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Night-time photograph of a decorated event tent with a tiered, multi-layered canopy structure hung from above. Three stacked circular tiers have fringed edges in red, orange, yellow, green, blue and white, with ornate central medallions, surrounded by green leaves. Festoons of hanging fabric streamers in orange, blue and multicolour, and fairy lights, decorate the tent. Several people stand below in the foreground, including a woman in a green sari and women in pink and purple clothing, some holding phones. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

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December 02 20162016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02October 30 20162016-10-30Night photo of a procession at an outdoor ashram courtyard lit by green-tinted trees and string lights. Several men hold large decorated umbrellas (chhatris) in blue, red, yellow, green and purple, with sequin trim, carried on long red poles. Men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies stand in a group, and one man wears a red and yellow garland and sash. A bald man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl stands at left, and a woman in a red sari with a yellow border stands at right. Other people in white dhotis and saris stand nearby, with a chain-link fence and bamboo in the background.2016-12-22Night photograph of decorative ceremonial umbrellas. The umbrellas have orange, red, green, blue and white striped panels with fringed tassels, and some show painted bird motifs and floral designs. A single bright lamp glows beneath the central canopy, and power lines run across the top of the frame. No people are visible in the scene.2007-01-01December 26 20082008-12-26Night photograph of an ornate, illuminated processional ratha or palanquin with a domed canopy of patterned fabric in red, orange, yellow and blue, hung with fringed tassels and small orange pennants, and outlined with strings of white lights. A red flag rises from the apex. A large crowd of people fills the street in front, some holding yellow and green umbrellas, with fog and bright floodlights behind the scene.2016-05-17A photograph of an outdoor-covered temple courtyard during a festival procession. In the centre, a robed devotee in saffron-orange clothes holds a large colourful umbrella (chhatri) with red, green and yellow fringed tassels and embroidered panels. Nearby, a man in a white dhoti and shawl holds another umbrella on a pole, and several people in orange and white garments walk or sit under decorative hanging umbrellas and lanterns. A man in a blue shirt walks at right, and a man in an orange kurta stands beside a smaller umbrella at far right. Green leaves and a tree trunk frame the scene, with a speaker hanging from the roof. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues, and the visible people are attendants and devotees.2016-08-25December 23 20072007-12-23March 02 20162016-03-02Night procession at an ashram under strings of coloured fairy lights and a corrugated roof. Foreground: a woman in a dark green sari with a yellow-and-blue parasol-like canopy overhead. A man in white kurta and orange trousers carries a yellow canopy pole, followed by a woman in teal sari holding a pole, then a figure in white robe with a garland and a woman in magenta sari. Several bare-chested drummers and attendants in orange dhotis with rudraksha-style garlands walk alongside; one drummer plays a large drum at right while a cameraman in white crouches. Orange and gold ceremonial umbrellas with a multicoloured striped canopy are carried in the procession.2016-12-07October 30 20162016-10-30