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January 13 2015

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Night photograph of a golden ratha, a decorated festival chariot, lit with white and green fairy lights. A tall tiered golden shrine-tower with carved celestial figures and warm lamps rises above a flat golden platform. Inside the shrine, a deity murti in red and gold draped garments sits on a throne framed by a golden arch, with garlands of red, orange, green and white flowers hanging on the pillars. Golden horses with lit harness are attached at the front. Standing at the platform are golden statues of attendant figures, and a robed man in white dhoti and a female figure in pale clothing stand near the shrine. A red building and a tractor appear at the edge of the scene.2015-09-24Night photograph of a golden ratha chariot in procession, its tiered golden canopy lit with string lights and draped with colourful garlands and tassels. Carved golden horses or bulls pull the chariot, and two standing figures in white dhotis stand on its platform with hands folded. On the left, a man in a dark turban and dark clothing holds a burning torch or fire toward the animals. A second decorated vehicle with flower garlands and lights is visible at right, and a red-roofed building lies behind.2015-01-13November 22 20152015-11-22 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13January 03 20162016-01-03January 13 20152015-01-13September 24 20152015-09-24December 23 20162016-12-23January 13 20152015-01-13Night photograph of an illuminated temple chariot (ratha) with a tall multi-tiered gold-and-red canopy strung with coloured fairy lights. Inside the shrine niche sits a gold-clad deity murti adorned with garlands and a large beaded necklace. Gold figures of a seated four-armed deity and standing attendants decorate the cart's base, flanked by rearing horse sculptures outlined in white lights. A red Massey Ferguson tractor is parked in front, pulling or positioned beside the chariot, with a dark silhouette of a driver visible. Hanging tassels of red, yellow, green and white flowers frame the sides. No a person candidate is visible; the figures are statues and the scene has no clearly visible people.2015-03-02 +1 copiesOctober 03 20142014-10-03A night procession of a golden ratha chariot, brightly lit with fairy lights and hung with multicoloured garland festoons. Inside the illuminated golden shrine canopy stands a deity murti decorated with garlands, flanked by two attendants in white dhotis. The chariot is drawn by a golden horse figure and golden guardian statues, with a driver seated at the front wrapped in a banana-leaf and flower-garlanded cart. Devotees in orange and red saris and saffron dhotis walk alongside on the left and right, with banana leaves and palm fronds decorating the scene.2014-10-03