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Night photograph of a procession on a white-walled path. In the foreground a man in white dhoti holds a long wooden pole supporting a multicoloured umbrella canopy with red, blue, orange and pink panels and fringed tassels. Beside him a man in a yellow shawl over white clothes walks, and a man in white holds a tray with flowers at his waist. A man with a fan-like yak-tail whisk stands at the left, a person with palms pressed together stands behind, and a man in a white and orange striped shirt stands at the right. Several other men stand in the background near a dark building and foliage.

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Night photograph of a small procession on a white-walled stone platform. A multicoloured canopy umbrella with red panels, tassels and a bird emblem is held aloft over the group. Four men walk together: the central two wear white dhotis and yellow shawls, one carries a fan-like whisk, and the man at right in white holds a brass plate with offerings and wears a rudraksha-style mala. A man in an orange-and-cream striped shirt and beige trousers walks on the right. Another person stands partly visible at left. The setting is dark behind them with a white pillar at the left edge.2009-10-17Night-time photograph of a ritual procession at a temple entrance beside a white pillar. Three priests in white dhotis and kurtas, with yellow shawls, carry ritual items. The central priest holds a tray with a lamp and offerings, and the left priest holds a lamp. A second man in white holds a large ornate umbrella with red, blue and multicoloured tassels, decorated with a blue bird emblem, over the group, and a whisk-like fan is raised. A man in an orange-and-cream striped polo shirt and khaki trousers stands with hands clasped to the right. Several other figures are partly visible in the background. Dark foliage and a low white wall surround the courtyard.2009-10-17Night photograph of three men in white dhotis and white shirts walking along a pale path beside a white temple wall. The man in the centre holds a large red and multicoloured umbrella with fringed tassels over the group. The man on the right carries a brass tray with small lamps and a pink flower. The man on the left holds a long brass staff, and yellow shawls are draped over the shoulders of the left and centre men. Rudraksha-style beaded necklaces are visible, and the front men have red tilak marks on their foreheads. Two more men stand in the background in shadow.2009-10-17Night photograph of a procession along a whitewashed temple wall. A large red and orange umbrella with multicoloured tassels is held above a figure with long, swept-back grey hair wearing a white garment over yellow cloth, with a red forehead mark. Beside him a man in a white dhoti and loose white shirt wears a dark beaded mala and carries a ceremonial tray with a pink flower. Two men in casual shirts follow behind, with another person partly visible at the left edge.2009-10-17Night procession on a white temple veranda led by men in white dhotis and kurtas with saffron-yellow shawls and rudraksha malas. A colourful red, green and blue umbrella with a Dhyanapeetam inscription and bird motifs is held overhead. In the foreground a man in white holds a brass tray with kalasha-style vessels and a pink flower, while a companion in the left foreground carries a large grey whisk or fan. A stone pillar with carved white motifs and a lantern are visible.2009-10-17November 05 20102010-11-05January 03 20082008-01-03Evening procession on a paved path beside desert shrubs and flowering bushes. A man in a grey shirt and khaki trousers, barefoot in white socks, steps forward and reaches toward a gold-cloth-draped plate held by a man in white dhoti and shawl. Men in white ritual dress carry a yellow canopy and a multicoloured parasol with a bird emblem, and one man in white holds a tall pole with a bird emblem on a purple disc. A man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala walks at right, with his face and hair visible, and his appearance is not clearly identifiable from this image. A man in a blue shirt walks behind the procession.2006-09-02Night procession on a dirt path with a row of people in white and off-white dhotis and shirts walking beside ornate, embroidered ceremonial umbrellas in gold, orange and red. A bare-chested man in an orange-yellow dhoti with a white sacred thread and a bare-chested figure with a long rudraksha-style necklace lead the group; several people hold their hands in anjali. A man at right holds a lit torch, and children in orange and red clothing walk among the adults. A bamboo grove and a building are behind them. The scene suggests a torch-lit procession.2016-03-02Night procession on a dirt path with a row of devotees in white dhotis and shirts carrying ceremonial items. A central figure in an orange-saffron robe wears a long red-orange flower garland and walks forward. Two attendants hold tall gold-and-red ornamental banner poles, and a large multicoloured umbrella with tassels and a bird emblem is held aloft. Several men wear yellow or orange shawls and rudraksha-style beads. Fairy lights and a palm-thatched structure appear in the background. The scene reads as a ceremonial procession. There are roughly ten visible people.2008-08-01November 05 20102010-11-05January 03 20082008-01-03