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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.

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A night procession moves along a dirt path lit by torches and flames. In the foreground a man in a white kurta carries a tall silver-and-metal staff with decorative finials, and a woman in white with a shawl holds a flaming torch. Behind them a row of devotees in white and orange-red garments walks past, and a decorated palanquin or ratha shrine with colourful painted panels and a deity murti is carried in the centre. An orange umbrella shades the procession, and strings of small triangular flags decorate a tent on the left. Illuminated by a street lamp and flames, the scene shows a ceremonial ashram procession after dark.2010-11-19A 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.2010-11-19A 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.2010-11-19December 31 20152015-12-31March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesDecember 31 20152015-12-31October 12 20132013-10-12A 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 20132013-03-02April 23 20122012-04-23 +2 copiesMarch 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesNight procession on a dirt road with a colourful, ornately decorated palanquin or ratha shrine carried at the centre, its canopy tiered and multicoloured with a deity murti visible inside. Several men and women in white dhotis, sarees and kurtas walk around it, some holding a yellow and orange flag on a pole, a man in front carrying a drum, and a woman in an orange-red saree at left. Participants appear to be devotees in a ritual procession; no one can be confidently identified as a person.2010-11-19