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October 12 20132013-10-12November 01 20112011-11-01November 22 20152015-11-22Night photograph of an illuminated festival chariot in procession on a dark road. A tractor at the front is driven by a man in a grey shirt, its front decorated with a flower garland and a lamp glowing. Atop the tiered golden canopied structure, lit with warm lights and decorated with colourful hanging tassels and garlands, sits a seated deity murti or figure beside a golden kalasha-style ornament. Trees frame the scene on the left. A man in a brown shirt stands at the right edge watching, and a figure in a dark sari stands partly visible on the left.2015-11-22A night procession float (ratha) decorated with a colourful painted canopy of red, blue, yellow and orange panels with floral and bird motifs and orange fringe. Inside, a deity murti is seated on a red and gold cloth, heavily garlanded with red, white and yellow flower garlands and wearing a teal garment. In front stands a priest in orange robes holding a white yak-tail fly whisk (chamara) toward the deity. Offerings and a brass lamp sit on an orange cloth on the float platform. A tractor with two men in light clothing is at right, pulling the float. Visible painted bull and linga motifs appear at the top of the canopy.2011-11-01October 12 20132013-10-12March 02 20132013-03-02Night 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.2018-05-31April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesNight 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.2015-04-29Night photograph of a decorated procession chariot on a dark road. The ratha has a tiered canopy with orange valance, painted red and blue pillars, and a lit shrine area holding a deity murti draped in garlands of white and orange flowers and purple mala. A second vehicle with headlights, also strung with marigold garlands and banana leaves, stands in the foreground beside a dark auto-rickshaw silhouette. A figure in white clothing walks at the left edge. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2011-10-06December 05 20112011-12-05