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January 1st 2013A night procession on a dirt road with people carrying flaming torches. In the foreground, women in white and orange-bordered saris hold burning torches; a woman in white with a mala at right holds a torch aloft. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls walk alongside a decorated palanquin or ratha topped by a striped canopy, carrying a deity murti garlanded with flowers. Trident-like staffs and lamps line the procession, and a street light and palm trees frame the dark background.2010-11-20Night procession outdoors at an ashram. A large black stone deity murti with a garland of red flowers stands at left, with a sash over its shoulders. Several devotees in white clothes, some with pink and magenta colour on their faces and shoulders, stand in a crowd with hands in anjali. A young man in white dhoti and a shirtless man at centre hold a brass vessel and offering tray near a brass plate. Behind them a decorated vehicle with a blue canopy, gold ornaments and a ratha-style carriage is visible, with ceremonial flags and umbrellas, and a lamp glows near the vehicle. The scene appears to be a devotional procession with abhishekam-style offerings. +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22December 02 20172017-12-02October 11 20162016-10-11Night procession at a temple gateway with stone pillars and a lit lamp. In the centre, a man in red robes with a red-and-white tilak and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant smiles and holds his hands together. Beside him a woman in a dark patterned sari points forward. At left, a sannyasi in orange robes carries a tall trident-topped staff wrapped in flower garlands of red, pink and white. Behind them, more orange-clad devotees and white-clad men follow. A large garlanded deity figure appears at right edge with orange and pink flowers. a person: the man in red with rudraksha mala and ornate gold pendant is a candidate for a person, based on those distinctive adornments; the appearance is not certain enough to confirm.2009-07-13Night procession on a dirt path past a stone wall and flowering bushes. A small ornate palanquin-style shrine, covered in colourful draped fabric, carries a garlanded deity murti lit inside. Men in white dhoti and shirts walk beside it, and a bare-chested man in white with a red-bordered cloth leads, holding a large multicoloured ceremonial umbrella. Behind them a figure in saffron-orange robes walks among the white-clad devotees. A drummer in yellow garb follows on the right beside a bright orange wall. A portable light stands on a pole at the top left.2010-11-19December 23 20162016-12-23Night procession on a rural road beside a red-washed wall. A shirtless man in a white dhoti and gold bracelet holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame in one hand and a bell in the other, facing a decorated cart. The cart has an embroidered, flower-garlanded canopy with orange and red fabric, and a tall orange pennant with a motif on a pole. Behind, a man in a white shirt holds another pennant, a cameraman in grey films, and onlookers stand by a red tractor. A rudraksha-beaded figure at left stands by the cart.2013-04-24Night procession scene at a temple-style street. In the left foreground a large grey stone deity murti, adorned with a pink and yellow flower garland and a green sash, stands beside the crowd. Behind it, a decorated palanquin or ratha with a canopy of striped blue, red and orange panels and a gold-trimmed structure shelters a seated deity murti. Several men in white dhoti-and-shirt clothing, one in a white shirt holding a camera, and others in orange-saffron cloth with rudraksha malas and white ash marks on their foreheads and bodies, stand among devotees. A man in saffron on the right holds a staff, and white-clad devotees gather near the chariot.2013-03-02October 11 20162016-10-11