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A photograph of an ornate wooden chariot-style palanquin with a red and yellow printed canopy topped by a brass finial. The canopy has painted figures and floral borders, with yellow ruffled edges. White jasmine garlands hang from the frame, and a small wooden horse pair is carved on the front. A brass oil lamp stands at left and a leafy tree with red flowers stands at right. No people are visible.

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A painted wooden temple chariot, ratha, stands indoors against a white wall beside a brown curtain. Its multi-tiered canopy is decorated with colourful carved figures, red pillars and gold-trimmed arches. A seated four-armed deity murti in a lotus seat sits at the centre of the chariot, flanked by two white horses with pink details and blue wheels. A small standing attendant figure in red stands on the right. The scene is a statue display with no physical people present.2008-10-15October 15 20082008-10-15August 03 20092009-08-03August 03 20092009-08-03A photograph of a decorated wooden chariot displayed indoors in a dim hall, with a painted wooden figure of a seated deity holding a reins/lead in the front. The painted figure wears a red crown, green and orange garments and ornaments, and is seated on a painted carriage pulled by two white painted horses with red saddle cloths. The canopy above is orange-yellow fabric with a patterned blue and red border and bright tassels, and the carriage pillars are painted with lotus and animal motifs. Behind it, a wooden shrine-like structure and temple pillars are visible, and a few people stand in the background at the left. The chariot is a ratha model rather than a living person.2012-05-07A large ornate wooden chariot with a pale yellow carved body and two wooden wheels stands on bare dry ground in front of a red cloth backdrop. Above it rises a domed canopy of multicoloured patterned fabric in red, blue, yellow and green with yellow tassels and small red flags around its rim. A painted panel on the canopy shows three standing deity figures in blue and gold. No people are visible in the scene.2016-12-11 +1 copiesA decorated festival ratha or chariot stands on a dirt ground, its canopy covered in red, blue, yellow and green painted cloth with bird motifs, orange valances and flower garlands. The canopy top reads NITHYANANDA in gold letters. Inside, a golden ornate throne with a red velvet seat and cushions sits at the front, flanked by marigold and jasmine garlands. Behind it a small deity murti adorned with red flowers and a garland is seen under a painted backdrop showing a Shiva lingam between two bulls. Banana leaves decorate the sides. A man in a light shirt and some partly visible people in white stand near the cart, and a signboard reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam is partly visible on the right.2010-12-26December 11 20162016-12-11 +1 copiesA decorated ratha or palanquin-style festival chariot dominates the frame, its tiered roof draped in striped cloth and wrapped with yellow, orange and white marigold garlands. Large orange-and-white triangular flags on poles rise around it. Pink and red pillars hold up a blue-edged canopy hung with banana leaves, bananas and white jasmine strands. A person in orange-red cloth stands partly hidden behind the pillars at the left, and a dome-topped shrine structure sits at the top. Bright green foliage and blue sky complete the scene.2010-01-13January 13 20102010-01-13 +1 copiesA night procession float (ratha) with a tall, richly painted cloth canopy in red, yellow, teal and blue, decorated with floral motifs and a painted panel of Nandi bulls flanking a shivalinga. Beneath it stands a deity murti in gold ornaments and garlands of marigold and white flowers, seated on a red satin-draped platform, with a gilded arch behind. On the wooden platform in front are brass puja vessels, a kalasha-style lamp, a plate of offerings and a bell. A figure in an orange-brown cloth stands at the side of the float, and several people in white dhotis are visible near the base and at the right edge, with a drum at the lower right.2013-03-02September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copies