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An ornate golden palanquin-style ratha or chariot stands on a wooden platform covered with green cloth. Its carved gilded body is draped with orange and red marigold garlands, and a gold serpent-headed arch rises above it with tassels in pink, green, blue and yellow hanging down. A large orange canopy with teal fringe shelters the seat. Black speakers are set on the left, and an iron railway bridge stands behind under a grey sky. A man in an orange-red turban and a man in a white shirt stand at the edges. No deity figure or person is seated on the throne, so no specific identity can be drawn from the scene.

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An outdoor festival scene at a pilgrimage camp showing an ornate gilded palanquin mounted on a green-draped wheeled cart. The golden carriage has carved panels, a curled serpent-like arched frame with red, pink, green and blue tassels, and an orange umbrella with teal fringe and a black leaf motif. Black speaker boxes flank the cart and a steel truss bridge spans the background under a pale sky. Several people walk nearby: a man in a blue shirt and dark trousers, a person in a red robe, and others partly visible at the edges. A small portrait is affixed to a pole at right. The palanquin appears to be a ratha for procession.2013-02-14February 12 20132013-02-12February 12 20132013-02-12A golden processional ratha or chariot stands under a corrugated metal shed at night, decorated with yellow and pink flower garlands and gold-painted carved panels. A yellow and red umbrella with green and yellow tassels crowns the structure above a rounded canopy wrapped in red, white and purple flower garlands. Within the canopy, a deity murti stands adorned with garlands. A black portable speaker sits on the right beside the chariot, and a sheet covers the ground in front. No people are visible.2011-10-30February 09 20132013-02-09Outdoor procession on a flatbed tractor trailer decorated with marigold garlands and a teal-and-red canopy with tassels. A bare-chested man in orange dhoti stands at center holding a long trident-like staff, while another man in orange sits behind a golden ornamental throne-like structure. Two men in white dhotis stand and sit on the trailer, and a man in orange with a white shawl stands at left near the trailer. A concrete overpass and hazy sky are behind, with a banner at left reading Akhil Bharatiya text. Illuminated speakers and a golden kalasha-like finial decorate the scene.2013-02-12February 12 20132013-02-12February 12 20132013-02-12December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of a grand procession at the Kumbh Mela, centred on an ornate golden palanquin decorated with marigold garlands, tassels in pink, blue and green, and brass bells. A figure in a golden crown and saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala raises one hand in greeting from the palanquin, which is shaded by a large teal and red canopy. Saffron-clad sannyasis with trishul staffs and a shaved-headed attendant in white walk alongside. A figure with white-painted face stands at left, and a loudspeaker sits in the foreground. Probable Swamiji (crown, saffron robes, rudraksha mala) standing on the palanquin as the procession leader.2013-02-10February 10 20132013-02-10April 16 20162016-04-16