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Night photograph from an elevated vantage of an illuminated festival site. A tall ornate tower-like structure on the left is decorated with bright lights, and strings of multicoloured fairy lights run along a hillside and rooftops. Below, a row of lit tents or stalls with red and white canopies lines the ground. At lower right, a small procession gathers around a lit palanquin or float under a large green-and-white umbrella, with several white-clad figures standing nearby. Dense dark trees and foliage fill the foreground. Several people are visible in the procession, dressed in white.

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Night photograph from an elevated vantage of an illuminated festival ground. A tall, multi-tiered temple tower or chariot-like structure glows with warm golden and green lights on the left. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights run along rooflines and ridges. Long white-roofed pavilions with open front tents stretch across the centre-right, lit from within, with a red floor area visible. Dark blue tarpaulins line the right edge. Below, small groups of people in white clothing walk along a path among trees, several carrying lamps or flickering lights. Overall the scene is a dimly lit evening gathering with no clearly identifiable individual in focus.2015-01-13A night photograph taken from an elevated position looking down over an illuminated festival grounds. A tall ornate temple gopuram-style tower decorated with lights stands at left, with strings of coloured fairy lights along rooftops and ridges. Below, a large covered pandal with white walls and a red-carpeted interior glows under lamps, with blue tarpaulin and fabric canopies at right. Dark trees and warm oil-lamp glows line a path where a small group of people in light-coloured clothing walk and stand. The scene suggests a night-time festival or celebration.2015-01-13Night photograph taken from an elevated position of an illuminated temple-style festival complex. A tall, ornately lit tower structure with golden and multicolored lights stands at the left, with strings of green, red and blue fairy lights draped along rooflines and walkways. A large dark canopy covers a central open pavilion where white-lit tents and a red-carpeted area are visible. Below, small groups of people in white and light clothing walk along a path among trees, with flickering oil lamps and a lit decorative arrangement near the bottom centre. Blue tarpaulin covers structures on the right. a person's presence is not clearly visible in the image.2015-01-13Night aerial view of an outdoor festival grounds lit with strings of multicoloured lights along tent roofs and rooftops. Large blue tarpaulin-covered structures and white stalls line one side. At left, an ornate illuminated temple chariot with golden and lit decorations stands near a tree. Below, a small group of people in white clothing gathers on a walkway near a lit umbrella and softly glowing lamps among the foliage. Several dim lamps and a few distant floodlights illuminate the scene.2015-01-13A night photograph from an elevated viewpoint of an illuminated temple chariot (ratha) with a tiered tower decorated with warm lamps, figurines and strings of coloured lights, moving along a road. Strings of multicoloured fairy lights line the road and a stadium-style seating area on the left. Trucks and vehicles are parked nearby, and tents with lit interiors appear at the right edge. No people are clearly visible in the frame. Tree branches partly frame the foreground.2015-01-13A night photograph of a large crowd moving along a dirt path toward an illuminated temple tower. Many devotees in white dhotis and kurtas, some in darker clothing, walk closely together while strings of multicoloured fairy lights line a fence and ground. A gopuram-style shrine tower glows red, gold and green at right, with a lit entrance and a decorated structure beside it. Floodlights and tall lamps brighten the scene against the dark sky, and a smoky haze drifts through the procession. No individual can be clearly identified as a specific person from appearance.2016-03-07Night aerial view of a Rathotsavam procession at a temple-style festival. A large illuminated multi-tiered ratha or chariot, lit in green, pink and white with a deity murti visible inside its shrine, is pulled across a paved courtyard. Crowds of devotees in white and colourful clothes fill the street, with umbrellas and banners beside the chariot. Spotlights, string lights and a decorated tent line the grounds, and a distant chariot glows in the background. Figures in white stand near the chariot, and a few attendants walk alongside.2017-02-24February 24 20172017-02-24A night photograph of an illuminated tall temple-style chariot or ratha with a pyramidal tiered top, strung with red, yellow and green lights and decorated with garlands and lit lamps. Multicoloured fairy lights trail across the dark background to the right and left, and a small lit structure stands beside the chariot. Dark silhouettes of a few distant figures appear at the bottom edge. A bird logo appears in the upper left corner.2015-02-19Night photograph of a tall, pyramid-topped temple chariot or decorated shrine structure illuminated with strings of coloured lights in red, green and white. Its tiers glow with warm lamps and draped garlands in orange and gold, set against a dark sky and silhouetted trees. Lines of coloured fairy lights stretch across the right side toward a small lit building. No people are clearly visible in the frame.2015-02-17Night photograph of a illuminated temple chariot (ratha) in a procession, with a tall tiered tower decorated with string lights, garlands and warm lamps, moving along a road lined with multicoloured fairy lights. A smaller lit float with a canopy stands to the left. Dark silhouettes of a crowd fill the foreground. Figures are too small and dim to identify, and the setting appears to be an evening festival procession.2015-01-13Night photograph of an outdoor temple-style procession or gathering under strings of multicoloured fairy lights in blue, green, red and purple. A crowd of roughly two dozen people in white clothing walks along a dark paved path toward a brightly illuminated lit tower on the left and a small lit structure with a blue umbrella on the right. Some people wear white dhotis and shirts, one wears an orange-brown garment, and a few women wear saris. The surroundings are dark with lit railings on the right.2015-11-22