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October 06 2011

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A festival float or palanquin, a gilded wooden shrine canopy with carved elephants and a seated deity figure at its top, decorated with garlands of white, pink, red and yellow flowers. Inside the flower-framed niche sits a deity murti of Saraswati, holding a veena, wearing a white and red sari with a crown, pearl necklaces and a blue blouse. The float has a gold-painted base and wheels on a dark stage at night. No physical people are visible.2011-10-06Night photograph of an ornate golden ratha or palanquin-style procession vehicle with a deity murti seated in its centre, decorated with dense garlands of white, yellow and red flowers, and hanging tassels in pink, green, blue, yellow and purple. A gold canopy with scalloped fringe covers the top, and gold ornamental figures and a bell-cluster ornament flank the sides. A red cloth drapes behind the murti. Partly visible at the edges are a few onlookers and a loudspeaker on the right, with a gold staff or ornament at the far right. The darkness and stage lighting leave the background mostly black.2013-04-23 +2 copiesSeptember 01 20112011-09-01Night photograph of an ornate golden ratha chariot decorated for a festival procession, lit by warm lamps against a black sky. Its canopy is hung with multicoloured tassel garlands in red, purple, green and yellow. Inside, a deity murti stands adorned with gold jewellery and a garland, surrounded by flowers. At the chariot's base, a man in a white dhoti and cap stands beside the chariot, and a small carved figure is visible at the bottom. Visible people are few and partly obscured in shadow.2014-12-02A night procession shows a deity murti seated on an ornate palanquin-style throne decorated with multicoloured floral garlands, yellow marigold strands and embroidered red, green and orange fabric panels bearing elephant and bird motifs. A richly embroidered canopy with hanging gold-tone tassels sits above the figure, which wears a crown, a rudraksha-style necklace and bright ornaments. Several devotees stand in the foreground, including a man in a white checked shirt, and a fabric-wrapped pole frames the canopy.2005-12-22A night photograph of a decorated festival procession cart carrying a gilded deity murti seated on a red cushion, framed by a colourful painted canopy with yellow fringe and a painted panel above showing Shiva lingam flanked by two bulls. Garlands of marigolds and multicoloured flowers drape the murti, and offering plates with kumkum or flower offerings and oil lamps sit on the cart. Men in white dhotis stand at the cart's side, one with a bare chest and rudraksha mala, another holding a saffron flag on a pole. The wooden cart has large wheels.2013-03-02October 06 20112011-10-06October 03 20112011-10-03A night procession photographed in low light. A golden, ornately decorated palanquin or ratha is hung with colourful tassels and flower garlands in pink, red and magenta, with a teal canopy overhead and a lit lamp inside its top. Two figures sit on the platform: one in a white garment with a garland, and a figure beside them. Men in white with orange and saffron shawls walk alongside, and tall golden ceremonial staffs or standards stand at the right edge. A red-orange flag hangs from the platform. The procession is lit by the lamp and faint background lights.2013-03-02October 06 20112011-10-06Night procession with a golden, illuminated ratha or palanquin heavily decorated with marigold garlands, tassels and a fringed canopy in green, pink, blue and orange. A seated figure in orange-saffron robes, wearing a crown and a rudraksha-style mala, sits on the raised golden seat amid flowers. A man in a white kurta with a trident emblem on the chest and a white turban-wearing attendant stand beside the ratha holding ceremonial staffs. Dense crowd of devotees in the foreground, lit by string lights on poles.2015-01-13A night photograph of a richly decorated temple shrine canopy with a tiered red, yellow and blue cloth structure painted with lotus flowers, geometric borders and a Shivalinga flanked by two nandi bulls on the front panel. Beneath it sits a deity murti dressed in a gold and green sari-like garment with a gold crown, framed by white and yellow garlands and a golden arch. Brass oil lamps and offerings of fruit and flowers lie on the stone platform in front. At the edges, partially visible people hold a white cloth and a stick. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2013-03-02