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Night procession at a temple-style festival with a brightly illuminated ratha chariot in green, yellow and red lights, its tiered canopy topped with carved figures and sculpted horses at its base. Crowds of devotees in white and red-saffron clothing walk and dance around it, many holding red flags and carrying decorative umbrellas, with a strong pink-white stage light flaring from the lower right. The scene is a nighttime chariot procession in an open outdoor setting.

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August 25 20172017-08-25A brightly illuminated multi-tiered ratha, a festival chariot, dominates a dark night scene, outlined in green, red, yellow and blue lights. Its tapering roof carries a finial and rows of carved figures, with lit pillars and a central deity murti in a niche. Standing figures flank the base. At the bottom, several people in dark clothing hold up umbrellas, some with red cloth, moving in a procession. The chariot is the clear main subject.2017-08-25August 25 20172017-08-25December 09 20162016-12-09 +1 copiesSeptember 05 20162016-09-05Night photograph of an illuminated festival chariot (ratha) with a tiered, multi-roofed superstructure outlined in green and white lights, with red and gold accents on its pillars. Inside the central shrine niche, a deity murti is decorated with a garland and draped in a colourful striped cloth, lit by warm lamps. Figures carved on the chariot's sides and corners are visible, and a few partly visible people stand at its base, one wearing an orange cloth on the head. No clearly identifiable person is shown at the centre, so no a person candidate is established. Dark sky surrounds the chariot.2017-08-25August 25 20172017-08-25August 25 20172017-08-25August 25 20172017-08-25A nighttime temple procession moves through a crowd. At the centre, an illuminated multi-tiered chariot (ratha) with a tall, lamp-lit dome carries deity murtis, flanked by smaller lit palanquins. Many people walk in the foreground: women in saris of blue, green, pink and gold, girls in bright dresses, and men in white dhotis and white shawls, some in orange-saffron cloth with rudraksha malas. Large red and gold ceremonial umbrellas with silver fringe are held aloft on long poles, and a man at left carries a flaming torch. The bald man at lower right wears orange robes and a beaded mala.2016-09-05February 09 20172017-02-09August 25 20172017-08-25