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December 05 20112011-12-05October 12 20132013-10-12October 12 20132013-10-12Night procession at a temple-like setting lit by bright lamps and floodlights. A brightly decorated, illuminated shrine-chariot with a deity murti is visible at the back, with pink and orange lights. In the foreground, a crowd of women in red and maroon saris with gold borders and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces walk, some holding long brass or staff-like ceremonial poles and a kalasha-style brass vessel. Several women wear white dhotis or white saris with red borders. Men in white clothing and orange-brown garments walk among them. Dark night sky frames the scene.2013-10-12December 01 20122012-12-01Night procession on a dirt road lit by a glowing illuminated ratha or chariot shrine with a red and multicoloured canopy and striped fabric decorations. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a leopard-print shawl and rudraksha mala carries a brass pot and walks ahead. Around her, devotees in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis, a woman in a pink salwar and a woman in a yellow shawl hold a pot and brass ritual items. Ceremonial staffs topped with trident and sword-like finials are carried in the procession, and a man in white with a red shawl walks nearby. Many onlookers line the path. Visible devotees number about a dozen.2010-11-192009-GLIMPSES-OF-VARIOUS-EVENTS +1 copiesPhoto 11683201 +1 copiesMay 27 20132013-05-27November 17 20132013-11-17A night procession moves along a dark road, lit by a bright floodlight at left. Many women and men walk closely together. Many women wear dark maroon saris with gold borders and long beaded necklaces, while some wear white or orange garments. A tall gold-tipped staff rises among the crowd at right. Behind them a lit, ornately decorated temple-style chariot glows with orange light, holding a deity murti in a festival procession. A man at right wears a white dhoti with a gold-patterned border and a dark beaded necklace.2013-10-12December 05 20112011-12-05