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Night photograph of a temple procession: an ornate silver-toned palanquin-style shrine with a pointed roof, decorated with winged cherub figures and strings of lights, carrying a deity murti heavily garlanded in yellow and red flowers. A standing man in a white shirt and dhoti rests his arm on the shrine's base beside a painted figure in a red sari with a yellow garland. Another man in white stands at the top of the shrine beside a young boy in a saffron-coloured cloth with a bare chest and beaded necklaces. Painted processional figures and a decorated bull-like vehicle are visible at the left edge.

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February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07Night procession at a Tamil temple festival. A tall silver-coloured ornate palanquin with a pyramid roof, carved finials and many golden cherub figures, lit with string lights, carries a deity murti draped in marigold and garlands. Two men stand on the platform: one in a white shirt at the rear, one in a white dhoti and shirt in front, with a shirtless young boy wearing a sacred thread and rudraksha-like beads beside them. Below, a large painted deity figure in red garments and yellow garlands is carried or displayed, with smaller gilded figures and a second decorated chariot at the right edge. Smoke or incense haze drifts above, and the street has shopfronts and signboards behind.2017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight photograph of a temple procession. A silver-toned ornate ratha/palanquin with a tiered roof and many small gilded angel figures is lit with bulbs, and inside it a deity murti is garlanded with colourful flowers. A golden horse-shaped vehicle stands at the left. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands on the chariot's base beside a costumed female figure in a red and gold sari with a garland. A man in a checked shirt sits on the golden horse, and other men in white and checked shirts, some with white forehead marks, watch from below. Hindi-free signage and shop fronts line the street. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.2017-02-07Night procession at a temple festival: an ornate silver-coloured chariot (ratha) with pointed canopy, carved gold lion and bird figures, and many lights glows against the dark sky. Inside the canopy a deity murti is decorated with yellow and orange garlands. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt holds the chariot frame and gestures toward a small standing figure in red and gold clothing with flower garlands. A golden horse-shaped vehicle stands at the left, and a man in a green checked shirt sits near the base. Several onlookers, some with white and red markings on the forehead, stand in the street.2017-02-07 +1 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight photograph of a temple procession. A tall, ornate chariot dominates the frame, topped by a golden canopy with gilded leaves and string lights, and decorated with red, yellow and white floral garlands. Inside a central shrine sits a deity murti draped in green and red cloth with a silver figure beneath. Tiered silver and gold platforms hold smaller painted figures and a white cloth. Floodlight stands flank the chariot. A man in a white shirt and brown dhoti stands at left holding a pole, while a bare-chested man in a dhoti pulls or guides the chariot at the lower foreground. Several onlookers stand at the edges of the crowd.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copies