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Night procession at a South Indian temple with brightly lit, ornately decorated processional vehicles (ratha/palanquins) carrying deity murtis under decorated canopies with colourful striped umbrella-like tops. Two large chariots carry deity figures, one seated on a white bull-like vahana; the flanking structures are gilded, multi-tiered shrines strung with lights. A dense crowd of devotees in saris, shirts and dhotis fills the foreground, several with hands raised or folded. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible in the scene.

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February 07 20172017-02-07 +1 copiesNight photograph of a temple procession with brightly illuminated ceremonial vehicles. Two large decorated palanquin-style carriages with canopies and ornate painted elephant or horse figures dominate the right, with a tall tiered ratha-like structure on the left. Many people in the crowd fill the foreground, many in white dhotis and shirts, and a few figures stand on the carriages attending the deity murti seated in the central vehicle. Strings of lights outline the arches and canopies against a dark sky. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is distinguishable in the visible figures.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesNight photograph of a temple procession with crowds in the foreground. Two elaborately decorated vahanas with painted arches, lights, and ornate hooded or painted carved figures, one with a large gold-and-red decorated mount, stand on a lit stage. Priests in white dhotis and orange-clad attendants surround the vehicles, some holding lamps. Two large decorated umbrellas with floral motifs hang above. A tiered ornamental canopy structure stands at left. The scene conveys the Panchamurthi procession at night, with many people visible at the bottom of the frame, but no individual is clearly identifiable.2017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copiesFebruary 07 20172017-02-07 +2 copies