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Night procession in a dense crowd lit by yellow street lamps and a torch. Central deity murti of Lord Venkateshwara, silver-clad and decorated with red and white flower garlands, is carried on a palanquin-style platform under red and multicoloured fringed umbrellas. A bald man in an orange saffron cloth and turban stands in the foreground, holding a brass plate and raising his hand to his forehead. Nearby, a bare-chested priest with a sacred thread and tilak applies sacred offerings, while other men in white dhotis and devotees with tilak crowd close. Photographers and phone-holding onlookers press in around the murti.

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February 11 20132013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11A night procession at Kumbhapuri carries a deity murti of Venkateshwara flanked by two consorts, all garlanded in white and red flowers, under a red umbrella with fringe. A bare-chested man in the centre wears a rudraksha mala and yellow dhoti, with a bearded man in a white shirt and blue lanyard beside him. Priests with white and red tilak lines surround the murti, and a man in an orange turban holds his hands in anjali at right. A tall torch flame burns at right, lit by a figure in orange robes, with oil lamps glowing in the background and a crowd pressing close.2013-02-11Night procession in warm orange haze with lamps and tall flame-topped torches at right. Under a black-and-gold umbrella and a red fringed umbrella, a palanquin carries a bronze-coloured deity murti flanked by garlands of yellow and orange flowers. Bare-chested priests in white dhotis with gold sashes walk near the front; one older priest with a shaved head wears a long beaded necklace. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt with an ID badge lifts his hands in respect. At right, a bald man in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha beads presses his palms together. Devotees surround the procession.2013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11Night procession at a temple-style event, lit by warm lamplight. Centre background, a golden deity murti of Venkateshwara flanked by two consort figures, decorated with red and white flower garlands, with a large oil lamp burning in front. A man in an orange-yellow turban and saffron robe stands at right, hands folded in anjali, facing the murti. Beside him a bare-chested priest with a shaved head and white urdhva pundra tilak holds a brass plate and offers a gesture of blessing, while white-clothed priests with rudraksha malas and forehead marks stand nearby. A man in a white shirt with a blue event lanyard watches at centre. Red-and-green umbrellas with tassels and a torch flame stand above the procession.2013-02-11Night procession at Kumbhapuri with a deity murti of Lord Venkateshwara adorned with flower garlands, carried on a palanquin amid torches and tasselled umbrellas. In the foreground, a man in orange robes with a head covering faces the crowd, while a bald man in saffron robes with a dark sash stands at right, near a man bare-chested in yellow dhoti holding a flaming torch. Several bare-chested men in yellow dhotis with Vaishnava tilak and white-clad attendants surround the murti. The scene is lit by warm yellow light.2013-02-11Night procession at an outdoor temple-style event. Central focus is a large deity murti of Venkateshwara (Tirupati Balaji) flanked by two smaller consort figures, all decorated with red and white flower garlands and gold ornaments, carried on a red-draped platform lit by a flame. Red and yellow umbrellas with fringed tassels and a burning torch stand above. Around it, bare-chested men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas hold or steady the platform, one with a shaved head and glasses, another with a grey beard. Devotees in orange and teal clothing press close, a man in a saffron shawl at left. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person; those visible are devotees and temple attendants.2013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11February 11 20132013-02-11