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A night-time photograph, rotated sideways, showing two people in red-orange robes carrying a long wooden pole on their shoulders, with a large white straw-and-cloth effigy figure slung from it, its head painted red and white and its arms outstretched. Both carriers wear rudraksha-style beaded necklaces and dark trousers under the orange garments; one wears a white head cloth. The effigy is bound with rope and straw. Dark pavement and a small illuminated vehicle with blue and orange lights are in the background.

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March 02 20172017-03-02A night-time photograph, rotated on its side, showing two people in long red-orange robes carrying a pole on their shoulders, from which hangs a large white-wrapped effigy of a figure with a red-brown head and arms outstretched. Straw and rope bind the effigy. The dark setting has a small illuminated stage or platform and a few lights in the background, consistent with a ritual procession or effigy-burning rite.2017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02Night photograph of an outdoor ground lit by strings of multicoloured LED lights on a building at left. A straw-stuffed effigy with a painted face, white cloth body and arms outstretched is held aloft on a wooden pole above several people in red-orange clothing. Several figures in orange robes stand around and support the effigy, with a wooden cross-frame pole at right.2017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02Night outdoor ceremony under a large open tent with blue and orange draping and string lights. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and maroon-and-gold dhotis carry a wooden palanquin-style pole structure on their shoulders, with a tall silver-grey draped figure, a murti, rising above the frame. Onlookers in white and light clothing stand watching behind a rope line. A bright spotlight and a faint rainbow-like halo appear in the dark sky.2016-01-02Night procession on a sandy ground with a large golden horse-mounted deity murti lit by torches at upper left. In the centre, men in white dhotis and shirts carry a grey-white figure on a wooden frame on their shoulders. A man in white with a red cloth draped over his shoulder walks beside them, and a man in maroon dhoti stands among the bearers. Tall bamboo poles and hanging string lights and tent canopies frame the scene at dusk. A small wooden cart with blue and gold panels sits at left. Several bystanders in white stand at the right edge.2016-01-02March 02 20162016-03-02 +2 copiesJanuary 02 20162016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02