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Night procession at a temple in which a priest in an orange-yellow cloth and a patterned cap holds up a brass lamp or aarti vessel toward a decorated ratha or palanquin. The vehicle is draped with colourful embroidered panels in red, blue, yellow and green and garlanded with white, yellow and red flowers, with a red-and-gold cloth below. Two onlookers in white stand in the foreground, one with a shaved head, and a dark wall forms the backdrop. Smoke from the aarti drifts across the frame.

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November 19 20102010-11-19 +1 copiesMay 03 20122012-05-03November 20 20102010-11-20November 18 20102010-11-18December 29 20092009-12-29December 05 20112011-12-05A photograph of a ceremonial puja before two large decorated deity murtis draped in red, purple and yellow garlands and silk. A man with long dark hair, a rust-red turban and a rust-red dhoti-style wrap, wearing a gold armlet, stands at left holding a lit oil lamp and a garland, facing the murtis. Behind him a second attendant in a rust-red wrap and rudraksha mala holds a camera. Gold ornate thrones and a magenta and teal backdrop frame the scene, with a stage-like setting and a small logo at upper left.2018-04-27Night photograph of a procession deity palanquin decorated with multicoloured flower garlands and strings of colourful blossoms, with a silver-and-gold deity murti in the centre and an orange cloth draped beneath it. A bare-chested sannyasi in orange cloth holds a lit oil lamp toward the deity while a green table holds brass vessels, a coconut, a bell and leaves. Behind the palanquin, a man in white stands with a round fan-like ceremonial object, and a man in white clothing stands at right in the foreground with a shaved head. Several people in white clothes are in the crowd, including a man at left with long hair and another at right in a white shirt. Aarti is being performed during the procession.2005-12-22December 05 20112011-12-05 +1 copiesA festival procession on a wooden palanquin draws a deity murti, a metal figure of a warrior god on a golden peacock vahana, heavily garlanded with red, yellow and green flower chains. A large yellow and gold umbrella with a fan-shaped finial shelters the figure, and a teal cloth hangs behind it. In the lower left, a man in an orange-red dhoti and wrap stands beside the palanquin, wearing a patterned conical crown, a beaded necklace and a bangle, and holding its frame. Palm trees and a bright sky fill the background. He is not clearly identifiable as a specific person, so no a person candidate is asserted.2011-10-31Evening puja at a temple-like outdoor setting: a priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing an ornate embroidered black-and-gold conical headdress, holds a ceremonial lamp toward a pair of deity murtis draped in dense garlands of yellow, red, purple and white flowers with green leaves. The deity figures have crowns and are seated on a white cloth. Another saffron-robed assistant sits behind with hands folded, and a man in white kurta sits at right with palms pressed together. A brass plate of turmeric-yellow offerings sits in front, and smoke rises from the lamp.2010-11-22November 20 20102010-11-20