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December 24 20122012-12-24Night procession on a dirt ground under a yellow and green canopy with strings of coloured lights. Several men and boys in white dhotis and white shirts carry lit oil lamps and flames on long poles. A silver palanquin with ornate canopy stands at right, and a figure in an orange garment is visible in the middle. A tall ceremonial standard with a leaf-shaped finial and a banner rises at left. Some participants are barefoot. Visible people number about 15-20.2016-01-02January 11 20142014-01-11 +1 copiesNovember 21 20102010-11-21A night procession on open ground, lit by a torch on the right. At the centre, a decorated palanquin or ratha carries a deity murti adorned with a garland and a gold-colored canopy above it. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk around it, one holding a fan-like whisk and another a white-cloth bundle, while a boy in white holds a flag pole. Women in white saris and a saree-clad woman hold tall flag poles with yellow-gold banners embroidered in red, blue and green. Festive procession with a lit torch and traditional umbrella.2010-11-05Night procession at an open ground with people in white ritual dress carrying a deity murti on a palanquin-like platform draped in gold cloth and decorated with a purple flower garland. Several devotees carry flaming torches and decorated umbrella-style standards in orange, yellow and red. A man in white holds a white conch-like vessel, and others wave white fans. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands at right holding a standard, while men in white and orange or yellow shawls walk alongside. The scene reads as a temple procession.2010-11-05November 05 20102010-11-05A night procession on a dark road. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk behind orange flags bearing a dark emblem and an open umbrella with a fringed multicolour canopy. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron cloth carries an orange deity murti decorated with white flowers. A partly visible person in white stands at the right edge beneath a gold-fringed orange canopy pole.2008-08-07Night-time procession on a dirt path lined with palm trees. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested, carry a palanquin with a red canopy decorated with fringe and a garland of yellow and white flowers, its gold cloth draped over the poles. A man in white holds a lit oil lamp flame at left, and devotees in orange and saffron robes stand along the sides with hands folded. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible among the bearers; the palanquin appears empty of a visible person.2010-11-21November 05 20102010-11-05November 21 20102010-11-21February 17 20162016-02-17