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Outdoor festival procession on a dry dirt field under clear blue sky. Dense crowd of devotees in white and saffron-orange clothing carries long wooden poles bearing orange flags and a large trident-shaped standard with ornate metal finials. Several orange and white canopied umbrellas rise above the crowd. In the centre, a smiling woman in an orange sari with white floral garland and a man in saffron-orange shawl with glasses walk beside the poles, their hands gripping the bamboo. Other participants wear white dhotis and kurtas, and a few have tilak marks on their foreheads. Many onlookers press close in the foreground.

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December 25 20072007-12-25A photograph of an outdoor festival procession on dry ground under a bright sky. Devotees in white kurtas and orange shawls carry long wooden poles, and orange flags and a decorated parasol with fringed tassels rise above the crowd. In the centre, a young person with long dark hair wears an orange garment and a white and orange flower garland, and a man in white with rimless glasses and an orange shawl walks nearby. Many people press around the procession, with bangles visible on a woman in the foreground. Two ornate trident-like staffs stand at the right, one with a decorated top, and an ornamented vehicle or palanquin fragment appears at the edge.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Crowded outdoor procession photographed in daylight under a clear blue sky. Men in white shirts and white dhotis press against long wooden poles of a carriage or palanquin frame, several gripping the bamboo-like poles with their hands. Saffron-orange flags on tall poles rise behind, alongside ceremonial umbrellas with coloured fringes and a large ornate silver trident (trishul) held upright at right. A man in a white garment with a red-and-gold border is visible at the centre, partially obscured by the crowd. One man wears orange cloth around his neck and a white sacred thread area, with tilak marks on his forehead. Dry open ground and a distant building are visible behind the flags.2007-12-25Outdoor procession crowd at a festival, with many people in saffron and orange shawls and white clothing. In the foreground, a woman in a saffron garment with a flower garland holds long dark sugarcane stalks, and a man in white with an orange shawl stands beside her. Behind them, tall orange flags and a silver trident-shaped staff rise above the crowd, along with ornate umbrellas with orange and blue canopies. A young child is held by a woman in a blue sari on the left. Several people are wearing white and orange garments; a man in glasses at right wears a saffron shawl over white clothes.2007-12-25Outdoor procession scene under a clear sky, with many saffron-orange flags on tall poles and decorated festival carts or palanquin structures in the background. In the foreground, a man in white kurta with orange shawl and a white forehead mark lifts a dark wooden pole; beside him a young man with long dark hair, a white and orange flower garland, and an orange shawl smiles. Other men in white and orange clothing carry or hold poles, and a bearer at lower right blows into a long metal horn-like instrument. A cloth-wrapped object is held at lower right. Crowd members surround the procession.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25Outdoor procession scene with many people in white and orange clothing. A central man with long dark hair wears a saffron-orange garment, a multicolour flower garland and tilak, and holds bundled sugarcane stalks. Surrounding devotees wear white shirts and orange shawls, one man on the right wears glasses and an orange shawl, and a woman in white holds a small child on the left. Orange flags, a silver trident and colourful parasols rise behind the crowd on a dry open field.2007-12-25Outdoor festival procession in bright daylight on open dry ground. A crowd presses around a palanquin carried on long wooden poles held overhead by men in white shirts. Many saffron-orange flags on tall poles wave above, and decorated canopies appear in the background. In the centre, a man with long dark hair wears an orange robe and a garland of white and multicoloured flowers, and is surrounded by people in white and orange clothing. Others in the crowd wear white dhotis, dark trousers and orange shawls. Several people in the foreground are shown from behind, and a woman with a braid and a dark pottu stands at the lower edge.2007-12-24