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May 31 20182018-05-31May 31 20182018-05-31Night photograph of a golden processional palanquin (ratha/chariot) decorated with a pink canopy topped by a golden lotus finial, red and gold drapery, and garlands of orange and red flowers. A person with long dark hair, seen from behind, wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, and holds a white fan or chamara beside the deity murti seated in the palanquin. Golden carved elephant-like shafts extend from the vehicle. Trees and a street light are visible in the background.2017-05-31January 13 20152015-01-13Night photograph of a temple-style ritual procession on a dark stage. A gilded arched shrine holds a deity murti decorated with marigold and multicolour flower garlands and a large beaded necklace, shaded by a canopy with colourful striped fabric. Beside it, a smaller illuminated gilded shrine with lamps stands on the left. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and upper cloth faces the central shrine, with his back to the camera. Another figure in orange stands near the smaller shrine. Oil lamps and stage lights glow in the darkness. Printed copyright text appears at lower right.2016-03-02 +2 copiesNight photograph of a golden palanquin procession. A large ornately carved golden swaarna shibika (palanquin) with dragon-head poles and a red canopy under a multicoloured fringed umbrella sits at centre, decorated with flower garlands. Seated within is a figure in orange-gold robes and a dark-haired head, receiving a fan-like whisk held by a standing man in orange cloth who is bare-chested with distinctive adornment on his arm. Behind, another lit multicoloured umbrella and a illuminated shrine-like structure with a figure appear. Several other attendants in orange are visible in the procession.2018-05-31Night procession scene: a golden palanquin-style vehicle with a deity murti decorated with flower garlands, a golden umbrella canopy above, and a carved golden figure of an animal mount at the front, all garlanded with marigold and jasmine strands. A man in orange and saffron robes with a silver-trimmed white headdress stands on a raised orange-draped platform at the left, hand resting on the vehicle, with oil lamps and flower offerings at the base. The background is dark with a few distant lights.2011-10-30Night photograph of a golden processional palanquin decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands, orange and pink tassels, and a pink canopy with string lights. A richly adorned deity murti sits on the golden seat, wearing a heavy jewelled necklace. Two attendants stand beside it: on the left a man in white dhoti and shirt, on the right a person in a bright orange saffron sari with a gold necklace, touching the palanquin's edge. Dark background.2016-02-17 +1 copiesJanuary 24 20162016-01-24February 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesMarch 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesNight procession on a decorated ratha or palanquin lit by warm lamps, its canopy in blue and yellow draped with marigold and yellow garlands. A man in saffron-orange robes holds a large ceremonial mace-like staff on the left, and a figure in red and gold sits centrally on the decorated platform. Several people in white dhotis and saffron or pink cloth stand and walk along the lower edge, with a bald man in white at right and a man with a shawl in front. Dark background, blurred foreground.2013-02-12