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August 31 20112011-08-31August 31 20112011-08-31December 23 20082008-12-23October 31 20112011-10-31Outdoor evening procession on a dirt path lined with palm trees and a corrugated roof. A golden palanquin with a carved crown, garlands of orange, yellow and purple flowers and hanging tassels is carried on a wooden cart with orange cloth. A seated figure in orange robes waves from the palanquin. In front, a man in a tall ornate headdress and orange dhoti holds a lamp aloft. Behind them, men in white dhotis and red-orange robes walk with folded hands. A cameraman stands at left.2011-12-15December 26 20102010-12-26Outdoor ritual on an orange-draped cart decorated with flower garlands and colourful embroidered panels. A young priest in white dhoti and a cream turban sits cross-legged, applying sacred ash or sandal to his arm while pouring from a small cup over a brass plate. A devotee in a mustard-yellow shirt sits opposite with palms pressed together in prayer, holding a small brass vessel. Brass bells and a brass plate sit on the orange cloth. Behind them is a deity murti in a decorated shrine framed by red and yellow garlands and a gold-brown cloth. Yellow-orange flags and a vehicle stand in the background.2011-08-31December 15 20112011-12-15December 12 20112011-12-12December 24 20112011-12-24Outdoor procession at dusk beneath palm trees. A man in an orange dhoti holds a lit camphor flame in a white bowl aloft toward a golden ratha-style palanquin decorated with marigold and multicoloured garlands, tassels and orange cloth. A woman in orange sits on the palanquin seat. Behind it, attendants in white dhotis and saffron-robed men walk with folded hands, and a man in a maroon-red dhoti walks beside the cart. A low orange-draped platform sits on the wheeled cart in the foreground. Corrugated roof and palms frame the scene.2011-12-15December 23 20082008-12-23