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Night photograph of an illuminated processional ratha, a tall tiered chariot shrine lit with warm yellow lamps and green and white strings of lights, decorated with multicoloured tassels and garlands in red, yellow and green. A seated deity murti with a heavy garland is visible in the central shrine niche, with gilded horse figures and attendant statues at the base. A man in a white dhoti stands at the left side of the chariot base, and a figure in dark clothing sits near the bottom of the frame, with a crowd of onlookers at the edges of the scene under a dark sky.

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December 23 20162016-12-23Night photograph of an illuminated ceremonial temple chariot, a ratha with a tall multi-tiered octagonal superstructure decorated with string lights in red, green, white and amber. Garlands of red, yellow and green flowers hang from its corners and a deity murti sits in the central shrine niche. Two large golden bull figures flank the base, and a white-clad man stands on the platform beside a small figure. Several people in light clothing stand in the foreground crowd, partly visible at the lower edges, against a dark night sky.2015-02-19December 23 20162016-12-23Night photograph of an illuminated temple chariot (ratha) with a tall multi-tiered gold-and-red canopy strung with coloured fairy lights. Inside the shrine niche sits a gold-clad deity murti adorned with garlands and a large beaded necklace. Gold figures of a seated four-armed deity and standing attendants decorate the cart's base, flanked by rearing horse sculptures outlined in white lights. A red Massey Ferguson tractor is parked in front, pulling or positioned beside the chariot, with a dark silhouette of a driver visible. Hanging tassels of red, yellow, green and white flowers frame the sides. No a person candidate is visible; the figures are statues and the scene has no clearly visible people.2015-03-02 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13September 05 20162016-09-05November 22 20152015-11-22 +1 copiesDecember 09 20162016-12-09December 31 20152015-12-31December 23 20162016-12-23A night procession of a golden ratha chariot, brightly lit with fairy lights and hung with multicoloured garland festoons. Inside the illuminated golden shrine canopy stands a deity murti decorated with garlands, flanked by two attendants in white dhotis. The chariot is drawn by a golden horse figure and golden guardian statues, with a driver seated at the front wrapped in a banana-leaf and flower-garlanded cart. Devotees in orange and red saris and saffron dhotis walk alongside on the left and right, with banana leaves and palm fronds decorating the scene.2014-10-03