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A red Mahindra tractor with a decorated green flatbed trailer leads a procession outdoors under a bright, hazy sky. On the trailer, a small canopy with a white fringed umbrella and colourful striped side poles frames a seated figure and a raised area draped in cloth. Two men in white dhotis and shirts drive the tractor, and several men in white stand near the trailer and along the white-walled building and palm trees behind. A tall tapering pole rises at right. Red-and-white painted steps and a low wall lie at left.

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August 29 20072007-08-29A rural road lined with trees and green shrubs. A red tractor pulls a decorated green trailer decorated with a red and white arch of flowers and painted colourful posts. Several people ride on the tractor and trailer, some in white clothes, as part of a procession. Palm trees and small houses stand in the background. The scene appears to be a festival procession moving through a village.2007-08-29A red tractor pulls a decorated cart down a tree-lined village road in Bidadi, India. The tractor is garlanded with flowers at its front, and its driver and several passengers wear white clothes. The cart carries a ceremonial canopy with a large arch of red, yellow and white rings and a central figure seated in white, with a green cloth draped behind. Tall striped and patterned banners rise on either side of the procession. Palm trees, green shrubs and small houses line the roadside under bright daylight.2007-08-29A photograph of a procession on a dirt road: a green flatbed cart carries a golden-draped seat or throne decorated with a garland of white flowers. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands on the cart holding a colourful umbrella with fringed tassels and printed emblems. Two young men in white clothes with orange shawls sit at the cart's edge. Behind, a woman in white sari with folded hands and another woman walk along a dirt road beside a green metal gate and white wall, under a partly cloudy blue sky.2007-05-31A photograph of a red Mahindra tractor with a cream canopy driving along a dirt track past a gate. A driver in shorts sits at the wheel. Behind the tractor, a green trailer carries several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing orange cloth or shawls, seated near a decorated orange and gold canopy. A white boundary wall, scrubby grass, a thatched hut and blue sky with clouds form the background.2007-05-31A red tractor pulls a decorated green trailer along a paved rural road lined with trees and palms. Two men in white clothing sit on the tractor, one driving. On the trailer, several people in white and saffron-coloured clothes sit beneath a ring of pink, green and white bands, with tall blue and white banners on poles at the front. Garlands hang from the tractor. The scene appears to be a village procession.2007-08-29A decorated ratha-style procession vehicle is parked on a dirt road, carrying a golden deity murti under an ornate canopy with a fringed gold umbrella. The murti, seated on a peacock-like vahana, is framed by red, yellow and white flower garlands. A standing man in white dhoti and white shirt stands beside the cart near a red tractor with a green canopy. Behind him are brick walls, a green-and-blue van and a utility pole. No one is identified by face; the visible people are a devotee in white, and a tractor driver in striped clothing.2011-10-31Outdoor photograph of a religious procession on an unpaved red-dirt road lined with trees and a hillside. In the foreground a green wooden cart with a red-and-white cloth edge carries a deity murti under a tiered orange canopy, decorated with colourful striped and patterned pillars, a fringed rainbow-coloured top valance, and garlands of flowers. Behind it, two more ornately decorated palanquins with garlands and gold-coloured canopies are carried along. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts walk in the procession, some holding long poles, one holding a white flag printed with a blue logo. A man in white pulls or walks beside the cart, and a tractor is visible at the right edge.2005-12-31August 29 20072007-08-29August 29 20072007-08-29February 24 20132013-02-24 +1 copiesA dusty red-earth road during a festival procession. In the foreground, two men in white dhotis and white shirts walk beside a small green cart. The cart carries a decorated palanquin with a multicoloured canopy, garlanded with flower strings, holding two deity murtis, one in white and one in red-and-gold garments. Men in white clothes follow in a line behind, and two more floral-decorated palanquins are visible further back. Gaudy painted pillars with floral panels frame the cart on the right. The man at left wears a rudraksha mala and a white flag is held in his hand. Trees and a hillside lie in the background under a pale sky.2005-12-31