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A street procession on a sunny day moves past suburban houses with palm and leafy trees and power poles. Centre frame is a tall red and gold chariot with a striped canopy, a spire topped with a finial, decorated with white floral and stylised motifs, and flower garlands along its base. Participants walk alongside pulling ropes: a man in a green patterned shirt and straw hat, a woman in a green top, a man in a maroon cap, and several people in white dhotis and saffron or orange robes, one in a straw hat. Bystanders stand on the left and a white van is at the edge of the frame. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

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A street procession moves past a low white building under a clear blue sky. At centre, a tall red and gold ratha chariot with a striped conical superstructure and a pointed finial carries a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded platform. A figure in white stands atop the chariot near the front, and a saffron-robed participant walks beside the wheel. Marchers in orange, white and cream clothing, some wearing wide-brimmed hats, surround the chariot, and a white flag with a blue emblem is held in the foreground. A multicoloured umbrella and red banners add colour to the crowd.2007-09-09A street procession in daylight with a large red and gold ratha chariot at right, its tall conical roof striped in red and yellow with white painted motifs. Beneath it, a seated deity murti is decorated with garlands and flowers, and a man in white stands near the chariot. In front, a palanquin-style portable shrine holds a framed portrait on pink fabric. Crowds of devotees walk along the road, many in saffron and orange robes, white dhotis and kurtas, some women in white head coverings, and onlookers in casual summer clothes. A banner reads Nithyananda in the lower centre. Trees and a white truck line the background.2007-09-09A red and yellow ratha chariot with a tall tiered tower decorated with white palm and floral motifs stands on a paved street, its base wrapped in garlands of red and pink flowers and a pale blue-and-yellow painted wooden platform with large spoked wheels. A man in white clothes and a white hat holds the rope at the left. Beside the chariot, a crowd of devotees in white kurtas, white robes, pink and yellow saris and a red top walks and gathers under a clear sky, with palm fronds, trees and a red banner with white lettering at right. A man in a checked shirt and shorts photographs the procession.2007-09-09September 10 20062006-09-10September 10 20062006-09-10Outdoor street procession in daylight with a large red and orange ratha (chariot) with decorative wheel motifs at right, its top decorated with a tall finial. Two palanquin-style palkis with pale canopies carry framed sepia portraits of men in turbans, garlanded with white flower strands; one canopy is gold and one is pink. Participants in white kurta-style clothing, a man in a striped shirt, a man in light blue shirt and hat, and a woman in a red top holding a white flag with a blue bird emblem walk along the road. Trees, a white truck and a roadside sign are behind them.2007-09-09Outdoor street scene at a Kumbha Mela procession in a paved lot beside a decorated yellow and red festival float or ratha with flower garlands. Around a dozen devotees gather in white, cream, orange and red clothing; one man in an orange robe holds a white drum, and a shaven-headed monk in saffron and cream stands near a white box truck with the words Festival of India. Trees and parked cars fill the background under bright sun.2006-09-10A street procession on a sunny day. A large red and yellow ratha (chariot) with a tall rounded superstructure decorated with painted panels dominates the scene, pulled by a red-spoked wooden cart carriage garlanded with flowers and green leaves. Several people in white and saffron clothing walk alongside and ride on the chariot; one figure in white with a red headwrap stands on the platform. Spectators on the grass, including women in pink, orange and floral dresses and a man in a brown vest, watch and photograph the procession. A red car and utility poles line the roadside.2007-09-09September 10 20062006-09-10A procession on a paved road featuring a red and yellow canopied ratha or chariot decorated with white cutout motifs and draped in flower garlands. A standing man in saffron robes and beaded mala stands on the chariot. Below, a banner reads The Hare Krishna Movement, Celebrating 40 Years, 1966-2006, with a portrait of an older bald man in orange garlanded robes, labelled Founder Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Men in white dhotis and a woman in a lavender sari walk beside the float under a clear blue sky with trees behind.2006-09-10A decorated ratha chariot on a street during a procession, with a tall red and gold striped canopy with white cloth appliqués of conch shells, a wheel, and figures. Three deity murtis sit inside a small shrine at the front of the chariot, surrounded by red and white flower garlands and a wooden wheel. Trees and a red banner appear in the background, and a woman in a pink shawl holding a yellow book stands at the left edge. The chariot is painted with blue and yellow swan motifs.2007-09-09September 10 20062006-09-10