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A procession moves along a paved road lined with palm trees and red-painted low walls. At the centre, a tractor pulls a decorated ratha-style chariot with a gold canopy and a gilded deity murti or peetha under a red-and-blue cloth. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk alongside, with two people holding blue and green umbrellas over the procession. A young boy in white walks in front, and an assistant carries a red bag. Parked blue trailers stand on the right beside red fencing.

December 17 2016

December 17 2016

A photograph of a festival procession on a dirt road. A red tractor with a green canopy pulls an ornate decorated cart (ratha) topped with a multicoloured kalasha-style dome, colourful fabric hangings and garlands, with a deity murti visible inside the shrine. Devotees walk alongside: a woman in an orange sari with a shawl, a woman in white with a yellow shawl, men in white dhotis and shirts, and a man in a white kurta holding a red-and-yellow pennant on a pole near the tractor. Some wear orange shawls. An orange gateway with finials stands at right and a concrete wall at left.

A rural procession on a dirt road lined with palms and trees. At the centre, a tractor pulls a decorated float carrying a large deity murti garlanded with marigolds and purple cloth, under a fringed blue canopy. A man in white dhoti stands on the float waving a white fan. The tractor driver wears a white shirt and a rudraksha-type bead necklace. Around it walk devotees in saffron and orange robes carrying tall ceremonial staffs with decorated ornamental banners and a trident, plus women in red and white saris. Several sannyasi-style figures in orange clothing with bead malas flank the cart, and a man in white walks beside the right side. Trees and a red wall frame the background.

December 17 2016

A street procession moves along a tree-lined road. At the centre, a decorated palanquin with a canopy and garlands is pulled by a red tractor, with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and long hair under a canopy at the front of the palanquin, but appearance is too uncertain to label him a person. Behind it, devotees in white dhotis and kurtas and saffron sashes walk and carry colourful umbrellas and tall decorated staffs, and a second red tractor follows. Men in white shirts and dark trousers walk alongside, and a motorcyclist rides on the right. A bare-headed figure in white stands in the lower foreground, and a woman in a yellow sari walks at the left edge.

Outdoor procession at a dusty compound with a red brick wall on the left. A golden ornamented ratha or chariot shrine with a red canopy moves in the centre background, surrounded by a large crowd of men dressed mostly in white shirts and white dhotis. In the foreground, a line of saffron-robed sannyasis with shaved heads walks beside a path, one holding a long ceremonial staff. A man in a white dhoti and bare upper body walks barefoot near a red tractor with a green canopy, with a bystander in a striped shirt at its wheel. Yellow and red drapes decorate a row of stalls on the right, and a decorated umbrella sits at left. No readable a person candidate is clearly identifiable in this frame.

A decorated festival cart, a ratha or palanquin-style shrine, is pulled by a red Massey Ferguson tractor along a dirt road. The canopy is draped in colourful striped and patterned cloth with yellow fringe and topped by a golden kalasha finial, and a deity murti garlanded with flowers sits inside. Beside the cart walk about a dozen people: men in white shirts and white dhotis, women in white and green saris, and several women wearing saffron-orange shawls. Two people carry long poles with small triangular yellow-and-red pennants. A tractor driver in a white shirt sits at the wheel. A low concrete wall, a red-brick gateway with finials and a small domed structure stand behind them.

A procession on a dirt road beside a red brick wall, with a red Massey Ferguson tractor pulling a decorated open cart. On the cart, a deity murti sits within a golden canopy framed by flower garlands, under a purple cloth, with a shaded umbrella overhead; a man in a white dhoti stands on the cart waving a white fan. Devotees in saffron and orange robes walk alongside, some carrying tall ceremonial staffs with ornate tops. A man in white clothing and a woman in white saris walk in the group, and a child is carried in front. A shaved-headed priest in orange with a rudraksha mala walks in the foreground. Palm trees rise behind the wall.

April 13 2014

A procession walks along a paved stone path lined with palm trees and street lamps. At the centre, a bearded man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, wearing a red turban, heavy gold necklaces and a rudraksha mala, walks forward. Around him, men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls carry long staffs and a white ceremonial parasol. A black car and a yellow van sit behind them, with a blue trailer and construction fencing to the right.