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A festival procession in an outdoor street. A seated figure in an orange-red garment and gold beaded necklace rides beneath an ornate red canopy embroidered with white and gold motifs and trimmed with orange tassels, with a second multicoloured canopy with fringed tassels beside it. Garlands of orange flowers drape the canopy's edges. In the foreground, blurred hands raise green leaves and small offering pots, and a crowd stands along the roadside. A deity murti is not clearly visible. The figure's face is obscured and the seated person is not clearly identifiable, so a person is unsure.

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A festival procession seen through the blurred foreground of raised green leaves and brass pots held by devotees. A smiling man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits on an ornate silver-white seat within a palanquin-style canopy. The canopy is red with gold and white embroidered medallions, orange marigold garlands and white flower strings hanging from its edge. Behind, another decorated umbrella in red, green and pink with tassels stands out. Onlookers line the street in the background. The person is seated and smiling, wearing a gold-beaded necklace.2009-07-23A festival procession moves through a crowd under a red umbrella with colourful tassels and a palm-frond canopy. A man in a saffron-orange robe, with an orange head wrap, long rudraksha-style beaded mala and a gold-coloured necklace, sits or stands on a decorated palanquin-style float (ratha/palanquin) draped with garlands of orange and yellow flowers. 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Ornate painted umbrellas and hanging yellow and blue embroidered panels frame the scene, with palm trees behind.2008-12-29A festival procession with a golden palanquin carried through a crowd. A seated figure in red and white garlands sits under a canopy of multicolored umbrellas, each with a dove emblem and the word DHYANAPEETAM printed on the panels. The palanquin is hung with white and yellow flower garlands and brass bells. Men in white shirts and orange garments walk alongside and around it, some carrying ceremonial staffs. A leafy branch partially obscures the foreground, and a red building stands behind.2010-12-22July 23 20092009-07-23A procession moves along a covered walkway at an outdoor ashram event, with several decorated parasols in orange, yellow, blue and green overhead. 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Banana leaves and smaller pink, blue and silver umbrellas frame the scene, with a stone pillar and piled construction blocks at right.2017-12-30January 01 20112011-01-01A procession scene outdoors under a large red canopy fringed with multicoloured tassels in red, yellow, blue and green. A seated figure in an orange-saffron robe sits on an ornate silver throne-style carriage draped with white cloth and garlanded with white flowers and red-orange marigold garlands; the figure raises a hand in blessing. Red and orange balloons are tied near the carriage. Beside the carriage a man in a white shirt and dhoti-style white clothing steadies the structure, and a man in a dark suit holds a long wooden pole at left. Crowd members are visible at the bottom edge. The scene reads as a ratha/palanquin procession with devotees attending.2007-12-25December 27 20092009-12-27Outdoor procession under a canopy decorated with orange and white marigold and jasmine garlands. Two men sit side by side in an ornate carriage with a red and gold embroidered canopy. The man on the left, with white hair and a short white beard and a red tilak on his forehead, wears an orange robe with a white garland and smiles. The man on the right has long dark hair, wears an orange robe, a red headband, a long gold bead necklace and a smaller pendant, and smiles. Behind them stand colourful striped umbrellas with tassels and a painted tree emblem, and a crowd's dark silhouettes are in the foreground.2009-07-23