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Night procession with devotees in orange robes and white dhotis carrying decorated umbrellas. A bald man with glasses and a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, wearing a cream kurta, holds a blue silver-fringed umbrella on an orange pole. Behind him, a young boy in orange cloth holds a second umbrella, and a barebodied man in the background lifts a tall ornate pole. Several children in orange clothing walk beside the procession under dark night sky with ground lights.

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February 09 20172017-02-09August 25 20172017-08-25Night procession photographed with flash lighting. In the foreground a man with short grey hair, bare-chested with a white dhoti and a red-orange flower garland, holds a large blue ceremonial umbrella with silver beaded edging on an orange pole. Behind him, a decorated deity murti or ratha with an elephant-headed figure and a red canopy is carried along a path. Crowds of people in orange and red garments, including children, walk around the cart; a woman in a white sari with a blue shawl stands at the right edge. A red wall and trees are visible.2017-09-03November 12 20162016-11-12 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20172017-02-09October 30 20162016-10-30December 23 20072007-12-23February 09 20172017-02-09December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesNight photograph of a procession on a paved road, lit by a few lamps and a bright moon. Several large parasols with orange, red, green and blue panels, fringed with colourful tassels and printed with the words Dhyanapeetam and a bird emblem, are held aloft over a central group. Beneath them a figure in an orange robe with a mala stands in the middle, flanked by people in white dhotis and saris, some with orange shawls. Orange flags hang in the background and a child in a red sweater stands at the right edge.2007-12-23A night procession on a paved courtyard at a religious event. A man in a maroon-brown robe with a long pale-pink flower garland and a gold pendant walks centrally, holding a large colourful umbrella with striped red, yellow, green and blue panels above him. Around him, a group in saffron-orange robes carry silver staffs and ceremonial rods, and some wear rudraksha beads. A young woman at left in orange clothing and a boy in white shirt walk nearby. A brightly lit green-and-gold chariot or shrine with decorative lights glows in the background against the dark sky.2017-02-09January 03 20162016-01-03