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A night photograph of a golden palanquin or ratha-style vehicle on wheels, decorated with multicoloured tassels, garlands of purple and red flowers, and a striped canopy umbrella in red, blue and yellow. Inside the palanquin, a deity murti draped in green and red cloth is visible. A barefoot man in white dhoti and white shawl, holding a white fan or chamara, stands at the rear beside the vehicle on a raised platform. Another man in a white shirt stands at the left edge, holding a rope. Dark night background, lit by artificial light.2012-05-03November 11 20152015-11-11January 01 20132013-01-01January 1st 2013Night procession on a dirt road. A golden palanquin-style vehicle decorated with flower garlands in red, white and orange, tassels, a golden umbrella canopy and bells is pulled by a tractor at left and a rope. Seated on the palanquin is a figure, dressed in a saffron-toned cloth with garlands, whose appearance cannot be confirmed from this image. Around it, men in white dhotis and white shirts walk; a standing man in a white shirt and beige trousers, a bald man in white dhoti with a rudraksha-style mala and sandals, a white-clad man with a shaved head, and a woman in a white sari with yellow border stand nearby. A black night sky surrounds the scene.2011-10-30Night procession on a dirt road: a decorated flatbed cart carries a richly adorned deity murti beneath a tall multicolour canopy with fringed panels. The murti and cart are draped in yellow and white garlands, tassels and hanging ornaments, lit by a bright lamp. A red generator and speakers sit on the cart. Priests in white dhotis and shawls walk alongside, one bare-chested priest holding a lamp near the cart, another in white attending at the front, and a white fan is held beside the murti. Onlookers in shirts and trousers stand to the left under the dark trees. a person cannot be identified from the image.2013-01-01Night procession at a temple-style festival. On the right, a decorated wooden cart carries a canopy hung with colourful embroidered panels in red, orange and blue, under which a richly adorned deity murti sits, draped in marigold and red flower garlands with gold ornaments and an oil lamp glowing before it. On the left, a line of about six men stands in the dark with palms pressed together in namaskar. Most wear white dhotis with gold borders or saffron/orange shawls, and some have bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas. A dark tree stands behind them.2013-03-02Night photograph of a festival procession on a dirt path beside an orange wall and trees. A gilded ratha/chariot on wheels is heavily decorated with marigold and multicolour flower garlands, a large ornate deity murti stands on it under a striped red, yellow and green canopy, and a gold-tasselled umbrella crowns the scene. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti stands on the cart beside the murti. Several women in saris, one in cream with a yellow shawl and one in orange, watch and walk beside the cart, while a bare-chested man in white stands in the background near a red tractor pulling the cart.2011-10-04Night photograph of a decorated ceremonial palanquin or ratha on a dirt ground, draped with marigold garlands, colourful tasseled fringes and a striped canopy. A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at the back of the cart holding a long-handled fan or chamara, while two young attendants in white with pink-tinted clothing stand beside it. A man in white shirt and dhoti watches at right. A red tractor and blue tarp are visible at left.2013-01-01 +1 copiesA night procession at a temple-like event carries a decorated palanquin with a deity murti lit by warm light. The palanquin is canopied by a yellow umbrella with multicoloured trim and draped with garlands in red, orange and pink. Men and women in white and orange-saffron clothing with shoulder cloths walk alongside, pulling or carrying the palanquin along a dirt path lined by palm trees. A man in a white shirt with a lanyard badge walks in front, and a bare-headed figure in white sits or stands near the palanquin base. A dark backdrop and a faint logo appear in the upper corner.2010-11-20January 24 20162016-01-24March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copies