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A large painted elephant sculpture dominates the scene, black-bodied with a red and gold caparison decorated with white scrollwork and a golden face motif. A red canopy with white-striped posts and a gold finial sits on its back, with a figure in a blue-grey outfit seated inside. A second figure in white and red clothing sits at the elephant's neck holding a long staff. A wooden walkway leads up to the elephant's front legs, with a white plastic chair at its base. Statues of a shirtless man in white dhoti playing a flute and a figure in blue at the right stand around the scene. Blue sky and trees frame the sculpture.

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A large decorated elephant statue, painted dark grey with red, gold, white and turquoise trappings, stands outdoors at dusk beside a tree and garden lamp. A canopied howdah on its back holds a seated figure in a light blue garment with an orange head covering, and a figure in white stands at the elephant's head holding a goad. Other painted figures in white dhotis stand near its flank. The red cloth drape bears a gold face motif and white scrollwork, and a tall lamp post and tents sit in the background.2010-02-03A photograph taken from below of an elephant with a painted, patterned ear and a blue and red draped cloth bearing a white shield emblem with a bird. A mahout in a white shirt and a yellow-and-pink turban sits on its neck. 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Behind, a second elephant with a rider in a red turban follows, and a white truck and green trees line the road.2008-01-22A decorated temple elephant stands on a wooden platform in a narrow temple courtyard. Its ceremonial cloth is red with a central embroidered panel showing a seated Ganesha deity murti flanked by two attendant figures holding fans, bordered by a blue band with red and green floral motifs and a yellow fringe. A small bell hangs from the cloth and the elephant bears white forehead markings. Several people in white dhotis and shirts stand nearby on the left, and a man in dark clothing stands beside the blue temple wall on the right. Carved temple gopuram sculptures rise behind, and a bicycle is parked at the far right.2009-08-08A photograph of an elephant standing on a dusty road in low, late-day light under a pale blue sky. Its ornate red and navy caparison with gold fringe and a white shield emblem covers its back. Atop it sits a howdah with a red railing, where a person in a saffron-orange head covering and orange robe sits behind the rail. In front sits the mahout in a white shirt and a cream turban. Power lines and a utility pole cross the background, with low walls and trees beyond.2008-01-22A photograph of an elephant walking along a paved road under a clear blue sky, its trunk and head in the foreground, painted with coloured markings on its legs. On its back sits a mahout in a white shirt and yellow-orange turban, legs bent, holding the elephant's ear rope, and behind him a rider in an orange robe and orange knit cap sits in a pink-railed howdah. The elephant wears a blue and red cloth with yellow borders. Green shrubs and a roadside edge appear at left.2008-01-22A decorated elephant in a street procession under a clear blue sky. The elephant's trunk is raised upward, and it wears an ornate golden headdress studded with gold bosses and embellished with red and pink flower garlands and multicoloured tassels. Its back is draped in an orange cloth. A man in a light checked shirt sits on its back. Behind and beside the elephant, a crowd of onlookers gathers, and yellow pennant flags hang across the street, with palm trees visible in the background.2007-02-02January 22 20082008-01-22A photograph of an elephant procession on a village road under a clear blue sky. In the foreground, a painted elephant with a blue and gold trimmed cloth carries a rider in a white shirt and yellow turban beside a second person in an orange saffron cap and orange robe seated in a small pink-framed howdah. Another elephant with a rider in white and a red-orange turban follows behind, with trees and a low concrete building at the left edge. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance here, so the seated person in orange is described by role only.2008-01-22June 05 20122012-06-05A decorated temple elephant leads a street procession. Its forehead and trunk are painted with white and pink ornamental patterns, and its head is covered in marigold and orange flower garlands. Above it, a canopy or howdah is hung with yellow, white and red flower garlands on gold-coloured posts, and the elephant wears a red and gold embroidered cloth edged with white frills. On the left, a young man in a green-and-cream striped shirt holds an orange cloth beside the elephant, and a boy in a teal shirt stands in the foreground. A man in a pink shirt and other onlookers stand on the right beside a pink building, with orange bunting strung above.2011-10-15