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A nighttime procession on a dirt road lined with palm trees. A decorated tractor-drawn ratha carries a canopied shrine with a deity murti surrounded by garlands and flowers, its registration plate reading KA-42 T-408. Several devotees walk beside it: a bare-chested man in a white dhoti at the front, women in orange and red saris, and men in white and maroon attire. Men carry ornate fringed ceremonial standards on poles, and a videographer with a camera on the left films the procession. A lit torch flame glows in the middle distance.

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April 24 20132013-04-24A night procession on a dirt ground in front of an ornately decorated chariot (ratha) with a tiered, colourful canopy and a lit deity murti inside. Women in orange and red saris with gold borders walk in a line, several holding flowers or bags; one woman in a white sari with a red blouse holds a small object, and a woman in the foreground carries an orange bag printed with a logo. A woman at right holds a tall yellow-and-red ceremonial banner (dhwaja) with a golden finial, and a tractor-drawn float with pink flower garlands follows behind. A bald man in orange robes walks at left, and a second lit chariot stands in the background. No one is clearly identifiable as a person.2013-04-24March 02 20132013-03-02December 05 20112011-12-05Night procession on a dirt road beside a tall orange-red wall. Women in white saris carry tall, embroidered ceremonial banners on poles, with orange-embroidered banners at the front. Men in saffron/orange robes walk in the procession. A red tractor with headlights leads a decorated float carrying a deity murti under a gold-trimmed canopy, lit with warm lamps. Other men in white garments walk alongside the float, and a few people in white and in checked lungi walk at the right edge.2013-04-23 +2 copiesDecember 09 20162016-12-09April 24 20132013-04-24December 05 20112011-12-05March 02 20132013-03-02April 24 20132013-04-24November 22 20152015-11-22November 01 20112011-11-01