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Night procession on a turquoise-painted wooden cart decorated with red, white and green striped arches, gold tinsel, red flower garlands and yellow hanging cloths. A man with long swept-back dark hair wearing a saffron shawl over white clothes sits cross-legged on a blue cloth, holding a small brass vessel while a young assistant in white and another in white hold brass pots, bowls and a lamp. Behind them a green cloth and a deity murti are visible. A man in white on the right raises a red flower. Speakers are mounted on the cart; a street with a Kingfisher advertisement is in the background.

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Night photo of a procession on a blue wooden cart decorated with a green and white striped arch, red flowers, and yellow cloth hangings. A man in an orange shawl and white dhoti sits cross-legged on the cart with brass vessels and a steel container before him, while another man in white attends to the offerings. A printed picture of a deity is mounted at the back of the cart. Onlookers in shirts stand in a dim street, and a Kingfisher advertisement hangs on a building behind.2007-08-29August 29 20072007-08-29August 29 20072007-08-29Outdoor ritual on a street during a procession. A green-and-teal covered cart or float is decorated with a striped arch of red, white, green and yellow garlands, with a deity murti and flowers on a white-draped altar. A young man in white dhoti and orange-trimmed shawl sits cross-legged on the float, while another man in white with a sacred thread and white shawl serves from a steel vessel. A woman in a purple and blue floral sari with bangles offers something from a brass plate of fruit and flowers. Several boys and an elderly man watch from the roadside.2007-08-29August 29 20072007-08-29Outdoor ritual on a teal-covered wooden cart with a green, red and white striped canopy decorated with flowers and a framed deity image behind. A young man in white with an orange shawl pours liquid from a steel vessel into a brass bowl while others in white kurtas stand around; a bald man in a white shirt extends his hand toward brass lamps and a plate with offerings.2007-08-29August 29 20072007-08-29Outdoor street scene during a procession. A young man in white clothes with an orange shawl sits on a teal-covered cart or platform decorated with red, pink, yellow and green garlands, pressing his fingers to the forehead of a middle-aged man in a grey-and-white shirt and blue towel. Brass bowls with bananas and fruit sit on a teal cloth beside a brass lamp, and a steel pot stands behind. A woman in a green sari with a red bindi and a boy in a checked shirt watch nearby, with more people at the edge of the frame. Sunlight glows through the scene. The setting appears to be a village road with a small house behind.2007-08-29Night street scene of a procession on a teal-painted cart decorated with a striped red, white and green arch and a green canopy. A man in white with orange shawl sits cross-legged on the cart, playing small brass cymbals beside a framed picture of a deity; brass vessels, a steel pot and fruit sit on a blue cloth. Standing around the cart, a woman in a blue-green saree and several men in white shirts and dhotis watch and fold hands in prayer. A yellow auto-rickshaw and a Kingfisher billboard appear in the background. a person identity is uncertain from appearance.2007-08-29Night outdoor scene of a ceremonial procession or ritual at a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded platform, the image of a deity wrapped in a band of red, yellow, white and green marigold garlands under a fringed canopy. In the foreground a young priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged on a cloth, offering a plate of fruit, flowers and offerings. Beside him a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti with a tilak holds a brass tray of fruit and garlands. Behind them a man in a checked shirt holds a lit torch, and devotees in white with folded hands stand nearby, including an older woman in white wearing glasses at the right. A wooden or metal vehicle-like platform carries the scene, with a red-roofed building and signage behind.2011-12-24Night-time outdoor ritual before a decorated deity murti on a raised platform, garlanded with yellow, red, white and purple flowers, with a gold kalasha-style crown above. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall ornate headdress sits before the offerings of bananas, fruit and sweets on brass trays, with a kumkum-marked standing attendant in white beside them. Around the platform are men in white shirts and dhotis, a bare-chested attendant with a sacred thread, a woman in orange holding a flower offering, and a man in a plaid shirt filming with a video camera.2011-12-24Outdoor ritual on an orange-draped cart decorated with flower garlands and colourful embroidered panels. A young priest in white dhoti and a cream turban sits cross-legged, applying sacred ash or sandal to his arm while pouring from a small cup over a brass plate. A devotee in a mustard-yellow shirt sits opposite with palms pressed together in prayer, holding a small brass vessel. Brass bells and a brass plate sit on the orange cloth. Behind them is a deity murti in a decorated shrine framed by red and yellow garlands and a gold-brown cloth. Yellow-orange flags and a vehicle stand in the background.2011-08-31