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A dirt road beside an orange multi-storey building and a silver SUV. A red tractor with a green canopy pulls a decorated float; the float carries a richly ornamented canopy with yellow fringe, colourful woven panels, and garlands of flowers around a deity murti. A man in a white shirt drives the tractor, and a white-robed figure with a white head covering sits near him on the float. On the right, several devotees in white clothes and orange shawls walk alongside the procession, some with hands folded.

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A photograph of a street procession on a dirt road at an ashram-style compound with orange brick buildings. A man in white kurta and grey trousers, holding a long pole with a small saffron-and-red flag, walks in front of a silver SUV. Behind him a red tractor pulls a trailer carrying an ornately decorated canopied float with red, yellow and multicoloured fringed drapery and a deity murti seated inside. A tractor driver in a white shirt steers. Women in white saris with orange shawls walk alongside the float, and a few people in white clothing follow at the right. Young trees and a stone pile lie in the background under a pale sky.2011-08-31August 31 20112011-08-31A decorated festival cart, a ratha or palanquin-style shrine, is pulled by a red Massey Ferguson tractor along a dirt road. The canopy is draped in colourful striped and patterned cloth with yellow fringe and topped by a golden kalasha finial, and a deity murti garlanded with flowers sits inside. Beside the cart walk about a dozen people: men in white shirts and white dhotis, women in white and green saris, and several women wearing saffron-orange shawls. Two people carry long poles with small triangular yellow-and-red pennants. A tractor driver in a white shirt sits at the wheel. A low concrete wall, a red-brick gateway with finials and a small domed structure stand behind them.2011-08-31August 31 20112011-08-31August 31 20112011-08-31August 31 20112011-08-31A photograph of a festival procession on a dirt road. A red tractor with a green canopy pulls an ornate decorated cart (ratha) topped with a multicoloured kalasha-style dome, colourful fabric hangings and garlands, with a deity murti visible inside the shrine. Devotees walk alongside: a woman in an orange sari with a shawl, a woman in white with a yellow shawl, men in white dhotis and shirts, and a man in a white kurta holding a red-and-yellow pennant on a pole near the tractor. Some wear orange shawls. An orange gateway with finials stands at right and a concrete wall at left.2011-08-31February 24 20132013-02-24 +1 copiesAugust 31 20112011-08-31A road procession moves along a two-lane tarmac road lined with bare fields, palm and tree foliage, and utility poles. In the centre, a decorated float or chariot with a golden canopy and a painted deity murti is pulled forward, surrounded by saffron and orange flags and a group of men in white dhotis and shirts walking beside it. Several cars, including a silver SUV and a white vehicle, follow behind, and motorcycles ride alongside. On the left, a man in a white turban and dhoti walks by a woman in a white sari with an orange border. On the right edge, a man in a white shirt stands at the roadside near a parked motorcycle.2009-01-20August 31 20112011-08-31August 31 20112011-08-31