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Night photograph of a temple procession at a roadside. Several men in maroon jackets with gold waist sashes and white trousers, some wearing white turbans with red bands, walk in the foreground. Men in white kurta-style clothing carry or follow a framed lit image or palanquin-like structure glowing with lamps. A white HARITA bus marked STAFF BUS stands at right, with street lights in the background. A man in a checked shirt walks at center.

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February 12 20092009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12A night-time street procession photographed from the roadside. Several people in white dhotis and shirts walk along the dark road, some in red-and-white garments carrying drums or instruments. Two motorcycles with headlights lead the group, and a lit float or vehicle is decorated with glowing lights and a large illuminated circular frame bearing a framed image of a figure. A large decorated cloth banner with ornate golden patterns is held aloft on the right. Streetlamps and a vehicle headlight light the scene, and the lower right corner carries a date stamp and copyright overlay.2009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12Street procession on a wet road at dusk. A gold-framed palanquin-style float carries a framed portrait of a man with shaved head and orange robe, adorned with flags and garlands; the portrait is a depiction, not a physical person. Marching musicians in red and white uniforms play saxophones and drums on the left. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and white shirt with rudraksha-style beads and a pendant gestures while walking. Devotees in white and some in red follow behind the float, with a bus and cars on the left and a multistorey building in the background. Date stamp reads 12 06 2008.2009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12Night procession on a road, photographed from the side. At left, a lit illuminated float or ratha carries a glowing circular halo with a figure at its centre, and a uniformed man in khaki stands near it. Behind, a crowd of people in white dhotis and white kurtas walks past, some holding umbrellas and drums. A large triangular golden-tinted canopy or decorated structure is raised above the crowd on the right, and street lamps glow in the background. The image is dark and blurred.2009-02-12February 12 20092009-02-12A procession moves along a paved road at dusk. A gilded, ornately decorated ratha/chariot with a framed portrait of a woman in saffron above its canopy is pulled forward, with orange flags on its poles. Men in white dhotis and shirts walk beside it, and a group of musicians in maroon and white uniforms with drums and instruments marches in the middle. A white van with an orange-bordered rear is on the right, and a white bus is visible in the distance. Buildings and trees line the street behind them.2009-02-12