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Night photo of a Chandikeshwara procession on a wooden cart with carved gold-painted panels and a large ratha-style canopy of yellow, red and green flower garlands. A seated priest in orange robes and a patterned headdress sits before a small deity murti and receives offerings. A younger attendant in white dhoti with an orange sash offers items from a tray. A man holds a lit torch at right, and two women in shawls stand beside the cart with hands near the offerings. A red-roofed building with a green sign reading DISPENSARY is visible behind.

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December 24 20112011-12-24Night procession on a road beside a small orange-walled dispensary building with a green directional sign. On a golden wooden cart, a seated priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and an ornate gold-and-white headdress holds a lit oil lamp aloft before a decorated deity murti under a garlanded canopy of yellow, red, green and white flowers, with a red cloth backdrop. Offerings of fruit, sweets and small dishes are arranged on the cart. Around it, a man in white and a bald man in white hold palms together in prayer, a woman in a patterned top with light hair does the same, and a man in a striped shirt holds a flaming torch. A man in a striped shirt in the foreground photographs the scene, and a younger man in a white dhoti holds a tray of fruit. Roughly eight people are visible.2011-12-24Night outdoor scene of a ceremonial procession or ritual at a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded platform, the image of a deity wrapped in a band of red, yellow, white and green marigold garlands under a fringed canopy. In the foreground a young priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged on a cloth, offering a plate of fruit, flowers and offerings. Beside him a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti with a tilak holds a brass tray of fruit and garlands. Behind them a man in a checked shirt holds a lit torch, and devotees in white with folded hands stand nearby, including an older woman in white wearing glasses at the right. A wooden or metal vehicle-like platform carries the scene, with a red-roofed building and signage behind.2011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24Night photograph of a ceremony on a wooden cart decorated with carved panels and a Ganesha relief. A seated young man in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a deity murti draped in yellow and red flower garlands, with a silver-and-gold crown behind him. In front of him is a brass plate of fruit and coconuts. A bald priest in white dhoti and shawl holds out offerings, while a cameraman films and a woman in red shawl and glasses stands at right. Oil lamps burn at the edge of the scene.2011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24Night procession on a decorated wheeled ratha or chariot with a brass-trimmed base and a canopy of marigold and multicolour flower garlands above a deity murti. A man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a rudraksha mala and a patterned white-and-silver crown, bends forward over a tray of fruit and offerings. A young woman in a white top and orange-red shawl holds up an offering plate to him. Standing nearby are men in checked shirts, a man in white dhoti holding a torch flame, and a person in a headcloth holding a book. Figures on the left and centre are seen partly in the dark, with a lit torch at right and an orange-red building behind.2011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24Night procession on a flat wooden cart lit by flaming torches held by men at both sides. A large deity murti. A seated figure in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a beaded necklace and an ornate headpiece, sits cross-legged before the murti on a cloth. Women in white and orange saris stand near the cart; one holds a tray of fruit and flowers, and brass puja plates with offerings are set on the cart. A speaker sits behind the murti. Trees and streetlights frame the night scene.2011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24