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September 28-29 2006 - Kodikkan Ratha Yatra

Outdoor photo of a welcome ceremony on a paved courtyard scattered with pink flower petals. A man in saffron-orange robes stands centre-frame, smiling, wearing a long pink garland with white flower strands, while a woman in a cream sari with gold necklace arranges or offers it. To the right, a woman in an orange sari holds a silver tray with a kalasha-style brass pot, flowers and mango leaves. Men in white shirts and white trousers, some with lanyards, stand around. A corrugated roof, red fabric canopy and trees form the background.

September 15 2009

Outdoor photo of a welcome ceremony with a red-and-white canopy and a tiled roof behind. A young man in saffron-orange robes on the left holds up a long pink flower garland, and a woman in a white sari with a gold-beaded necklace has her head bowed toward it. In the centre a man in an all-white shirt and trousers with a pendant on a cord walks forward. On the right, a woman in an orange sari carries a tray with a garlanded basket and flowers, while men in white and a bald man in white stand nearby, several with folded hands. Scattered petals cover the ground.

A photograph of a festival procession at an outdoor Brahmotsava celebration. A man in a long-sleeved orange robe with long dark hair and an ornate gold necklace, standing at right, places his hand on the head of a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala, who holds a silver tray of fruit and a coconut in both hands. Behind them a decorated ratha or palanquin is festooned with yellow marigold garlands and red-green-white bunting, with a framed portrait on top. Several young men and women in white clothing stand at left, one with hands pressed in namaskar, and a brass lamp and flowers sit on the cart.

August 17 2009

Outdoor group photograph at a decorated ratha procession, with a gold-and-red chariot shrine behind a row of standing devotees. The shrine holds two deity murtis draped in red and garlanded with flowers. Large colourful umbrellas with fringed edges and two banners with a dove emblem frame the scene. Standing in front are several devotees: a woman in a white sari with a brown blouse, a woman in a blue-and-brown salwar, a woman in a cream sari holding a brass plate of bananas and flowers, a man in a white shirt and beige trousers wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, and a man in a white shirt holding a flower garland. Two framed portraits are mounted on the chariot, with a man in a white turban and a man in a dark suit visible. Several more people in white and light shirts stand around the group. Prominent visible cues on the portraits are the white turban and the bearded face of the older figure.

A photograph of a ceremonial offering at an indoor event hall decorated with red drapes and floral arrangements. A figure in an orange-red robe with white garlands sits at left and reaches to take fruit from a silver tray of oranges, bananas and mangoes held by a woman in a green sari with a white garland and gold jewellery. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands behind, another woman in a maroon blouse and white garland and a man in a white shirt with a white floral garland stand at right with folded hands. Audience members sit in chairs in the background.

Outdoor photo at a village house entrance under a striped canopy. A man in a white shirt and cream trousers lifts a garland of white jasmine and red flowers over the head of a sannyasi in an orange robe, who bows forward beside an open silver car door. A woman in a white and orange sari holds a brass tray with flowers and a plant. Several onlookers in saris and shirts stand behind, a green banana plant and tiled roofs are visible, and rangoli-style floral designs lie on the ground. The sannyasi's appearance is not clearly recognisable, so identity is uncertain.

Outdoor temple courtyard scene. A man with grey hair in a bun, wearing a green gold-bordered shawl over white dhoti and multiple beaded necklaces, holds a woven basket of prasadam packets and sweets offered toward a young man. The young man wears an orange robe, a pink and gold shawl and a long garland of yellow, red and white flowers, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind them, another young man in an orange robe and a few men in white shirts stand beside a stone pillar and a red-draped doorway with a decorative pot. Hands at left hold a flower garland. Stone carvings and a small brass lamp stand decorate the shrine entrance.

July 26 2010

Outdoor ceremonial scene under a pink tent canopy with a red and gold throne-like seat behind. A man in saffron-orange robes with long swept-back dark hair and multiple long gold necklaces and a large white-and-orange flower garland stands smiling and reaches toward a tray of offerings held by a bald priest in orange robes and gold beads on the left. A woman in a white sari with a yellow flower garland receives attention from a bald man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala. Other men in orange shawls and white shirts stand around, and a woman in a patterned sari holds a leafy branch at the right.