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A night photograph of a dark pond with a floating offering: a white decorative raft or float carrying a deity murti surrounded by heaps of colourful flower garlands in pink, yellow and orange, plus loose marigolds and a red cloth on the water. A small brick-walled island with grass stands in the background, palm trees line the far bank, and lotus-like leaves float to the right. Oil lamps or lights glow faintly on the water, indicating a night ritual of floating offerings. No people are visible.

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Photo 11742455 +1 copiesOctober 06 20112011-10-06Night photograph of a temple tank at Vaidyasarovar Theppam, a floating boat-shaped float decorated with garlands and strings of lights drifts across dark water toward stone steps on the right. Several people in white clothing are seated or standing on the float, with a red-brown brick wall behind. The lights and garlands mark it as a festival float on the temple water, with a small figure in red near its centre. Any a person candidate is not reliably visible.2010-01-04 +1 copiesSeptember 15 20162016-09-15January 03 20102010-01-03January 04 20102010-01-04 +1 copiesNight photograph of a decorated raft floating on a dark temple tank with red-brick steps behind it. Under a striped canopy stands a deity murti draped in garlands of marigold and tinsel, with leafy green decorations around it. Several men in white ritual clothes sit or stand on the raft, one in a saffron-orange cloth, and others wade in the water holding ropes that tether the raft. Scattered flower petals float on the water.2010-11-22October 17 20102010-10-17Night scene at a water tank: a decorated float with a dome of garlands in red, yellow, green and white, topped with a blue-and-orange canopy, sits on a shallow pool. Three men in white dhotis stand waist-deep in the water pushing or guiding the float. On the float, a woman in a maroon sari with gold border sits on an orange-and-red cloth, holding a lit lamp. A man in an orange robe stands at the right edge beside steps. A white sheet hangs around the float's base.2013-11-20Night photograph of a floating decorated boat on dark water at a temple tank. The boat carries a richly adorned seat or throne draped with yellow and red garlands and flowers, topped by a small red canopy, with bright white lights on posts around it. A seated figure in orange-saffron robes sits on the boat beside the canopy, and a person in white stands in the water at the boat's side. Marigold petals float on the water. A metal staircase and tiered stone steps line the tank wall behind.2011-12-10January 03 20102010-01-03September 15 20162016-09-15