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Night procession scene on open ground lit by strings of coloured lights. A large golden deity murti, with a tall crown and multiple arms, stands on a yellow wooden cart pulled by a red tractor with a blue canopy. Several men and women in orange and red dhoti-style wraps, some bare-chested, stand around the cart holding flaming torches and lamps. One figure on the right raises a fire torch. The murti is a deity murti, with no clearly readable iconography beyond its crown and arms. Visible people are five to six, the ceremony is a procession, and no a person candidate is identifiable.

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November 05 20162016-11-05Night photograph of a festival procession on an open sandy ground. A decorated tractor-trolley carries a large golden deity murti with a tall green leafy tree or branch behind it. Several shaved or long-haired devotees in orange and saffron cloths stand on and around the trolley, some holding poles or lamps, and one bare-chested devotee with rudraksha beads is visible at left. Coloured string lights and a small fire glow in the background. Physical people visible: about six.2016-11-05Night procession photograph on a sandy open ground. A golden wheeled cart or ratha carries a tall deity murti, adorned with golden ornaments and a garland, with a figure above it holding up a flower-like offering. Several people in orange and saffron clothing walk and push the cart, and one man in orange at right holds a lit torch aloft. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights and a bright white floodlight illuminate the scene against a dark sky, with a few figures in white in the background. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.2016-11-05Night photograph of a ceremonial procession on an open sandy ground lit by colourful string lights on a building behind. Several bare-chested men in orange-red dhoti-style cloths stand in a loose group beside a golden ornate palanquin-style cart with spoked wheels, a gold crown-like finial and a raised staff. One man at the right holds a long staff raised toward the golden structure. Torches or fire stands burn at the left edge and an oil lamp sits on the ground near the cart. Ritual procession setting, possibly a ratha or palanquin procession.2017-03-02November 05 20162016-11-05Night 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.2016-10-30Night procession on an open dirt ground. A yellow-bodied tractor trolley carries a large golden deity murti of Subramanya, decorated with a leafy green tree or branch behind it and a spear-like staff. Several young men in orange cloth with bare upper bodies stand on the trolley and push or hold the figure, while others in orange dhotis walk alongside and hold the base of the trolley. Colourful string lights stretch in the background and a person with a torch stands at the right edge. The visible people are shirtless or in orange clothing, and no a person is clearly visible.2016-11-05Night 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.2011-12-05Night procession on dark ground: a large illuminated murti of a deity with a raised weapon stands on a decorated vehicle or cart, surrounded by a leafy tree-like frame. Several men in saffron-orange and white dhotis, some bare-chested, walk alongside carrying flaming torches and drums, with one drummer striking a drum. Colourful string lights and lit torches line the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible among the figures.2016-11-05January 02 20162016-01-02Night procession at an outdoor ground strung with multicoloured fairy lights. On a yellow wooden cart, a large painted effigy with a red face, golden crown and gold armour raises a club, with a lit oil lamp held in front of it. Devotees in orange and saffron cloth stand around the cart, some holding its wheels or pushing it. On the left, men in white dhotis and shawls, one with a bare upper body and a long wooden staff with a metal tip, stand watching. A blue-roofed vehicle and a few onlookers sit on the right.2016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05