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A night procession on an unpaved road. In the foreground, a drummer in white clothes plays a large barrel drum decorated with green, red and yellow patterns, gripping sticks with both hands. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and shawl and a man in saffron-orange shawl walk ahead of a decorated palanquin or ratha. The palanquin has an arched green and red canopy and a pink-draped deity murti at its centre. Several other men in white clothes follow behind, and a small building stands at right.

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Night procession at a temple, with a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti under a green canopy edged with red, white and green garlands. Several devotees in white dhotis and white shirts push and steady the palanquin's poles on sandy ground. A shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes with a white forehead mark walks at the left, hands pressed together in namaskar. Women in white saris with orange borders stand at the right beside the procession. Dark sky and scattered lights frame the scene.2007-09-24 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20072007-09-24July 20 20102010-07-20Night procession on a village road with a crowd of men and boys dressed in white dhotis and white shirts. At the centre, a man in white holds a tall silver ritual staff or standard. To the right, a decorated green cart or float carries a pink cloth and a figure in saffron-orange robes standing on it, with garlands and ornamental draping. A dhol drum is held by a man at left, and a dark car is parked at the far left edge. Electric lighting is dim and the scene is set outdoors after dark.2007-09-24 +1 copiesNovember 05 20102010-11-05Night procession on a dirt road: a deity murti sits on a green-draped palanquin decorated with a red, green and white circular arch and a striped canopy overhead. A young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl leads, holding an object with a second man in white. Behind them a monk in orange robes and rudraksha mala walks barefoot with a tilak, and a drummer in white drapes a drum with yellow and red ribbons. Several other figures in white follow near the palanquin.2007-09-24October 06 20112011-10-06 +2 copiesNovember 05 20102010-11-05 +1 copiesNovember 05 20102010-11-05Night procession at a temple setting, with a decorated wooden cart or chariot carrying a deity murti draped in a pink cloth with a garland of white flowers and a green canopy arch trimmed with red and white streamers. Several people pull or steady the cart by ropes and handles. Men wear white dhotis and white shirts, one man in front wears a white head band, and two young women in orange-saffron shawls with white sarees walk alongside. A metal kalasha or pot sits on the cart's edge. A banyan-style tree and dark night background frame the scene.2007-09-24 +1 copiesDecember 05 20112011-12-05November 21 20102010-11-21