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Night-time photograph of a procession seen from behind. In the foreground a figure with long dark wavy hair and a silver staff topped with a small carved finial stands wearing a yellow marigold garland with green leaves. Another silver staff with a decorative head rises at the right edge, held by a hand. Behind them a shrine or float is decorated with yellow and maroon flower garlands, and a small flame burns at its top. A red-clad figure stands at the right edge and a white-clad person at the left. The background is dark with foliage. The silver staffs and flower garlands suggest a temple or ritual procession.

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Night photo of a Karthigai Deepam procession at an outdoor setting. A large flower-decorated backdrop in yellow, maroon and white holds a lit oil flame at its top. In the foreground, a person with long dark matted hair seen from behind carries a tall silver staff topped with a small silver figure, and beside them another person holds a silver ornamental staff with a crouching bull finial. Yellow marigold garlands lie at the bottom of the frame. Other people in orange and maroon robes stand in the background among palm fronds. The scene is dark and blurred.2017-12-02A crowded temple-style scene photographed from behind a figure with long matted dreadlocks tied with a cream cord. A silver ceremonial staff with a decorative finial rises above the head, garlanded with yellow marigolds and pink flowers. Around them, many men in white shirts and dhotis, some with sacred ash marks on the forehead, press close, with several holding up mobile phones. A bearded man with a white forehead mark stands at the left edge wearing beaded necklaces and bare shoulders.2018-04-29Night procession scene with a man in the foreground wearing an orange-saffron cloth, a long garland of white flowers with red and yellow blooms draped over his shoulder, and holding an ornate silver staff topped with a lion-head finial. Behind him, a silver trident with gold accents rises beside pink and magenta canopies decorated with bright mirror-work and sparkling lights. Smoke or incense haze drifts through the air. Blurred figures in the foreground and a partially visible person on the right frame the procession.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30A photograph at night of a bare-chested man in profile, with long dark hair and a short beard, wearing a thick garland of white jasmine and yellow, red and green flowers over his shoulder. He stands beside a silver staff topped with a carved animal head, and a dark rudraksha bead hangs from it. Behind him, people in orange and red garments and a red cloth hanging overhead suggest a temple or ceremonial setting.2017-09-30December 02 20172017-12-02A photograph of a long-haired man with dreadlocks and a short beard, seated in profile at a satsang stage. He wears a rust-orange shawl draped over his bare shoulder. A tall silver staff with twisted detailing stands at left, a microphone rests on a wooden stand, and a man in white ritual clothes with a shaved head sits blurred behind. A woman in a red outfit stands in the background, and at right a pillar is wrapped in bands of white, purple, yellow, green and red flowers. The presentation cues for the man include long dreadlocked hair, orange shawl and the stage setting, but the appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm identity.2018-01-01December 02 20172017-12-02Photograph of a man in profile holding a silver ceremonial staff with a T-shaped top and ornate engraved motifs, with a silver ornamental piece at the lower left. He has long dreadlocked black hair, a short beard, a white tilak on his forehead, a thin gold necklace, and wears an orange-red shawl with a gold border over bare shoulder. The blurred background shows a pink wall, red fabric and other people's heads. a person: long dreadlocked hair, orange-red ceremonial shawl and gold necklace indicate the a person presence in this ritual setting; he is shown holding the silver staff. Other people are only partially visible in the background.2017-07-30Night procession scene with warm, glowing illuminated lights in the background. A bearded man in a dark maroon robe wears a long gold ceremonial necklace with a large gold pendant and a garland of pink and white flowers, and holds an ornate silver staff topped with a silver emblem in one hand. Other men beside him, with white forehead markings and beaded necklaces, carry silver staffs topped with a rooster-shaped emblem. Appearance-based candidate for a person cannot be confirmed from appearance alone, so identity is uncertain; he is shown as a procession participant carrying a silver staff.2017-02-09February 09 20172017-02-09Side profile of a man with long dreadlocked hair and a short beard, bare-chested apart from an orange-red cloth draped over one shoulder with a gold border. He holds a silver ceremonial staff with a fork-like top and hanging bells, and a silver throne-like chair edge is visible at right. Blurred background of a hall with a few out-of-focus heads at lower left. a person's presence cannot be confirmed from appearance; the figure is shown in profile with long hair and orange-red cloth, so identity is uncertain.2017-07-30 +1 copies