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February 16 2009

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Night procession photographed from the crowd. A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange saffron cloth and gold beaded necklaces, raises a tall brass ceremonial lamp or ritual vessel overhead. Behind him are colourful fringed parasols in red, green, blue and white, and a decorated palanquin or ratha. Surrounding devotees wear white clothes and orange shawls, and several people hold up mobile phones. A large flame-shaped lantern glows at the top left. The photo is taken at night and the scene is dense with people.2007-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23Night procession scene with two colourful canopy umbrellas on wooden poles, their panels reading "Dhyanapeetam" with white dove motifs and red, green, blue and orange fabric with tassels. Behind them hang saffron flags. A man with long dark hair and a red sleeveless garment with a marigold garland stands with palms pressed together beside a gilded ceremonial palanquin bearing a small deity murti under a golden arch. Men in white shirts with lanyards and orange shawls crowd around, and a man in a saffron robe bends to the palanquin on the right, next to a large flower garland in red, yellow and green. Devotees fill the foreground.2007-12-23Night procession on a sandy path with a decorated, illuminated palanquin or ratha carrying a deity murti under a colourful multi-coloured canopy. A man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala walks at the centre holding a tall umbrella-style parasol, flanked by devotees in white dhotis and shawls, and a woman in a pink dress. Other attendants in orange robes walk alongside, with flaming torches and orange flags visible on the sides. Several onlookers stand at the edges, including a woman in a green shawl in the left foreground with her back to the camera.2011-12-05September 15 20152015-09-15November 09 20112011-11-09Outdoor photo of a procession during a Brahmotsava celebration. In the centre, a decorated palanquin-style float with a red and gold canopy and a garland-framed portrait stands above a deity murti adorned with yellow and orange flower garlands. Several people in orange and saffron robes with rudraksha malas walk around it, including a man in saffron with a long grey beard at left and a woman in an orange garland at centre. A man in white dhoti and an orange shawl stands beside them. A woman in orange holds a trident-topped staff, and a red-and-gold ceremonial umbrella and a decorated banner frame the scene, with a white fan-like object held at lower centre. Roughly ten people are visible in the scene.2008-12-23December 23 20072007-12-23September 15 20152015-09-15Night procession with a large golden palanquin draped in marigold garlands and orange-yellow flowers, shaded by a blue-fringed red canopy with a gold finial. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a saffron shawl holds the palanquin, while a shaved-headed man in white cloth with rudraksha beads films with a camera. Other attendants in saffron and orange garments and white dhotis carry ceremonial gold staffs. Devotees in front, many in saffron and white, watch closely. Oil lamps and city lights glow in the dark background.2013-02-12A nighttime procession outdoors. At centre, a man in white shirt and white dhoti holds a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in saffron with rudraksha beads and garland, labelled Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and an older man in grey kurta and white dhoti walks beside him holding a tray with flowers. Behind them a red, yellow and green ceremonial umbrella is raised, and a banner shows a second framed portrait. On the left, a shaved-headed monk in orange robes and rudraksha mala stands before a video camera. On the right, two young monks in saffron robes hold their hands in anjali, one holding a brass bell and another holding a brass pot; a monk in white dhoti with a sacred thread stands at the far right. Several people are visible in the scene.2011-12-31A photograph of a procession on an open paved area under bright sky. On the left, an ornate golden ratha-style chariot is decorated with garlands of marigolds and purple flowers, hanging bells, green tassels and an orange canopy with fringe. A central figure with long dark hair wears a white dhoti-style garment and a red and white flower garland, standing on the platform beside the chariot. Around him, several men in orange robes and beaded rudraksha-type necklaces stand and gesture with folded hands, one with a full dark beard. A man in a white shirt with a yellow sash kneels in the lower left foreground. Behind them, people in white clothing and a red-and-gold umbrella are visible, along with a distant domed structure and a camera operator.2010-01-01