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Night photograph of a red brick building decorated with strings of multicoloured fairy lights and a flower-garlanded vehicle at left. In the foreground, several people are gathered at a tractor and a trailer: one man in an orange-yellow garment stands near the tractor, another in orange works beside it, and a person in red raises a green cloth on a pole near the building. Two people in white clothing stand at right, and a figure in white sits on the trailer. Lit oil lamps glow on the decorated vehicle.

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Night photograph of a festival procession at an ashram. A decorated ratha or chariot, lit with coloured fairy lights and marigold garlands and a glowing lamp, stands at left. Beside it a man in orange clothing walks near a red tractor, and a figure in orange robes stands in the centre. At right, a red brick building is strung with lights; a figure in red and white stands near a decorated altar or murti, and two people in white dhotis and shawls stand near a lit stage. Strings of coloured and orange lights frame the scene against the dark sky.2015-11-16Night procession photograph. On the left, a decorated wheeled float or chariot with a lit interior, hung with multicoloured tassels, stands beside a red and white Massey Ferguson tractor parked on a dirt road. A bald man in orange saffron robes sits on the tractor's seat, with a second person in dark clothing beside him and a figure in orange at the tractor's side. Strings of green, blue and purple fairy lights run along a red wall and through the trees behind.2015-11-16November 16 20152015-11-16November 16 20152015-11-16Night procession on a dirt road at a campus lined with multicoloured fairy lights on red-brick buildings. A decorated ratha or cart carries an illuminated deity murti with a golden arched halo, drawn by a tractor-like vehicle. Beside the cart, people in white dhotis and saris walk, one holding a large red-and-white umbrella. A woman in a red sari walks in the right foreground. Lit banners stretch in the distance.2015-11-15A nighttime outdoor procession on a dark road. A decorated float or ratha-like cart stands at left, framed by flower garlands in red, orange, yellow and pink, with bright lights glowing on its canopy. A person in light clothing sits on the float near the garlands. In the foreground, a dark-clothed figure walks beside the float, while at right a red tractor with a driver in a dark top pulls the cart along a paved road lined with trees and a small building.2015-11-16November 16 20152015-11-16September 15 20162016-09-15Night photograph of a festival procession on a dirt path beside an orange wall and trees. A gilded ratha/chariot on wheels is heavily decorated with marigold and multicolour flower garlands, a large ornate deity murti stands on it under a striped red, yellow and green canopy, and a gold-tasselled umbrella crowns the scene. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti stands on the cart beside the murti. Several women in saris, one in cream with a yellow shawl and one in orange, watch and walk beside the cart, while a bare-chested man in white stands in the background near a red tractor pulling the cart.2011-10-04Night procession on a dirt road beside a tall orange-red wall. Women in white saris carry tall, embroidered ceremonial banners on poles, with orange-embroidered banners at the front. Men in saffron/orange robes walk in the procession. A red tractor with headlights leads a decorated float carrying a deity murti under a gold-trimmed canopy, lit with warm lamps. Other men in white garments walk alongside the float, and a few people in white and in checked lungi walk at the right edge.2013-04-23 +2 copiesNight procession at the ashram street during the Sadashiva Brahmotavam: a golden deity murti is decorated with flower garlands on a decorated ratha/cart pulled by a red tractor. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands on the cart tending the deity. Behind him an ornate golden canopy and a second tall decorated ratha are lit with strings of lights. A tractor driver in dark clothing sits at the right, and a man in orange attire walks beside the cart. Purple and white fairy lights line the multi-storey building at right.2016-12-06 +1 copiesA night procession on a dirt road lit by bright white headlights. A decorated float with a gold-and-carved canopy is hung with multicoloured tassels and flower garlands, and a figure seated inside it is partly visible. A tractor, driven by a man in dark clothing, pulls the float forward, while several silhouetted onlookers stand in the foreground. Trees and a small lit building are in the dark background.2015-11-16