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A seated person in a pink garment and red-pink shawl rides a decorated wooden cart under a canopy with colourful striped pillars in blue, green, orange and red panels. He wears a white flower garland and a gold necklace, and offers bananas to a large black bull with white markings that leans in from the left. Marigold and white jasmine garlands cover the cart platform, and onlookers in white stand at the left edge under trees.

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December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26Outdoor procession scene. A seated man in a bright pink dhoti and pink shawl, wearing a long white and red flower garland and gold necklace, sits cross-legged on a red cushioned throne on an orange-draped cart. He holds bananas and feeds a large black cow with white markings that stands at the left, its head close to his hands. The cart is decorated with colourful striped and floral fabric panels, marigold and white flower garlands, and a gold-framed seat. A man in white dhoti walks beside the cow holding its rope, and a hand in orange cloth rests on the cart at the right. Palm trees and bystanders are in the background.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26A photograph of a figure seated on a gilded throne-like seat atop an orange-and-white decorated cart, draped in marigold and jasmine garlands. The seated person wears a hot-pink garment, a gold necklace and a white-and-red garland, and holds a banana or fruit offering toward a black-and-white cow with a rope halter. Colourful embroidered panels with lotus and bird motifs frame the cart canopy, and a banana-leaf plant stands in the background. A woman in a blonde bob smiles at left among onlookers, and an orange-robed arm enters from the lower right. The cart appears to be part of a procession with a cow offering.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26A photograph of a cow-drawn decorated cart (ratha) outdoors under palm trees. A man with long dark hair, wearing a pink dhoti-style garment and a pink shawl, sits cross-legged on a red cushioned seat beneath a gold-framed canopy. He wears layered white and red flower garlands and holds bananas in his hands, offering them to a black cow with a white facial marking that is leaning toward him. The cart is decorated with colourful embroidered orange, green and blue panels, marigold garlands, and a floral arrangement of white jasmine and purple and yellow flowers at its front. Two other figures in white and orange are visible at the cart's edge. The scene suggests a procession or ritual offering to a cow.2010-12-26December 26 20102010-12-26Outdoor photo of a decorated temple chariot draped with banana-leaf, garland and painted cloth panels in blue, yellow and orange. A man with long hair, a pink dhoti-style garment and a gold chain sits on a gold-edged seat holding a bunch of bananas, garlanded with white and red flowers. A black ox with white markings and horns stands on the left, its nose near the seat, while a man in orange robes on the right touches a floral offering on the cart. Two more people are partly visible at the right edge, and coconut palms and trees fill the background.2010-12-26A decorated procession cart, or ratha, with a striped canopy of painted panels in blue, yellow and orange, and a red and gold shrine top. Seated on a gold-rimmed throne in the cart is a man with long hair, wearing a pink dhoti and a pink shawl, a white and red flower garland, and a gold chain, holding bananas that he offers to a black-and-white cow with a rope halter standing at the front. A man in orange robes stands at the right with his hand on the flower-covered cart platform, and a few people stand behind in the background. Palm trees and foliage surround the scene.2010-12-26