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Night photograph of a street procession with a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of yellow, white and red flowers and green leaves, shaded by a large ornamental canopy with green fabric, pink and blue peacock-feather motifs and red-and-green tassels. A man in a white shirt, green lungi and white sacred thread stands at right with his head bowed. Another man with curly hair in a light shirt is partly visible at left. Bright street lights and illuminated shop signage surround the scene.

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Night photograph of a golden deity murti of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, framed by a dense arch of marigold and mixed flower garlands in yellow, white, red and pink, with green leaves. A large green fan-shaped canopy with peacock-style painted eyes and pink petals, edged with red and purple tassels, hangs above. Two men stand at either side: on the left a bearded man with curly hair in a white shirt, on the right a man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style cloth wearing a thin sacred thread, both looking downward in devotion during ritual service. The background is dark.2025-11-23Night procession photo showing a deity murti decorated with a dense arch of garlands in yellow, orange, red, magenta and green, set on a silver palanquin or ratha. A striped red, green and gold canopy with peacock-style motifs is raised above the figure. A man in a cream short-sleeved shirt stands at the left holding the palanquin, and a partly visible person appears at the lower right. 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To the right, a standing man in white dhoti and shirt with a green waist cloth and sacred thread watches. Smoke or incense drifts at right. Several seated and standing onlookers fill the foreground, and a shop sign with Tamil script is visible at right.2025-11-23A photograph of a golden deity murti decorated with a dense frame of garlands in yellow, red, pink, purple and white flowers, with green leaves and a green silk cloth draped below. A green and pink umbrella-like canopy with red tassels hangs above. At the left edge a man in a cream-coloured dhoti and shirt with a red sacred thread stands with eyes lowered, holding a silver vessel with pink flowers. Floodlights and a red-and-white striped pole are visible at the right, and the background is dark.2025-11-23Night photograph of a silver Nandi bull vahana decorated with garlands of yellow, red and pink flowers and green leaves, with a green-and-red striped canopy overhead topped by a lotus-shaped ornament. 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