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Night photograph of an outdoor procession. In the foreground a smiling man with a shaved head and a red tilak sits cross-legged on a cloth-covered platform, wearing a dark brown-maroon robe and a long white-and-red flower garland. Behind him, two young attendants in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, wearing rudraksha malas and gold armbands, stand on either side holding a silver staff. Above them is a deity murti decked with yellow and red flower garlands and red silk draping, set within an ornate gold arched canopy on a ratha-style structure.

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Night procession photo on an open ratha-style platform. A smiling man in a reddish-brown robe with a white and red flower garland sits centrally in front of a decorated deity murti framed by a silver arch, garlanded with flower strands. Two attendants in white dhotis with gold borders stand beside the murti, one holding a white fan-like chamara. An orange and yellow ornate umbrella rises on the right, and a staff with a pointed silver top stands at left. Onlookers in white saris and dark clothing stand in the background under street lights.2014-10-29Night outdoor procession scene. A seated man in a dark maroon-brown robe wears a long white and red flower garland and smiles at the camera from a raised platform. Behind him, a gilded deity murti in red silk drapery and yellow-and-white flower garlands sits under a golden canopy. Two young attendants in white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas raise large white feather fans (chamaras) over the deity. Bare feet on the platform; lights and a dark crowd in the background.2014-10-29 +1 copiesOctober 29 20142014-10-29October 29 20142014-10-29October 29 20142014-10-29October 29 20142014-10-29Night procession scene: a man in a saffron-orange dhoti and bare chest stands on a golden ratha/palanquin, raising a white chamara fan over a decorated deity murti draped in garlands of yellow, orange and pink flowers. Seated in front on a orange cloth-covered platform is a bearded man in a rust-red robe with a red turban and a long yellow-and-orange garland, who appears to be the honoured guest of the procession. Beside the cart, a man with a rudraksha mala and bare chest holds a ceremonial umbrella fringed in red, green and yellow. Women in white and devotees stand nearby on a dark roadside, with a large gold canopy frame behind the deity.2016-11-05February 12 20132013-02-12October 29 20142014-10-29November 05 20162016-11-05December 19 20162016-12-19Night procession on a gravel ground with a lit golden temple chariot in the background. A central man in a rust-red saffron wrap and dhoti wears a red flower garland and a large gold pendant, with a white vertical tilak on his forehead; a bright red-and-gold umbrella with fringed embroidery is held above him, and he walks forward with a smile. Around him, devotees in orange and saffron robes and white dhotis walk with palms pressed together in anjali, some with rudraksha malas. A man in white dhoti with gold borders and a rudraksha mala stands at the right, and a woman in white with a red shawl joins hands in front of her. A lamp-carrying attendant walks at left.2016-02-21