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Night procession on a paved road with devotees carrying golden trident-topped staffs (tridents) and red-and-gold ceremonial banners. In the foreground a bare-chested older man in white dhoti and white sacred thread holds a golden trident aloft. Behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti and a pendant necklace walks beside women in white saris with gold borders carrying tridents. A white vehicle is in the background. Dim street lighting frames the procession of Maheshwara Puja darshan.2017-05-08May 08 20172017-05-08Night procession at a dirt-ground outdoor venue. Men in white dhotis and shawls walk in a crowd, several holding ceremonial staffs and standards topped with a golden trident, a peacock-feather fan, a sword and a metal emblem. Above them a canopy with a multicoloured striped fringe shelters a decorated palanquin or deity figure draped in red and garlands. A man in a white dhoti and orange shawl stands at left with hands folded. Other devotees in white line the sides under dark sky. The image is a photograph of a ritual procession.2010-11-11January 22 20172017-01-22A night procession on a sandy path with a darkened background. In the foreground a man in a brown dhoti and bare chest carries a golden trident-like staff topped with a finial overhead, and a second man in grey clothing walks beside him. Behind them, figures in white dhotis and shawls carry flags with orange and gold fabric, and several people hold red-and-orange umbrellas. A woman in a pink top and patterned pink trousers stands at left, and lit torches or lamps glow in the distance. Several participants are wearing white clothes; the scene reads as a ritual procession.2016-09-05September 15 20162016-09-15September 05 20162016-09-05Night procession on a dirt ground with many men in white dhotis and shirts carrying ceremonial staffs topped with tridents and ornate gold finials. A decorated palanquin or ratha with a deity murti garlanded in red and flowers sits under a multicoloured fringed canopy at top right. A woman in white with a brown shawl walks among the procession. Onlookers including children in orange, green and yellow stand at left in the darkness.2010-11-11Night procession at an outdoor festival with smoke or haze lit by warm lamplight. In the foreground, men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees hold a large orange parasol fringed with sequins and beads. Beside them, a sannyasi-like figure with long hair wears saffron-orange cloth. Two tall poles carry ornate orange-and-red embroidered banners with a white bird emblem. Crowds in saffron and white clothes fill the background beneath strings of coloured lights and small tented stalls.2016-10-30Night procession on a dirt road with string lights along the edge. In front, an elderly man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-and-white bead necklace carries a long gold pole topped by an orange and gold banner with floral embroidery and a blue bird emblem. Behind him, several men in white dhoti and shirts carry similar orange banners on poles, and others walk with red shawls. In the background, illuminated deity palanquins and chariots glow with golden light.2015-11-11September 15 20152015-09-15October 30 20162016-10-30