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Night photograph of a garden bed of pink and red flowering shrubs in front of a large black elephant sculpture trimmed with yellow and white. Two or three people stand near the base of the sculpture, one bare-chested in a white dhoti and another in a red top, partly hidden by foliage. A tall tree and garden lights frame the scene, with a figure perched on top of the sculpture.

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A night photograph of a large decorated elephant effigy, painted black with white, yellow and red paisley and scroll patterns, and topped with a red and gold canopy. Several people in white and blue clothing walk along a paved path beside it, lit by street lamps and a bright light near the canopy. Trees and a low orange wall frame the scene at right.2010-09-26Night procession at a palm-lined path where a large, brightly coloured Ganesha murti is carried on a decorated float lit by warm lights. The elephant-headed deity has a red crown, large ears, raised hands and orange and blue ornaments, with a garland draped at its base. Around it, several devotees in white and orange clothing walk and stand, one bare-chested man in an orange dhoti wearing a rudraksha-style mala beside the float. Dark foliage and coconut palms frame the scene. a person's presence is not visibly established in this image.2016-09-15Night procession at a Ganesha festival. A large, brightly lit clay Ganesha murti with a red-and-gold crown, trunk and ornate blue-and-gold decoration sits on a raised float, illuminated by warm lamplight. Devotees in white dhotis and saffron-coloured garments walk and gather around the float, some seated near its base. A second decorated float with figures stands at left on a trolley. Dark trees and a distant rooftop frame the scene; the crowd of onlookers in the foreground is dim and partly silhouetted.2016-09-15December 29 20102010-12-29Night procession at a Ganesha festival: a large, brightly painted clay Ganesha murti with a red trunk, gold crown and many arms sits on a decorated platform carried through a dark street. Ganesha rides a painted orange mouse vehicle and wears a multicoloured garland. Beside the murti, a man in an orange dhoti and a seated man in orange clothes with a marigold garland face the crowd. Devotees, mostly dark silhouettes, line the street in front of a red-roofed building and trees. A faint logo sits in the top left corner.2016-09-15December 09 20162016-12-09December 23 20162016-12-23March 07 20162016-03-07December 09 20162016-12-09October 03 20112011-10-03November 20 20092009-11-20A night procession features a large, brightly coloured Ganesha murti with an elephant head, a jewelled crown, and a tall finial, seated atop a vehicle decorated with an orange and blue lion-like mount. Two attendants in saffron and yellow dhotis flank the idol; one leans in to adjust it. In the lower right, a man with a shaved head and orange clothing wears a garland of marigolds and sits beside the float. Dark foliage and a metal scaffold rise behind the illuminated figure, and a crowd is partly visible at the bottom edge.2016-09-15