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A night procession in a crowded street with a decorated ratha or palanquin draped with colourful tassels and garlands, carrying a figure in orange-red clothing holding a long stick. Many people in the foreground are covered in coloured powder. A red multi-storey building with air conditioning units and string lights lines the background. The scene is lit mainly by streetlights and lamps.

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March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13Night photograph of a festival procession on a street in front of a red multi-storey building with air conditioning units. At centre, a decorated palanquin or chariot with a silver canopy, multicoloured tassel garlands and a large lamp-lit deity murti in front. Many people crowd around it, several dusted or splashed with coloured powder, including men in light shirts and dhotis. Lights strung along the roadway and a bright lamp in the foreground. A small purple dove logo sits at upper left.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13Night procession with a silver chariot decorated with multicoloured garlands, drawn by silver horses and lit by a small lamp at the front. A figure in red and gold stands in the chariot wearing a crown and ornate garland, though the face and identity are unclear. A crowd of people, many with coloured powder smeared on their faces and clothes, walks alongside in white, yellow and red garments, with women in red saris on the right. Illuminated red buildings and string lights frame the scene.2017-03-13Night procession on a street in front of a multi-storey building with lit windows and air conditioning units. At centre, a decorated palanquin or ratha topped with a canopy is hung with multicoloured garlands and carried forward by a crowd. Several devotees in light, dusty clothes stand around it, some holding lit torches or lamps. Strings of coloured lights line the distance. The clothing and faces are largely in shadow, and no figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so the a person field is set to unsure.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13Night procession on a paved yard in front of a multi-storey red building with air-conditioning units, lit by string lights and warm lamps. A decorated chariot with a silver-white canopy, rainbow-coloured garlands and silver horse figures is drawn forward; a seated figure in red and gold clothing sits on it, with a white-clad attendant beside. Crowds stand around the chariot, many with faces, hair and clothes smeared with coloured powder, a Holi-style scene. Women in red, orange and pink saris and salwar kameez line the right side. Small lamps glow near the wheels. Several people in white kurta-style clothes and yellow-stained garments stand in the foreground.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13A night procession on a paved street lit by strings of blue, green, red and white fairy lights on a building behind. Participants covered in yellow, orange and pink powder pull and carry a decorated palanquin at the centre, with a raised arm and a bright torch light. Two large embroidered umbrellas in blue and purple with silver edging, and yellow and red ceremonial banners on poles, mark the procession. A man in white holds a brass lamp stand, another carries a tray of offerings, and a figure in orange and white walks among the crowd amid drifting coloured powder. A cart with metal plates sits at the left edge, and a woman in dark clothes holds one of the umbrellas on the right.2017-03-13