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Night procession on a dirt ground: a decorated golden palanquin-style cart mounted on a yellow-framed flatbed trailer and pulled by a red tractor on the left. The cart is draped with flower garlands in red, pink and white, has golden tassels hanging from a fringed canopy, and carries a golden deity murti or palanquin seat. A man in a white checked shirt and khaki trousers walks beside it with a black speaker box. Three men walk on the right in white dhoti-style ritual clothing, one with a shaved head and red garland, and one in white with a red cord.

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Night procession on a dirt road. A golden palanquin-style vehicle decorated with flower garlands in red, white and orange, tassels, a golden umbrella canopy and bells is pulled by a tractor at left and a rope. Seated on the palanquin is a figure, dressed in a saffron-toned cloth with garlands, whose appearance cannot be confirmed from this image. Around it, men in white dhotis and white shirts walk; a standing man in a white shirt and beige trousers, a bald man in white dhoti with a rudraksha-style mala and sandals, a white-clad man with a shaved head, and a woman in a white sari with yellow border stand nearby. A black night sky surrounds the scene.2011-10-30October 30 20112011-10-30October 30 20112011-10-30October 30 20112011-10-30November 11 20152015-11-11April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesNight photograph of a decorated ceremonial palanquin or ratha on a dirt ground, draped with marigold garlands, colourful tasseled fringes and a striped canopy. A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands at the back of the cart holding a long-handled fan or chamara, while two young attendants in white with pink-tinted clothing stand beside it. A man in white shirt and dhoti watches at right. A red tractor and blue tarp are visible at left.2013-01-01 +1 copiesNight photograph of a decorated temple chariot being pulled by a red tractor along a dirt road in front of an orange-walled gate. The tractor driver in a grey shirt sits at the wheel under a green canopy. The flower-garlanded wooden ratha has a golden canopy-shaped top, tassels in green, pink and yellow, and a green cloth draped over its side. A gold parasol with fringe stands behind it. Two men stand on the trailer: one bare-chested in a white dhoti and one in a white shirt, beside loudspeakers.2011-10-30Night photograph of a temple chariot procession, the thiruther utchavam, pulled along a dirt road by a red Mahindra-style tractor. A man in white shirt and checked lungi sits at the wheel under a canvas canopy, with another person visible in the tractor's rear. Behind him a gold-painted flatbed carries a golden ratha with a multicoloured canopy, curled golden serpent-like finials, colourful tassels and a deity murti decorated with garlands, lit by string lights. A small generator sits on the trailer. Dark background.2015-05-01November 21 20152015-11-21May 01 20152015-05-01February 12 20132013-02-12