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Outdoor photo at a festival procession. A long-haired man with a red bindi and white tilak stands centre frame, wearing an orange-saffron shawl draped over one shoulder and a heavy gold necklace of beads with dark accents and a gold pendant. His hands are clasped at waist level and he looks to the side. Behind him a tall gold-and-wood staff or pole is held by someone at left in orange. A younger man at right wears a yellow shawl over white clothes with a red tilak, and a woman in glasses stands at far right. Thatched huts and palm fronds frame the background. The appearance is consistent with a person candidate given long swept hair, saffron shawl and ornate gold necklace, though the identification is uncertain.

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December 23 20082008-12-23 +1 copiesDecember 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23A smiling man with long, swept-back dark hair stands outdoors in a crowd, wearing an orange-saffron cloth draped over his shoulder and a heavy ceremonial necklace of gold beads with dark bands. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead and a red kumkum dot between his brows. Behind him, a man in white holds a tall wooden staff, and a man in a yellow shawl and white shirt stands among onlookers under a thatched roof with palm trees in the background.2008-12-23Photograph of a long-haired man in an orange saffron shawl draped over one shoulder, wearing a heavy gold necklace of round beads alternating with dark banded beads, ending in a gold pendant. He has a red kumkum dot and white tilak markings on his forehead and stands outdoors near a golden ceremonial staff with a red-and-gold finial, under a thatched roof and palm fronds. Behind him to the right, a smiling man wears a white kurta and a yellow shawl. Several other people in orange robes stand in the background.2008-12-23A photograph of a man with long, swept-back black hair wearing an orange saffron shawl and a heavy gold necklace of beads with dark stripes and a gold pendant. He has white and red forehead markings, stands with clasped hands, and gazes to the side. Behind him, several people in orange and white clothing stand in a sunlit outdoor procession, one holding a tall wooden pole topped with a yellow and blue embroidered banner.2008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23A close photograph of a man with long dark wavy hair and a red bindi and white forehead markings, wearing an orange saffron wrap draped over his shoulders and a heavy ornate gold necklace of large beads with black bands. His eyes are lowered. Behind him to the right stands another man with long hair, a red forehead mark and an orange robe, smiling. A golden canopy with red and green floral embroidery is visible at the top of the frame.2010-02-12December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23