Outdoor procession under bright sky with colorful decorated umbrellas and a red canopy at top left. Nearby, a bearded elder in orange wrap and a bald priest in white dhoti hold a flower-decorated pot with garlands. Other devotees surround them in orange and white clothes, and a bare-backed man in yellow cloth carries a brass offering tray. A trident rises at far right. - Nithyanandapedia

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Outdoor procession under bright sky with colorful decorated umbrellas and a red canopy at top left. Nearby, a bearded elder in orange wrap and a bald priest in white dhoti hold a flower-decorated pot with garlands. Other devotees surround them in orange and white clothes, and a bare-backed man in yellow cloth carries a brass offering tray. A trident rises at far right.

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Outdoor festival procession under a bright blue sky. A man in an orange turban and orange robe with a long gold-beaded necklace stands at centre-right, looking toward a bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti carrying a brass pot with flower garlands. Behind them a bearded man in orange robes, a young man in an orange shawl and a man in white stand among the crowd. A decorated umbrella with red and blue tassels and a brass trident on a pole appear above. a person cues: long swept-back hair, orange turban and robe, gold ceremonial necklace, shown as a standing devotee-adjacent figure in the procession.

Outdoor procession under a bright sky with two large decorated red umbrellas with tassels overhead. In the centre, a bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti carries a flower-garlanded brass kalasha vessel on his head while a devotee nearby holds a similar offering. Around them, several men in saffron and orange robes wear flower garlands and rudraksha beads; one in a saffron turban stands at right, and a bearded elder in orange wraps stands at far right. A white-clad elderly woman with grey hair holds a floral offering tray. Attendants with bare backs and sacred threads stand in the crowd, some carrying marigold garlands.

Outdoor procession on a dry, sunny day at a Kumbhamela event in Karnataka. In the right foreground, a man in an orange turban and orange robe, wearing a heavy gold-beaded necklace and a rudraksha mala, walks beside a young man in orange and white with a long dark hair. Behind them an older bearded sadhu in orange robes stands among devotees. A bare-chested priest in the left foreground holds a brass plate of offerings, and a white-clad older man holds a coconut wrapped with marigold and orange flower garlands. Above the crowd, a devotee carries a ceremonial pot topped with yellow and orange marigold garlands on his head. Several onlookers fill the background.

Outdoor procession on a bright day with several red, orange and multicoloured ceremonial umbrellas overhead, one printed with the words Dhyanapeetam. Men carry offerings: flower garlands, bundles of orange and yellow marigolds, and a basket. A bald man in a white dhoti and shawl holds flowers. Beside him, a man in saffron robes and an orange turban with a gold-beaded necklace is in the crowd; he is an appearance-based candidate but the cues are not conclusive. Several other devotees in saffron and bare-chested men surround them.

February 02 2007

February 02 2007

Outdoor procession at a festival on a dry, sunny day under a clear blue sky. Two red umbrellas with fringed tassels are held over a crowd. In the centre, a man in an orange turban, saffron robe and long gold-toned bead necklace walks beside a man in a saffron-orange shawl draped over his head and shoulders, who is speaking. Men in white dhotis and kurtas, a uniformed police officer at left, and a man in sunglasses surround them. A blue-and-white striped tent stands at right, and trident-like poles are visible in the background. Whether the saffron-clad central figure is a person cannot be established from appearance alone.

Outdoor procession under bright sky with red and multicolour fringed umbrellas overhead. A bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti carries a flower-garlanded brass pot on his head. Beside him a man in a white dhoti holds a floral offering, and several saffron-clad sannyasis and devotees with garlands surround them. A saffron-turbaned man wearing a long garland stands at right, and an orange-robed figure with a white beard is at far right. Ritual procession with floral offerings.

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A dense outdoor procession at a Kumbh Mela-style camp, with a central man in saffron-orange robes, a long orange shawl, a gold ornamental crown, layered rudraksha and beaded necklaces, and a large gold pendant walking among devotees. He holds a long wooden staff topped by a red canopy. Around him, ash-smeared sadhus in white and orange dhotis carry ceremonial staffs and orange flags, while others walk barefoot. Behind them a decorated chariot or palanquin is draped with marigold garlands, with embroidered orange and red umbrellas and banners fringed in gold and blue. Several people in the crowd wear white and red waist cloths and bare upper bodies. a person is the saffron-robed central figure with the gold crown and rudraksha mala, though his identity is not certain from the image alone.

A crowded outdoor procession near a temple. At centre, a long-haired man in an orange saffron robe, orange turban and a dark rudraksha mala waves his right hand to the crowd. Two orange-robed attendants walk nearby. Men in white shirts and dark trousers press around him, and one holds his arm. Two large umbrellas with orange, green and yellow panels and blue Dhyanapeetha emblems with tasseled fringes shade the procession. Behind, a crowd of onlookers in colourful clothes stands on steps before a small temple shrine with a white spire under a cloudy sky.