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Night-time outdoor scene on a sandy open ground. A red Massey Ferguson tractor with a driver and a few seated men stands at left. At right, a decorated wooden cart is adorned with a colourful arched canopy and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with long hair, flanked by flower garlands and a kalasha-style brass pot. Around the cart, about seven people in white dhotis and white garments with orange shawls stand in a semicircle, some with hands folded in reverence. A white stone shrine structure with a golden finial stands in the background under a dark sky.2008-01-25Outdoor temple scene in bright daylight at a white-walled complex lined with palm trees. A red Mahindra tractor on the left, driven by a man in white, pulls a green trailer carrying a decorated palanquin with a pink-and-white floral arch and a deity murti under a small canopy. Several people in white dhotis and a saffron-robed person walk alongside. Beside them stands a black Nandi bull statue on a white plinth, and on the right a tall copper-coloured kalasha-style pillar rises. Striped banners hang from poles near the white hall entrance, where a figure in white stands in the doorway.2007-08-29A 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.2011-08-31December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesNight procession on a dirt road. A red Massey Ferguson tractor with a teal canopy pulls a trailer carrying an ornately decorated palanquin-style float, its gold and red canopy strung with marigold garlands and holding an illuminated deity murti. A seated figure in orange clothing sits near the float. Beside the tractor, a woman in white with a red border walks alongside. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk ahead of the float, one bare-chested with a rudraksha-style mala. On the right, drummers in dark and white clothes play a drum, and a man in an orange shirt walks with them. Floodlights glow in the dark background.2011-09-01A 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.2014-04-13Outdoor procession on a dirt road at a temple-like compound. A red Massey Ferguson 1035 DI tractor with a green canopy leads, pulling a decorated ratha/chariot draped in garlands, colourful umbrellas and fringed hangings. Women in orange and saffron saris and rudraksha malas walk alongside, while a crowd of devotees in white and orange shirts with lanyards and orange shawls fills the foreground. Palm trees and a red brick wall stand behind.2013-12-27A festival procession on a dirt road under palm trees. A decorated tractor-drawn float carries a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a red headdress, surrounded by orange umbrellas, flower garlands and a golden canopy. Saffron-robed sannyasis walk alongside holding a large brass trident, and many devotees in white and orange clothing line the road. A red tractor with a green canopy and garlands follows, and a lorry is parked to the right.2013-12-27December 31 20152015-12-31December 06 20162016-12-06December 27 20132013-12-27April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies