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Outdoor festival procession at a temple courtyard under a corrugated roof with palm trees behind. A large deity murti of a goddess with multiple arms, holding weapons, is carried aloft on a white lace-decorated palanquin frame, with a fringed red-and-white canopy at right. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts surround and lift the image; some are smeared with pink and green colour powder. A man in an orange kurta with a long necklace and a bare-chested man in a dhoti stand at left, arms outstretched. A decorated pole with streamers and paper flags hangs overhead, and offering trays sit on a purple cloth on the ground.

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October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17A festival procession at a temple courtyard under a corrugated roof. A large multi-armed deity murti of a goddess, dressed in white and silver with red garlands, rides on a white palanquin decorated with a tiger figure at its base. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some splashed with pink and magenta powder, carry or push the palanquin. On the left, a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe, rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and holds a pink cloth. A colourful painted pillar with floral and bird motifs stands at right, and orange and yellow banners hang from the roof. Five people are visible.2010-10-17Outdoor Dasara celebration at a temple courtyard under a tin roof, with a large white ceremonial umbrella and painted decorative pillars in blue, red and yellow. Several men in white dhotis and yellow shawls stand around a raised red-and-white platform where a deity murti or image is being lifted and adjusted. A man in an orange cloth with long dark hair stands at center, and another man in white has pink and green colour smeared on his clothes and face. A small shrine structure with orange-clad figures stands in the background.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17Outdoor temple procession scene with a decorated shrine and a large white fringed canopy over a deity murti in a tall painted frame. Several men in white dhotis and yellow shawls are gathered at the platform, some with pink and green coloured powder marks on their clothes. A man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands at right holding a staff. Painted columns with blue, red and yellow patterns and dried leaves frame the scene, and a red brick building stands behind.2010-10-17Outdoor Dasara procession scene at Sripuram Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Hyderabad. A clay-white goddess murti with red face, dark hair and a red garland sits on a lion mount on a decorated wooden ratha under a corrugated roof. A man in white dhoti and magenta-pink colour-splashed shawl stands in front of it, and white-clad attendants in yellow scarves and bare upper bodies push or steady the cart. On the left, a man in white with a yellow scarf watches. Beside the cart a smiling man with long dark hair wears an orange-saffron robe, orange shawl, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and orange garland, holding a pink cloth near the murti. A white umbrella and painted kalasha-style poles frame the scene, and a red-orange temple wall is behind.2010-10-17Outdoor Dasara celebration procession at a Sri Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam site. A large white and blue deity murti of a goddess riding a lion sits on a red-framed wooden cart. Several men in white dhotis, some with bare chests and yellow shawls, stand around the cart while others in orange robes gather nearby, one pointing toward the deity. A decorated pavilion with colourful striped poles and hanging ornaments stands behind, and a signboard reads Sacred Banyan tree. About a dozen people are visible.2010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17October 17 20102010-10-17