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Evening procession on a dirt road with a decorated ratha-style palanquin carrying a deity murti under an ornate golden canopy with a red and gold cloth, garlands, and trident-shaped staffs. Women in white saris and a woman in teal saree walk alongside, a foreign woman in cream clothes and white shawl walks at left, and a young woman in white with a rudraksha-style red bead necklace leads near center. Several children in striped and green shirts walk in front, and a red tractor and unfinished concrete buildings sit in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.

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October 31 20112011-10-31Evening procession at sunset on a dirt path through green fields. Several people in white dhotis and white shawls walk alongside a decorated palanquin-style ratha carrying a deity murti under a colourful fringed canopy with woven red, green and yellow panels. A large ornate orange-and-gold umbrella-like parasol with floral embroidery is held upright at the left edge. Behind, a second decorated chariot carries garlands of flowers. Some participants wear striped shirts and white clothes; a few women in white saris walk near the front. The sky is cloudy with warm light.2005-12-22November 11 20102010-11-11Night procession on a dirt road with a decorated ratha carrying deity murtis under a white and red ornamented canopy and a multicoloured umbrella. Several men in white dhotis and shawls walk beside it, some with green-tinted faces and arms, one holding a garland of orange and white flowers, another carrying a red-fringed cloth. A red tractor trailing the float carries a driver in a dark shirt, and women in saris and salwar kameez watch from the left. A streetlight glows in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible, so the figures are described by role only.2011-10-06November 11 20102010-11-11October 30 20112011-10-30November 11 20102010-11-11Outdoor procession on a dusty dirt road during a Dasara celebration. A long-haired figure in a saffron-orange dhoti and matching shawl, with orange and white flower garlands and rudraksha beads, walks under a red, green and yellow umbrella with a tasselled fringe. Behind them a man in white ritual clothes lifts a red-and-gold ornament overhead. Around them, devotees in white and cream saris and dhotis, and children in colourful clothes, are smeared with pink, green and yellow colour powder. A large decorated deity murti with a painted face on a white ratha or palanquin is visible at the left, and a utility pole and small buildings stand in the background.2010-10-17Outdoor procession on a dirt road with a gold-and-orange decorated ratha or palanquin carried at the back, topped with an orange canopy and red flags with tassels. Crowds of devotees walk in white clothes: men in white kurtas and dhotis, women in white salwar-kameez and saris, many with white lanyards. Some clasp hands in prayer or applaud. A white van and a low wall with trees stand behind, under hazy sky. No identifiable central figure is visible on the ratha.2009-12-27November 11 20102010-11-11December 31 20092009-12-31December 20 20102010-12-20