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A decorated ratha procession on a village road. A large golden-yellow and multicolored fringed canopy with silver umbrella-like finials covers a palanquin-style float heavily garlanded with orange and yellow marigold strings. Seated on the float is a statue-like figure of a deity murti with a crown and red-and-orange garlands, appearing to be a carved or sculpted image rather than a living person. Around the float, men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with saffron shawls and rudraksha-style neck garlands, walk beside and push the chariot. A saffron-robed person stands at left. Behind them is a red-orange wall, a stone pillar and a metal shed, with a printed program schedule board and a poster bearing a portrait at right.

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A golden ratha procession float, heavily decorated with yellow, orange and purple marigold garlands and colourful tassels, is carried forward on a sunny day. A young man seated on the float wears a gold crown and a red-and-gold garment, raising one hand in greeting. A man in an orange robe holds a large red parasol above the float, and several men in white with yellow shawls walk and carry the procession alongside, some with rudraksha malas and folded hands. Bare trees and a concrete wall stand behind the scene.2010-01-01December 20 20102010-12-20December 27 20092009-12-27A golden ceremonial chariot procession at an orange-walled temple compound. A figure with long dark hair, a golden crown and an orange-saffron garment with a rudraksha-style necklace of beads sits on an ornate gold palanquin-style seat under a multicoloured fringed canopy in red, yellow, green, purple and blue. The seat and canopy are wrapped with marigold and yellow garlands and hanging tassels. Devotees in white and orange clothing surround the chariot, and a hand-held microphone is visible at lower centre. A signboard in Kannada script is on the orange wall behind. Trees and blue sky are in the background.2012-01-01December 22 20102010-12-22A ceremonial procession chariot, decorated with golden fittings, orange and turquoise tassels, and garlands of yellow marigolds and purple flowers, carries a seated figure beneath a large orange fringed canopy. The seated figure wears an orange garment, a white flower garland and a rudraksha-style mala, with long dark hair, and smiles toward the crowd. Two orange flags rise at the right edge. Around the chariot, devotees in orange and white clothing walk along, including a man in an orange robe in the foreground and older men in white shirts and a glasses-wearing man at the right. Bare branches and a building stand in the background under a pale sky. Probable Swamiji is seated on the chariot, identified by long swept-back hair, orange ceremonial clothing and rudraksha-style beads.2010-02-12A festival procession moves through a crowd on a street lined with red-walled buildings. A man seated in an ornate golden palanquin sits under a large orange and gold canopy with fringed tassels, a golden shield-shaped fan, and a gilded frame wrapped in white and purple flower garlands. He wears red garments and a red-and-white garland, with a dark head covering, and is smiling. Wide white-clad devotees and bearers in white and saffron shirts carry or walk beside the palanquin, and more people in white crowd the foreground. Multicoloured umbrellas and ceremonial poles with tassels and bells stand behind. a person appears as the seated figure in the palanquin, shown through the adornments and red-and-saffron garments of the procession.2010-12-22A decorated golden palanquin-style ratha with a gold parasol canopy stands in an outdoor procession at dusk. Garlands of white, purple, yellow and orange flowers drape the structure, and tassels in blue, pink and green hang from it. A seated figure with long dark hair wears an orange garment and a flower garland on the ratha. Around it, devotees in white and yellow clothes lift small decorated umbrellas and fans, while a man in orange robes stands at the lower left. A woman in white with a blue rosette and another man in white are visible on the right, and a crowd fills the background.2010-02-12A festival procession on an ornate golden chariot, decorated with garlands of yellow and purple flowers, hanging bells, colourful tassels and a gilded horse-head carving at the front. A figure seated at the top wears a gold crown and sits beneath a yellow umbrella, with a red striped parasol held beside the chariot. Several men walk alongside: one in an orange robe with a beaded necklace at left, a smiling young man in white with an orange shawl, a man in white with a yellow shawl and glasses, and a man in a white shirt holding a tray. Palm leaves frame the right edge under a bright sky.2010-01-01December 26 20102010-12-26A decorated ratha chariot procession moves through a crowd outdoors under hazy sky. The chariot is heavily garlanded with marigolds and yellow and white flowers, hung with brass bells, tassels, and colourful pom-pom ornaments, with an orange and yellow canopy over a seated figure on a golden seat. Devotees in white clothes and yellow shawls walk alongside, several raising hands toward the chariot, while umbrellas in orange and multicolour canopies shade the scene. A white boundary wall and trees stand behind.2009-12-27December 27 20092009-12-27