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Night photograph of a festival procession. A richly decorated golden palanquin or ratha carries a deity murti adorned with flower garlands and a bright green cloth, under a frame of white fairy lights and a bright overhead lamp. A striped red, green and white canopy hangs above it. Silhouetted devotees fill the foreground and sides of the frame, and ceremonial staffs or tridents stand to the left. The image is dark with the figures lit only by the lamps.

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February 19 20152015-02-19February 17 20152015-02-17February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesNight procession on an open ground lit by a bright overhead lamp and red lights. A large decorated palanquin or ratha with a deity murti, flower garlands, a kalasha-like tower and white light strings is carried forward. Robed attendants in white and saffron stand near it holding tall ceremonial staffs with ornaments, and a crowd of devotees in white and light clothing walks and gathers on both sides. Strings of coloured bunting hang in the background. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance, so roles only are described.2015-02-17February 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copiesJanuary 13 20152015-01-13Night procession photographed from behind a crowd of onlookers. A decorated chariot, lit by string lights and a street lamp, carries a deity murti seated under a striped canopy, with garlands of purple and pink flowers and gold ornaments on the vehicle. Many people stand in dark silhouette in the foreground, some in white clothes. No individual can be identified as a person from appearance in this frame.2015-02-17 +1 copiesNight procession photographed from behind a crowd of devotees in light-coloured clothing walking along a dark dirt path. At centre a brightly illuminated ratha or chariot decorated with yellow, red and gold drapery and strings of lights stands under a white-lit arch wrapped in twisted lights. Flag poles and green fairy lights line the open ground, and a white canopy shelters the area to the right. Many people are visible, mostly partially in silhouette.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13