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Night procession with a golden, multi-tiered ratha-style shrine on a white and red tractor-drawn platform. Inside the illuminated golden canopy, a deity murti (Ganesha-like form with elephant head) sits in a gold shrine niche, framed by hanging multicoloured flower garlands. Gold-painted attendant figures stand at the corners and banana plants flank the vehicle. A tractor driver in a white shirt sits at the wheel and a man in a red shirt walks beside the platform. On the right, a bald man in orange robes with a shawl and a beaded wrist band walks in the foreground. Several people in red robes and white clothing line the left side, and a small crowd of men in casual shirts stands along a red wall at right.

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October 03 20142014-10-03Night procession of a gilded chariot-style ratha topped by a tiered golden shrine with ornate carved figures and a deity murti under a canopy, decorated with multicoloured tassel hangings. Women in orange-saffron sarees with rudraksha malas carry a yellow-and-red pennant and a golden trident staff, walking alongside. Men and young people in saffron-orange robes follow along the road. A man in a red shirt stands at right, and a banana-leaf and flower-garland decorated shivalingam-style base sits beneath the chariot. The scene is lit by warm electric lights against a dark sky.2014-10-03May 01 20152015-05-01A 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.2014-10-03October 03 20142014-10-03May 01 20152015-05-01Night photograph of a golden temple chariot, or ratha, decorated with multicoloured flower garlands and lit by small lights. Its tiered canopy holds a seated deity murti, and a golden Ganesha figure stands on the platform below beside golden bull figures. Several men in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees push and steer the chariot, while a man in a white shirt sits at a tractor steering wheel in the foreground. The chariot is decorated for a procession, or thiruther utchavam.2015-05-01October 03 20142014-10-03October 03 20142014-10-03October 03 20142014-10-03December 24 20132013-12-24Night procession of an illuminated golden ratha/chariot shrine topped by a tiered, multi-tiered spire with carved figures and string lights. Inside the lit shrine stands a deity murti decorated with garlands and red flowers. Two attendants in white dhotis flank the shrine, one holding a flame torch, another with a white feathered fan. A bare-chested man in a saffron shawl with rudraksha mala stands in the foreground, with a woman in a dark top and a young man in an orange robe with a white headband and tilak near the lower edge. Colourful tassels and garlands hang from the shrine.2014-10-03