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A night-time photograph of a dirt road lined with dark foliage. In the foreground a figure in white clothing bends low over a small flame burning on the ground. A second figure in white stands at the left edge. In the background a tall illuminated chariot or temple-like structure with multicoloured decorations glows, and a procession of people in white and orange garments carries lamps and torches toward it. The scene suggests a night procession with oil lamps and fire offerings.

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A nighttime photograph of a dirt road lined with dark foliage and a low orange wall on the left. A brightly decorated palanquin or ratha shrine, lit with warm lamps and draped in colourful garlands and fabric, is carried in the distance along the road. Several people in white clothing walk alongside it, and one person in the foreground stands at the roadside holding a lit lamp that glows against the dark. Smoke or haze drifts through the scene, and a street lamp is visible at the top left.2010-11-19A night procession on a sandy road. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and white upper cloths carry lit torches, and one man holds a flaming torch high. Behind them, devotees in saffron and orange dhotis walk among a group of people in white. Ahead, a brightly lit decorated float or chariot with a deity murti glows beneath a halo-like arc of light, flanked by shipping containers and palm fronds. A building wall stands to the left. The procession appears to be a torchlit ratha or palanquin procession.2015-11-16March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesOctober 12 20132013-10-12A night procession moves along a dirt road lit by small handheld flames. A decorated palanquin-style chariot, bright with lights and a red-and-gold deity murti under an illuminated canopy, is carried at the center. Men in white dhotis and orange-saffron cloths walk near the carriage, some holding long ceremonial staffs and oil lamps. A red umbrella is raised over the procession, and onlookers in darker clothing stand at the right edge. A palm-lined street and small buildings frame the scene in darkness.2010-11-19March 02 20162016-03-02November 21 20102010-11-21November 25 20152015-11-25September 05 20162016-09-05Night-time outdoor ritual on bare sandy ground. A crowd of about thirty people, many in white dhotis and white kurtas, some in orange and saffron garments, stands in a group at left beside a fire pit with bright flames. Ceremonial parasols with decorative fringes stand among them. At right, a decorated vehicle or chariot carries a lit deity murti, surrounded by lamps, while a figure in white stands beside it holding a long staff and another person in a red and gold sari holds a torch. A tall pale pole stands in the foreground. Dark trees and a building are faintly visible in the background.2016-03-02 +2 copiesSeptember 05 20162016-09-05March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copies