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Night procession at an ashram street lit by string lights along a red-painted wall. A lit temple tower with a red and gold superstructure glows in the background. Crowds of devotees in white dhotis and shirts, women in saris and salwar, press around a palanquin or cart carrying a deity murti. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread and a tilak on his forehead holds a long staff near the front. Gold trident and ceremonial metal fixtures stand among the crowd, and a large gold ornament is visible at the right edge. A man in a light blue shirt operates a camera from a red vehicle. Many people are visible, roughly thirty or more.

A night-time procession moves along a paved open-air path between metal frame structures. Devotees in white clothes line both sides, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. Several men in white dhotis carry ornate multicoloured umbrellas and a lit torch. Men wear orange shawls over white. A woman in a red and gold sari and a woman in a cream sari stand near the front, and a woman holds a small child in a blue top. Drummers and trumpet players walk within the group. Ceremonial parasols and a decorated standard are carried through the crowd. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance in this photograph.

Night procession on a dirt path beside a low red wall and trees. A long-haired figure in a leopard-print shawl over orange robes stands centre, facing a bald man in orange and white beside a palanquin topped by a multicoloured canopy with a golden, flower-garlanded deity murti. Men in white dhotis and white shirts with lanyards stand around, and two drummers in white hold large drums on either side, one with a pink cover. A woman in a yellow-bordered sari stands at the right. A red cloth is held along the palanquin pole. Strings of white shirts and dhotis mark a ritual procession.

December 23 2006

2006-12-23 +2 copies

Night procession on a dirt road with a lit, ornate deity murti on a decorated palanquin or ratha in the background. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style mala plays a drum, while a man in white dhoti with a red-and-gold sash beats a drum and a bare-chested man in white with gold border carries a standard. An elderly man in white with a red-and-orange sash covers his face with a hand, and another elderly man in white holds a tall orange and gold banner. Floodlights and trees frame the nighttime scene.

March 02 2013

February 17 2015

2015-02-17 +1 copies

Night procession on a open dirt ground with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and saris with red shawls. Women in white saris and red shawls, some with rudraksha malas, walk and fold hands in namaste. Behind them a decorated ratha/chariot with a blue canopy and garlands is lit, and a lit temple-style shrine tower holds a deity murti, with a figure in orange near the chariot. Mostly the crowd is in motion, with many people visible in the foreground and background.

December 23 2016

February 21 2016

Night procession photographed on a dirt road beside a chain-link fence. At centre, a decorated ratha/chariot with large wheels is laden with marigold and yellow flower garlands and a tall rainbow-coloured arched canopy of green, purple and pink beads. Seated figures in the chariot are dressed in white and gold, with a deity murti visible beneath. On the left, drummers and horn players wear white dhotis and orange scarves and drape orange garlands over their instruments. Behind them, a red canopy umbrella with a golden emblem is held aloft. Costumed attendants in green and red skirts, one with a red headdress, line the right side. Several people are gathered in the procession.

Night procession on a reddish dirt road at an ashram. A brightly lit, ornate golden temple chariot (ratha) with tiered decorative tower and illuminated figures is pulled forward by a vehicle at center. Several people line both sides of the road holding tall ceremonial torches and lamps with bulbous tops, some lit. Attendees wear white dhotis and kurtas, saffron-orange and red saris, and dark clothing. A white illuminated palanquin-like canopy glows in the middle distance beside a pink building. A tall ceremonial lamp stand is visible on the right.