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A street procession with a decorated ratha or chariot covered in white and red marigold garlands, with a peacock-feather style crown and colourful floral ornaments on a figure seated atop it. Several people in white and orange clothing walk along the roadside at lower left, and a bright orange banner runs across the bottom. An old stone wall with peeling plaster stands in the background.

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A street procession in a town setting, with a decorated ratha/palanquin-style float covered in white jasmine garlands, red flower strings, yellow marigold garlands and colourful circular and star-shaped paper decorations. The float is topped with silver kalasha-like finials and feathery grass plumes. In front, a deity murti draped in a yellow and red garment is carried on a lower float, with orange and white flags and ribbons streaming across the foreground. Crowds of men in white dhotis, orange shirts and white head cloths walk along the road beside a crumbling brick wall, and a few people watch from a balcony above. The scene is a daytime outdoor festival procession.2011-10-15A street procession moves through a crowded town lane. Two large decorated palanquin-style structures carry tall ornate figures draped in red, gold and white cloth, with a golden canopy and garlands on the lead carrier. Dense crowds of men in white dhotis and shirts fill the road, many with raised hands, and orange-and-white bunting lines the route. Multi-storey brick and painted buildings line both sides, with people standing on rooftops and a balcony. Shop signboards and banners hang above the street, including a green-and-white sign. No individual can be clearly identified as the a person candidate amid the crowd.2011-10-15October 15 20112011-10-15A large outdoor street procession moves through a town lined with multi-storey concrete buildings and balconies crowded with onlookers. In the foreground, a dense crowd of men and boys in white shirts and dhotis, plus some in colourful shirts, walks along the road. Above them, a red and orange decorated float or ratha with a raised ornamented structure and orange and white bunting is carried forward. Banners and signboards hang from the building fronts, a green-and-white tree sits at the roadside, and a palm tree rises at the right edge. Individual a person candidacy cannot be established from the visible figures, so no specific presence is asserted.2011-10-15A photograph of a festival procession on a road lined with spectators. In the foreground, an ornate golden palanquin or ratha is draped with a bright magenta cloth and decorated with garlands of orange, yellow and purple flowers. Within it sits a deity murti dressed in orange and red garments with jewelled ornaments. Above the carriage a standing figure in a red and gold ceremonial garment is visible, and a large golden umbrella or canopy is raised. Several people walk along the road at left, and a crowd gathers along the roadside under trees, with a building at the right edge.2011-10-15A festival procession photographed outdoors under a tree canopy strung with orange and yellow bunting. A decorated palanquin topped with a striped pink-and-red canopy carries a deity murti adorned with red and white garlands and a crown, with a framed portrait of a woman also garlanded and placed on the front. Beside it, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and beads sits on the ground with a small bowl. Behind the palanquin, a decorated elephant and a second ornate float with flower garlands are visible, plus several onlookers and a figure in red near a stall with a painted golden sign.2011-10-15A decorated elephant walks in a festival procession along a roadside lined with trees. The elephant is draped in orange and marigold garlands and carries an ornate howdah with a pink-and-white cloth canopy and floral decorations on its top. A bare-chested man in orange cloth walks at its side near the front, and a few spectators in light shirts and white clothing stand along the road, with bunting strung overhead and a shop sign at the left edge.2011-10-15Photo 11683178October 15 20112011-10-15A two-panel graphic collage showing night-time processional images of a decorated deity murti on a palanquin or vehicle. Both panels are richly garlanded with marigold and flower strings in yellow, orange and pink, with tassels and bright fairy lights. The larger upper panel shows a close view of the garlanded murti, which has a golden crown and a painted face. The lower-left panel shows the decorated vehicle with several white-clad men in dhoti and shirt walking beside it, one carrying a red bag, and a crowd of people behind. The collage pictures a procession but no identifiable a person figure is shown.2011-10-03 +1 copiesNovember 21 20102010-11-21October 15 20112011-10-15 +2 copies