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March 02 20182018-03-02Night procession on a dirt road. A tractor decorated with yellow and purple marigold garlands leads a float draped with colourful striped cloth bands; a large illuminated deity murti with a golden crown sits at the front. A figure in saffron clothing stands on the float. Two torch-bearers hold flaming torches: one at left in a saffron-orange garment and one at right holding a pennant-topped flame. Women in yellow and orange saris and a man in an orange hooded top stand along the road, and a bare-chested man in saffron cloth with a red-and-white garment walks in the foreground. A photographer with a camera is visible behind the float.2011-12-05September 01 20162016-09-01April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesSeptember 01 20162016-09-01Night procession on a grassy field lit by torches and headlights. A golden illuminated palanquin-style ratha carries deity murtis under a red and gold canopy, pulled by a red tractor with a green canopy and a driver visible at the wheel. Orange parasols with fringed edges are held aloft at left, and a barefoot man in dark clothes carries a flaming torch while others in white dhotis, saffron and green garments walk alongside. A woman in an orange sari stands near the chariot, and devotees in white line the right edge.2016-09-01September 15 20162016-09-15January 13 20152015-01-13Night procession on a dirt road lit by lamps, with devotees in saffron and red clothing gathered around a decorated wooden cart draped with a colourful cloth. On the cart stands a large deity murti adorned with a garland and a flower crown, with smoke rising from behind it. A person in white holds a small lamp or offering near the cart, and a child with long dark hair raises a hand toward the figures. Devotees on the left sit under a canopy beside a tractor-like vehicle.2016-10-30January 03 20162016-01-03Night procession at an outdoor ground lit by strings of multicoloured fairy lights. A large deity murti decorated with green leafy branches stands on a yellow-framed flatbed trailer, holding a club-like staff, pulled by a red tractor with a teal canopy and a small saffron-and-red flag. Several people in saffron and orange robes and white dhoti-style clothing walk beside the trailer, some carrying torches and a round drum-like shield, with hand-held lamps lighting the scene. The murti appears to depict Skanda Subramanya in a festival procession.2016-11-05Night outdoor procession on a dusty ground lit by small lamps and a warm glow. Center-right, a decorated wooden cart with a colourful striped cloth carries a large white-and-gold murti of a deity with a crown and flower garland, and a figure in white stands on the cart beside it. Several people in orange and maroon robes sit on and around the cart, and a smoke plume rises behind. In the foreground, a child in a dark outfit raises an arm toward the cart, and devotees in saffron and red clothing crowd the right edge. A man in white dhoti stands at left near a second cart with a canopy. Visible people are seated and standing devotees; the cart murti and statues are not counted as people.2016-10-30