009-06-09December 24 20082008-12-24December 24 20082008-12-24June 09 20092009-06-09December 23 20092009-12-23A festival procession moves along a dirt road lined with green foliage and a low wall. Several large parasols with red, green and blue panels, decorated with white dove motifs and fringed edges, are carried overhead. At the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a long orange shawl and a beaded necklace walks barefoot, flanked by men in orange robes and red shawls. A man in a white kurta with a bead mala and a man in a blue shirt with a visible badge are nearby, a drummer beats a drum at the front right, and a white-clad musician plays a long wind instrument at the left. Flower garlands are visible in the lower right.2009-06-09January 01 20092009-01-01December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copies