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Night procession photograph of a brightly illuminated palanquin carrying a deity murti, the metal figures dressed with garlands and ornaments and framed by a fringed canopy in red, yellow and multicoloured tassels. Strings of lights and hanging tassels decorate the palanquin's arches. A figure in orange clothing stands beside the palanquin, while a dark crowd of silhouetted devotees fills the foreground, many holding up phones. The background is black with a few distant building windows.

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February 17 20162016-02-17February 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17February 17 20162016-02-17A night-time photograph of an illuminated processional palanquin or ratha at the centre of the frame, decorated with strings of fairy lights, marigold and tuberose garlands, and hanging tassels in red, yellow, and pink. A richly ornamented deity murti with a garland stands inside a golden shrine canopy with a red and gold fringed top. Two standing attendants flank the palanquin: one in a white dhoti-style garment on the left, and one in saffron-orange clothing on the right. A seated figure in dark silhouette sits in the foreground near a brass lamp, and several shadowed people stand at the bottom edge. Dark background, warm lamplight.2016-02-17February 17 20162016-02-17February 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20162016-02-17Night procession photograph of an illuminated ornate chariot (ratha) lit by warm light, with a fringed canopy of red, yellow and green tassels above a golden arched frame strung with bells, pompoms and tassels. A standing figure in white dhoti-like clothing stands at the chariot's centre beside a deity murti glowing in light, while another person in orange clothing sits at the lower platform. A dense crowd of devotees in white and orange clothes fills the foreground, and a cameraman in a white shirt is visible at left.2016-02-17