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Night photograph of an illuminated temple-style ratha, a tiered chariot with a pointed multi-roofed tower covered in lights, sculpted figures and hanging garlands of red, green and white flowers. Inside the open shrine, a seated deity murti in red and gold draped cloth is visible. Golden horse figures lit with fairy lights stand at the front and sides, and golden figures flank the base. A tractor with registration KA 05 T 3743 pulls the chariot along a dirt road. A man sits driving the tractor and another person stands at the left edge. No a person candidate is visible; the people are at most two.

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Night photograph of an ornate golden processional chariot (ratha) lit with warm bulbs and fringed with multicoloured tassel garlands, topped by a tiered pagoda-style roof with small figures. Inside the open shrine stands a white-clad figure beside a red-and-gold seat. Golden horse and elephant figures and an attendant statue flank the base. A red and grey tractor with Karnataka plate KA 05 T 3743 is parked in front, pulling the chariot, on an unpaved road beside a darkened building. No people are clearly visible in the scene.2015-09-24January 13 20152015-01-13Night photograph of an illuminated festival chariot in procession on a dark road. A tractor at the front is driven by a man in a grey shirt, its front decorated with a flower garland and a lamp glowing. Atop the tiered golden canopied structure, lit with warm lights and decorated with colourful hanging tassels and garlands, sits a seated deity murti or figure beside a golden kalasha-style ornament. Trees frame the scene on the left. A man in a brown shirt stands at the right edge watching, and a figure in a dark sari stands partly visible on the left.2015-11-22January 13 20152015-01-13At night, a brightly illuminated ornate processional chariot (ratha) with a tiered golden tower is pulled by a tractor-like vehicle with a registration plate MA 05 T 3743. The tower is lit with warm lights, decorated with garlands, and topped with a kalasha; a deity murti is visible in its central shrine. A crowd of devotees in white dhotis, saris and shawls walks alongside the procession on a road lined with a red brick wall and string lights. On the left, a large banner bears a portrait of a man in saffron-coloured clothing on a light background, with printed text. The scene is a temple procession at night.2015-01-13Night photograph of a illuminated multi-tiered golden temple chariot (ratha) decorated with strings of colourful flower garlands, string lights and gilded figures, carried on a rubber-tyred trailer behind a red tractor with number plate KA 05 T 3743. Inside the shrine canopy sits a deity murti in red clothing. A bare-chested man in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala stands on sand in front of the chariot, holding a white cloth or offering, with his back to the camera. A golden bull statue sits beside the tractor, and an orange umbrella appears at the right edge.2015-09-24May 01 20152015-05-01September 24 20152015-09-24November 22 20152015-11-22Night photograph of a golden, multi-tiered ratha chariot decorated with lights, floral garlands in red, green and purple, and figures, pulled by a red tractor bearing registration KA 05 T 3743. Two men in orange-red dhoti-style clothing with yellow borders walk beside it; one bare-backed man at right holds an orange umbrella over the chariot and wears a red floral garland. A deity murti sits within the shrine on top, lit by lamps. Sandy ground and a red building frame the procession.2015-09-24Night photograph of a illuminated festival chariot, or ratha, moving along a dark road. The tall tiered canopy is decorated with strings of lights, marigold-type garlands hanging at the corners, and lit arched niches. Inside a central niche sits a seated deity murti, with smaller figures on the lower tiers. Glowing green and white lights outline the wooden or metal chariot base, and a bright headlight glares at the lower right. Trees frame the dark background, and no people are clearly visible.2015-11-22Night procession at a Hindu temple festival: several red Massey Ferguson-style tractors pull ornate, gold-painted temple chariots (ratha) lit with warm lights. The central tall multi-tiered shrine-chariot is topped with a kalasha-style spire and carries carved figures; to its right a smaller chariot holds a deity murti beneath a multicoloured parasol-canopy, and another canopied chariot stands on the far right. Attendants in white dhotis and shirts walk beside the vehicles and stand on the tractors; one man on the right wears a dark jacket. Garlands of yellow flowers hang on a tractor's front, and a painted sign with Kannada-style lettering appears on a tractor. Lights strung along the background and the dark night sky complete the scene.2015-11-22