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Night procession photograph in front of a red multi-storey building with air conditioners. A silver, canopy-topped ratha or palanquin decorated with multicoloured tassels and gold leaves carries a man seated on a red cushioned throne, wearing an orange-brown dhoti-style garment, gold necklaces, a white floral garland, and bangles, with a long-haired beard and raised right hand. Silver elephant figures pull or flank the vehicle. Devotees in white and orange clothes walk alongside, a woman in a dark red sari and another in yellow stand to the right, and a man in a dark shirt holds a ceremonial fan-like staff. Fairy lights and a lit lamp are visible in the background.

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March 13 20172017-03-13Night procession on a decorated silver-and-red ratha, lit by strings of coloured lights. A bare-chested man with long dark hair and an ornate gold necklace stands at the centre, wearing a saffron-orange dhoti and a white garland, raising one hand in blessing. Canopy above is silver with tassels in red, orange, yellow, and blue. Silver elephant figures flank the chariot, and a crowd of devotees in saffron, maroon and sari-clad women watches from the street in front of a red apartment block.2017-03-13Night procession at an ashram-style compound with a red multi-storey building behind. A man with a long dark beard and swept-back hair sits on a red cushioned seat under a silver canopy on a decorated palanquin, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a long gold necklace with a flower garland. The canopy is hung with tassels in green, blue, purple, pink and yellow. Silver elephant-shaped decorations flank the vehicle, and a crowd of devotees surrounds it, including women in saris and men in white and orange clothes. Strings of coloured lights hang in the background. The man on the palanquin matches a person by long swept hair, saffron clothing and gold ornaments, and is shown in procession on a palanquin, not at a throne.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13Night procession photo in front of a red multi-storey building with air conditioning units and string lights. A decorated silver-and-red palanquin with a canopy and colourful tassels carries a standing man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a long garland; he raises one hand in blessing. Beside the palanquin a man in yellow robes and bare-chested attendants in white dhotis walk with silver-decorated elephant figures and devotees gathered along the street. a person is the standing figure in the palanquin, identifiable by saffron robes, rudraksha mala and ceremonial garland.2017-03-13Night procession on a decorated silver ratha or chariot with a silver canopy hung with multicoloured tassels in red, green, blue, purple and yellow. A man with long dark hair and a beard stands on the chariot wearing an orange-brown dhoti-style garment, a white and pink garland, and gold necklaces, raising one arm in blessing. Silver mythical animal figures pull or flank the chariot. Devotees in red, yellow and maroon saris and dhotis crowd around in the evening light, with strings of lights and a red multi-storey building behind.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13Night procession on a street lined by a red multi-storey building with split air-conditioning units. A man with a shaved head and an orange-brown garment stands on a silver and red ornate palanquin-style carriage, hands pressed together in anjali mudra, with a pink and white flower garland around his neck and gold ornaments. The carriage has a silver canopy with a finial, and its sides are decorated with green, orange, pink and blue tassels and gold foliage. Silver-clad figures and devotees in orange and yellow clothing surround the carriage, and a torch flame is visible on the right. Strings of small lights are strung across the scene.2017-03-13March 13 20172017-03-13