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Night procession with a richly decorated golden palanquin-style ratha lit by strings of lights, draped in purple, yellow and white flower garlands and hanging tassels. A seated figure in saffron-red robes with a red-and-gold crown and a red-and-white garland sits on the raised seat, flanked by attendants. In front, a man in orange-red robes holds a trident (trishula) and walks beside the vehicle. Below, a bald man in saffron clothing with a rudraksha mala and a white-clad man walk among a dense crowd of devotees in white and colourful saris. Pure density of people fills the foreground.2015-02-17 +1 copiesNight procession at the Kumbh Mela. A smiling man in saffron-orange robes sits in the centre, wearing a tall gold crown set with red stones, a long garland of pink, purple and white flowers, and gold necklaces. He holds a silver staff topped with a trident while seated on an ornate palanquin-style seat under a large red, orange and teal canopy fringed with tassels. Around him, saffron-clad men with shaved heads and tripundra markings carry staffs, a silver trident and a golden kalasha, and some wear rudraksha malas and gold chains. Marigold garlands hang from the canopy, and oil lamps and street lights glow in the dusk. Swamiji (probable): the seated central figure wears the crown, garland and orange robes, a distinctive combination of cues.2013-02-10Night procession photograph of a richly decorated golden palanquin hung with tasselled bells and tassels in green, orange, pink and yellow. Seated on the palanquin is a person with long dark hair, a red and white flower garland, gold necklace and gold armband, with white forehead markings and a saffron wrap, holding a curved wooden staff and smiling. Beside the palanquin stands a bald man in saffron robes with a wrapped cloth, leaning on the gold frame. A large silver fan-shaped ceremonial disc is mounted on the palanquin, with flower garlands in purple and white draped along its base. Below, devotees in saffron and white clothes with white ash markings on their foreheads and faces, a woman in a red sari, and onlookers fill the foreground. Purple and white garlands and bright lamps light the scene.2013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02Night procession with a golden-wheeled ratha/chariot carrying a large deity murti of Devi on top, under a pink canopy. Seated on the chariot's red-draped platform is a bearded man in a maroon garment with a flower garland, and beside him stands a white-clad man with rudraksha mala, holding a red umbrella over the seated figure. Behind them a woman in a red sari and a girl in red sari walk in the crowd, with women in orange and maroon garments following, many wearing flowers and bangles.2016-10-11February 12 20132013-02-12 +1 copiesNight photograph of a festival procession. A golden ratha-style palanquin, decorated with garlands of white, pink and purple flowers and hanging tassels in green, yellow and pink, is lit by a lamp at its top. A person in orange-red clothing with a white forehead mark sits in the palanquin, holding its railing. Below, a bald priest with a white-marked body raises a flaming oil lamp toward the palanquin, while a robed attendant in orange stands with hands folded in front of a kalasha-like offering. Devotees in orange and white clothes watch and join their palms. An orange and blue canopy umbrella stands above the palanquin, and an orange-clothed figure with a mala necklace raises hands in greeting beside it. Appearance-based candidate in the palanquin: a person, identified only by his orange robes, forehead mark and seated role in a procession.2013-03-02December 12 20162016-12-12December 23 20072007-12-23February 12 20132013-02-12Night procession on a gold-framed palanquin-style cart with a golden arched canopy and a deity murti draped in garlands of white, pink and red flowers. A seated man in orange-brown robes and an orange turban wears a yellow and white flower garland and sits on an orange cloth on the cart. Behind him, a bare-chested attendant in orange dhoti waves a white fan toward the deity. Colourful tasselled umbrellas frame the scene, and a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala walks at left. Greenery and a tree fill the background.2016-11-05Night procession on a decorated ratha at a Holi celebration. A man seated on a silver-canopied chariot wears a saffron-orange cloth, a pink garland and a gold pendant, holding a long red staff. The canopy and wheels are wrapped with marigold and tassel garlands in orange, yellow, green, purple and red. Around the chariot, a dense crowd in white and coloured clothes, many smeared with powder, presses close; a few wear pink and orange headwraps. A tall ornate umbrella and a decorated flag stand at the left edge, and lamps glow in the background.2017-03-13