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Night procession with a large painted lion-headed figure on a blue float, its mouth open and golden mane painted, with garlands of yellow and orange marigolds. A bearded man in reddish-orange robes, a rudraksha mala and a multi-strand garland sits on the float, holding a white ceremonial staff and smiling. Many colourful decorated umbrellas in pink, blue, orange and gold are held over the crowd below, and silhouetted spectators stand along the edges.

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September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30Night procession scene. Dominant is a large painted deity figure with a lion-like face and open jaws, decorated with yellow marigold garlands, behind a bright turquoise figure with ornate gold jewellery. Below, a bearded man in an orange-brown robe and rudraksha beads, wearing a white and orange flower garland and holding a white ceremonial staff, stands smiling among many colourful decorated umbrellas in pink, blue, green and gold. Crowd members in dark silhouette fill the foreground.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30Night procession with a large ornate ratha-style deity figure at upper left, showing a fierce lion-faced form with bared teeth, flowing mane, a blue-skinned face, yellow and green floral garlands and gold-embroidered red drapery. Beneath it, a man with a smiling face, bare upper body and rudraksha-style beads, wears an orange-brown cloth and multiple garlands of marigold and mixed flowers, holding a rope or pole. Around him are many colourful decorated umbrellas in pink, blue, red and green, sparkling with sequins, held above a dense crowd of devotees in the dark. A white-clad figure stands at lower right, and a shawl-wrapped person is visible near the front.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30Night procession photographed from the side. A large decorated lion-headed deity murti on a float dominates the left, with a blue-faced figure beside it, garlanded in marigolds. A bare-chested man in orange-brown cloth, with a multicoloured flower garland and a long rudraksha-style mala, smiles while holding a tall silver staff near the float. Around him, many people stand under colourful ornate umbrellas in blue, pink, orange and green with gold and silver borders. The crowd is dense and mostly in shadow.2017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30September 30 20172017-09-30