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July 19 2016

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Outdoor procession at an ashram compound with red brick walls. Many devotees in white dhotis and white shirts walk in lines, several in orange and saffron clothing. Several people play drums, including a man in a blue shirt carrying a large drum, and others play brass horns and trumpets. Numerous red and orange flags with a golden deity image are raised above the crowd. Some participants wear orange garlands and shawls. A tent canopy and temple structure are visible in the background.2016-07-19A festival procession moves along a dirt road in daylight. Many devotees in white clothes walk behind a richly decorated golden-and-blue palanquin-style chariot at the centre back, topped with a small finial and flanked by orange flags. Drummers in the foreground play large hand drums: a man in a striped shirt and yellow dhoti beats one drum while a man in red shirt carries another. Women wear white saris with coloured borders, and some carry long ornate umbrellas and fan-like standards with tassels and embroidered patterns. Several participants wear orange sashes and name badges. Trees and a small structure line the background.2009-12-29July 19 20162016-07-19Outdoor procession on a dirt road at Bidadi during the 2008 Jayanti Brahmotsavam celebrations. On the left, a decorated palanquin hung with white and yellow flower garlands and orange drapes is carried by men. Devotees in white ritual clothes walk alongside, many with yellow headcloths. Orange-and-navy triangular flags and ornate umbrellas with tassels line the path, while drummers in orange and blue beat drums. Young women in white salwar and white saris and men in white kurtas follow in the crowd, with a few wearing lanyards. Buildings and palm trees appear in the background under a pale sky. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.2008-12-30December 29 20092009-12-29July 19 20162016-07-19December 27 20092009-12-27December 31 20082008-12-31July 19 20162016-07-19 +1 copiesA festival procession moves along a dirt path past terracotta-roofed buildings. At the upper left, a decorated palanquin with a canopy and garlands is carried by people in white. Many participants wear white dhotis and saris, while others wear casual clothes. Men in front carry tall gold-framed pennants and large red flags, and drummers beat big drums. In the lower right, a man with long hair wears an orange-saffron robe and carries a red flag. A cluster of around twenty to thirty people, many in white, fills the frame.2010-12-22December 31 20082008-12-31December 22 20102010-12-22