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Outdoor festival procession under palm trees and a blue sky. Many devotees in white clothes, some with orange shawls, walk through a dense crowd. Several colourful striped umbrellas with fringed edges and a tall orange flag on a pole are carried high above the crowd. A large ornate embroidered banner hangs from a pole in the centre. Strings of small lights stretch overhead. In the foreground a woman with dark hair wearing an orange shawl faces away from the camera. Crowd is large but only partly visible.

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Outdoor procession in a palm-fringed area during Brahmotsav. A dense crowd of devotees in white dhotis and white saris, many wearing orange headbands and orange shawls, moves forward. Several orange flags with a dark circular emblem rise above them, along with ornate colourful parasols with fringed edges and a decorated banner. A man in a cream kurta holds a drum wrapped in red and gold cloth near the front. Coconut palms and strings of hanging decorations fill the background. The participants are a crowd of more than twenty people.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25A large outdoor procession moves through a palm-lined grounds under bright daylight. Many devotees in white ritual clothes, many with saffron-orange stoles, walk among tall orange flags with a dark emblem, several ornate umbrellas with blue and red canopies, and a golden decorated banner carried on poles. Strings of small lights stretch overhead. Some women in the foreground wear orange shawls and bangles, and people raise hands in reverence. A crowd of roughly 100 or more people is visible. No clearly identifiable a person figure is discernible in this view.2007-12-27December 25 20072007-12-25Crowd of devotees gathered outdoors beneath tall coconut palms around a tall wooden flagpole decorated with strings of bunting and lights. Many people wear white ritual clothing, with some in orange and saffron saris and a few in pink, and several hold orange flags on poles. Multicolored decorative umbrellas are raised over the group. Several people stand at the front in white with saffron-coloured shawls, and the bright hazy sky and palm fronds frame the scene. Numerous people are visible, but many are partially hidden behind others.2007-12-23A dense outdoor procession moves down a dirt road lined with coconut palms and banana trees. Crowds of devotees in predominantly white clothing, including men in white shirts and dhotis and women in white saris, fill the road. Orange and red flags flank the route, and ornate multicoloured umbrellas and a red-and-gold canopy are carried above the procession. Orange festoon bunting decorates the roadside walls and trees. The people are very numerous and densely packed, with many faces visible in the foreground and the procession stretching into the distance.2009-01-01December 23 20082008-12-23December 27 20072007-12-27A dense outdoor procession crowd moves under palm trees and thatched roofs. Bearers hold long poles with ornate yellow, orange and red embroidered pennants and two large multicoloured canopy umbrellas with fringed tassels, one in red, yellow and blue and one in green and red. Many people wear white shirts and kurtas, while others wear orange and saffron clothing. Devotees press close around the parasols, and a few figures in orange and saffron clothes stand within the group near the front. Strings of triangular flags run across the top of the scene.2009-01-01December 29 20092009-12-29Outdoor procession under tall coconut palms and a clear blue sky. Dozens of devotees in white clothing with orange-saffron shawls and wraps walk among large orange flags on poles, several bearing a dark circular emblem. Ornate umbrellas and a white parasol-style canopy rise above the crowd, and strings of small lights are strung overhead. Many participants wear orange sashes over white; a woman in the foreground wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace and holds a camera. Men in white shirts and dhotis carry flags and walk in a loose procession across open ground. No single identifiable leader is clearly visible.2007-12-27Outdoor procession on a dirt road during a festival, with a large crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing moving between palm trees. Many people hold tall orange-red flags and ornate umbrella-like canopies with yellow, red and blue embroidery and a blue emblem. A small decorated float or shrine with a deity murti sits at left beside a concrete wall. Several figures in orange saffron robes walk near the center. A water tower and hills appear in the distance under a clear blue sky.2008-12-23