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A decorated temple elephant named Lakshmi stands on a wooden platform before a blue-painted temple wall. The elephant wears a red and gold embroidered cloth draped over its back, a gold-and-multicolour forehead ornament with tassels, a chain with brass bells around its neck, and a wooden name plaque. Its trunk hangs down and white markings decorate its face. A carved stone figure stands in a niche on the right pillar, and a blue bicycle is parked beside the wall. Two partially visible people in orange and red clothing stand at the edges of the frame.

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August 08 20092009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08A decorated temple elephant stands on a wooden platform in a narrow temple courtyard. Its ceremonial cloth is red with a central embroidered panel showing a seated Ganesha deity murti flanked by two attendant figures holding fans, bordered by a blue band with red and green floral motifs and a yellow fringe. A small bell hangs from the cloth and the elephant bears white forehead markings. Several people in white dhotis and shirts stand nearby on the left, and a man in dark clothing stands beside the blue temple wall on the right. Carved temple gopuram sculptures rise behind, and a bicycle is parked at the far right.2009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08August 08 20092009-08-08A decorated elephant in a street procession, its forehead and trunk painted with white and pink ceremonial patterns and covered in marigold garlands. A red and white cloth drapes its flank, and a canopy above the howdah is strung with flower garlands in yellow, orange, red and white. A young man in a light green shirt walks beside the elephant holding its guide rope, a boy in a teal shirt stands in the foreground, and several men in shirts watch from the roadside. A pink building and bunting appear behind the crowd.2011-10-15Close-up photograph of a grey elephant's head and trunk, its face decorated with white and pink painted markings around the eyes and forehead, with a brass-bell-trimmed chain and rope hanging at its side. Partially visible at the left edge is a person in an orange garment, with stone temple pillars carved in relief behind. No a person candidate is visible.2009-08-01Two decorated elephants walk in a procession under a clear blue sky. Both wear ornate gold-coloured headpieces studded with round gold bosses, fringed with red, yellow, green and white tassels and draped with garlands of red and pink flowers. The larger elephant in front lifts its trunk, and its rider wears a white collared shirt, while an orange cloth covers the back of the second animal. Several onlookers stand at the left edge, and small yellow flags hang in the background.2007-02-02A decorated elephant in a street procession under a clear blue sky. The elephant's trunk is raised upward, and it wears an ornate golden headdress studded with gold bosses and embellished with red and pink flower garlands and multicoloured tassels. Its back is draped in an orange cloth. A man in a light checked shirt sits on its back. Behind and beside the elephant, a crowd of onlookers gathers, and yellow pennant flags hang across the street, with palm trees visible in the background.2007-02-02February 20 20072007-02-20August 02 20082008-08-02A temple interior at night where a grey elephant with a colourful garland of red, pink, blue and green tassels and gold bells on its forehead reaches its trunk toward a man in a saffron-orange garment with a white head band and gold necklace, who stands with his hands together holding offerings. Behind him a line of devotees in white dhotis and saffron shawls watches, one woman in a green sari, and a man in a white shirt on the right looks on. Carved stone pillars and a relief figure frame the scene, and petals are scattered on the stone floor.2009-07-13