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Outdoor evening procession on a grassy ground. A small wooden cart with large wheels carries a gold-painted palanquin-style canopy with a striped fringed top and a garlanded shrine containing a deity murti with a red-orange figure. Beside the cart, a man in white dhoti and shawl sits on an orange cloth with a microphone. To the right, a man in white kurta and white dhoti stands near a man in a dark blue shirt holding a small object, and a man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a lanyard speaks into a microphone. Several men in casual clothes stand on the left near parked vehicles and a red-roofed building, and a loudspeaker stands at right.

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August 28 20112011-08-28A photograph of an evening procession on an open grass lawn. A wooden cart with a draped orange cloth carries a golden deity murti under a multicoloured canopy, decorated with garlands of white flowers and a red and yellow framed image. A man in white dhoti and shawl sits on the cart beside the murti, with a bell and offerings nearby. On the right, a shirtless young man in a white dhoti holds a microphone, while other men in white and a man in a blue shirt and white trousers stand watching. Parked cars and a red-roofed building are visible in the background.2011-08-28 +1 copiesAugust 28 20112011-08-28 +1 copiesNovember 16 20152015-11-16Outdoor procession on a grassy compound. A decorated wooden chariot carries a deity murti under a gold-fringed parasol, the figure wrapped in garlands of red and orange flowers and a green cloth. A standing man in saffron robe and tall crown-like headdress holds a ritual implement beside the cart. Devotees in white dhotis and tunics pull the cart by ropes and walk with trident staffs. Women in saris and children watch from the left, and a large black and orange statue stands at right near a red building.2011-10-31Outdoor procession on a grassy lawn. A deity murti decorated with red and green garlands and a fringed canopy is carried on a decorated wooden ratha/chariot with blue cloth. A man in an orange robe and tall crown stands at the chariot holding the canopy pole, and white-clad men carry long poles at right while a woman in a yellow sari and others in white stand nearby. Spectators, including children, watch from the left. Trishula staffs stand beside the cart, and a large orange-robed statue stands in the background beside a tree.2011-10-31Outdoor evening procession on a dirt and grass field. A wheeled cart carries a gilded deity murti under an ornate canopy with a fringed top, a figure in white seated beside it on an orange cloth. A covered orange-draped platform with a patterned border stands on the right. Around them, people in white and saffron clothing stand and watch, including a woman in white and a woman in a pink and yellow sari. Several children on the left wear bright everyday clothes. A multi-storey concrete building and trees stand in the background.2011-08-28 +1 copiesNovember 16 20152015-11-16August 28 20112011-08-28 +1 copiesAugust 28 20112011-08-28 +1 copiesOctober 31 20112011-10-31A photograph of an evening procession on a dirt road lined with green shrubs and palm trees beside a terracotta-coloured brick wall. A decorated wooden cart with a bronze-coloured carved frame carries a deity murti under a multicoloured canopy, with garlands draped over the figure and an ornate gold stand in front. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers walks at the left, holding the cart's rope or pole. At the right, a man in white dhoti and shawl walks beside the cart, and a seated man in white clothes sits on the cart's orange cloth, with a small black box on the platform. Other figures are in the background.2011-08-28 +1 copies