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Night photograph of an open dirt ground lit by floodlights, with several large ornate gilded chariots and palanquin-style carts parked at left, including a tall open-frame canopy structure, a domed covered cart with red-and-white fringed decorations, and a smaller shrine-like cart. A small white utility vehicle sits beside them. One person in a light top and reddish dhoti walks across the ground toward the carts. Construction cranes and lit concrete pillars stand in the background.

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January 31 20182018-01-31Night photograph of an open dirt road lit by floodlights, with several ornate golden processional vehicles parked on the left. A white golf-cart-like vehicle sits beside a golden palanquin-style chariot with a domed canopy draped in red and patterned fabric, and a smaller gold shrine-like cart stands further back. A lone figure in a red-orange sari walks across the road in the centre. Construction cranes and concrete pillars stand in the background under streetlights, and a blurred orange garland appears in the lower right corner. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2018-01-31Night-time photograph of an open dirt ground lit by floodlights. Several large wooden ratha chariots stand in the foreground: the left one is a tall tiered tower with a golden lattice frame and a white utility cart beside it, the centre one a domed canopy chariot with red and green garlands, and a smaller shrine-like chariot sits further back. A single person in pale clothing walks across the lit path toward the far end. Construction cranes and a half-built white structure appear in the background. An orange-clad figure is partly visible at the right edge.2018-01-31 +1 copiesApril 16 20162016-04-16January 02 20162016-01-02October 10 20162016-10-10October 19 20172017-10-19November 11 20172017-11-11Night photograph of an outdoor procession on open ground lit by bright floodlights. Two illuminated decorated ratha-style carts stand side by side: the left cart has a canopy with hanging tassels and garlands, and the right cart carries a large illuminated deity murti under a multicoloured canopy surrounded by flowers. Smoke or incense drifts around both carts. Several people in white dhotis and light clothing stand or walk near the carts, a man in white holds a long ceremonial object, and a group of women in saffron and orange saris stand at the right edge near the cart. A few people push or pull the left cart. Dark background with bright lights.2016-03-02Night procession at a temple-style festival with illuminated chariots and processional vehicles. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe, orange garland and a red turban walks holding a tall silver staff, with a small orange-clad companion beside him. Around him, women and men in red-orange and white garments walk, one man in white carries a dark umbrella, and a bare-chested attendant with white marks and beads stands at left beside a silver chariot model. Behind them rise a tall, multi-tiered, lit golden shrine-chariot and smaller decorated carts with deity murti, garlands and parasols. Dirt ground, dark sky.2015-11-22December 23 20162016-12-23November 22 20152015-11-22