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May 03 20122012-05-03Night procession on a dirt road. A colourful canopy with striped and patterned fabric panels and yellow tassels sits on a flatbed cart pulled by a green John Deere-style tractor with yellow wheel rims. A man in a light blue shirt sits on the tractor and another stands near the front. Beside the canopy, a man in white dhoti and a bare-chested figure in white attend a deity murti or decorated image on the cart. A man in a dark shirt pushes the cart from behind, and a man in white dhoti and shirt stands at right. Another decorated vehicle with lights follows in the background.2012-05-03October 12 20132013-10-12Night procession with a golden palanquin-style float lit by warm lights and carrying a glowing deity murti under a multicoloured canopy. A standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti-wrap with a white head covering and garlands stands beside the murti on the float. A green tractor with bright headlights pulls the float; its driver in a white shirt sits at the wheel, hand to his face. Trident-topped poles flank the float and a small solar street lamp is visible behind. Garlands and red cloth drape the platform.2018-05-31November 01 20112011-11-01Night procession at an outdoor ashram road. A decorated temple-style ratha, a wooden cart with a tall tiered canopy hung with striped and patterned cloth and orange fringe, carries a deity murti adorned with red and orange garlands. A tractor with a teal canopy draped in marigold garlands tows it; a young man in a light patterned shirt drives. A woman in a teal sari walks beside the cart holding a broom-like object, and a woman in white stands at the left edge among trees and shrubs.2011-11-01Night photograph of a festival procession. A red Mahindra tractor with headlights on leads, pulling a trailer carrying an ornate golden canopy decorated with multicoloured garlands and lit with lamps, sheltering a deity murti or figure seated within. Two people sit on the trailer near the front and a person in white stands at the left edge beside the tractor. Dark trees and sky surround the scene.2015-04-29October 12 20132013-10-12March 02 20132013-03-02Night photograph of a illuminated multi-tiered golden temple chariot (ratha) decorated with strings of colourful flower garlands, string lights and gilded figures, carried on a rubber-tyred trailer behind a red tractor with number plate KA 05 T 3743. Inside the shrine canopy sits a deity murti in red clothing. A bare-chested man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands on sand in front of the chariot, holding a white cloth or offering, with his back to the camera. A golden bull statue sits beside the tractor, and an orange umbrella appears at the right edge.2015-09-24September 01 20112011-09-01November 11 20152015-11-11